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“…Attacking Hospitals Is Bad…”

Chris is (rightly) not OK with building legitimacy by destroying core infrastructure and destabilizing core governance services. Interfering with a health facilities 1) delegitimizes coalition forces and the Afghan government; damages the health (and therefore economy) of the local population; … Continue reading

08. September 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Krugman Diagnostics

States the obvious. As I see it, the economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

03. September 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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MountainRunner Institute

Great news. Matt: “Starting the process of creating a 501c3 to receive (and give) grants in the pursuit of better discourse and understanding of public diplomacy and strategic communication.” -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

02. September 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Go Team Rogue!

Boydians in the USAF. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

28. August 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Pete Singer on DoD Energy Security

Nice! Looks like the two of us read the same reports last year (my version of this op-ed included many of the same facts). Unfortunately, mine didn’t make it through the rigorous editing process of ‘think’ tank land 😉 . … Continue reading

26. August 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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