Wall Street Journal: Latin American Countries Fail to Reach Consensus Over Venezuela
One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. The World Factbook served the Intelligence Community and the general public as a longstanding, one-stop basic reference about countries and communities around the globe. Let’s take a quick look into the history of The World Factbook.
The CIA is a U.S. government agency that provides objective intelligence on foreign countries and global issues to the president, the National Security Council, and other policymakers to help them make national security decisions.
A Short History of CIA Intervention in Sixteen Foreign Countries In July, 1947, Congress passed one of the most significant pieces of legislation in the history of America in peacetime. The National Security Act of 1947 created The National Security Council, the Department of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the United States Air Force and, not least of all, the CIA. This act provided the ...
Reuters: US vows to seek WTO alternatives after Cameroon meeting fails to renew e-commerce moratorium
US vows to seek WTO alternatives after Cameroon meeting fails to renew e-commerce moratorium
Why do some nations thrive while others collapse? Tolstoy’s famous quote applies to economies - successful nations share key traits, while failed states unravel in distinctive ways. From corruption ...
ksby: Nobel economics prize awarded for research into how poor institutions affect countries' success
Nobel economics prize awarded for research into how poor institutions affect countries' success
CNBC: Countries around the world are considering teen social media bans – why experts warn it’s a ‘lazy’ fix