James Shinn

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Blogroll

• Century Afghan Task Force
• CQS
• Global Strategic Associates
• Institutional Investor Magazine
• Keller Center for Innovation in Education
• MoDo Labs: Making Mobile Awesome
• Oxford Analytica
• Princeton University "Radical Innovation" (EGR492)
• Teneo
• The Minervan Dialogues

Recent Posts

• Why Pakistan Matters for Global Markets, Institutional Investor (February 2013)
• Trading Political Bets
• Zeckhauser: Investing in the Unknown and the Unknowable
• Skyfull of Lies and Black Swans
• The Limits of U.S. Leverage in Pakistan
• Dave Barry’s 2010 in Retrospect
• Understanding America’s Contested Primacy
• Ritalin and Changing the Educational Paradigm
• Rudi Bogni on “Data and Illusions”

Oxford Analytica Headlines for Today

• NIGERIA: Political moves threaten Delta security gains
  Last week's state of emergency declaration in three north-eastern Nigerian states came with a renewed amnesty offer to Islamist militants there. […]
• RUSSIA: Participation rate masks shadow economy scale
  Underlying causes and consequences of Russia's 'shadow economy'. […]
• AUSTRALIA: Fiscal policy shifts focus to longer term
  Macroeconomic outlook for Australia. […]
• UNITED STATES: Fed may begin 'exit strategy' in 2014
  Consumer sentiment hit a five-year high this month, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan index on May 17. […]
• INTERNATIONAL: New WTO head faces multiple challenges
  Incoming WTO Director General (DG) Roberto Azevedo on May 17 identified reviving the long-moribund Doha Round as his greatest challenge. […]
• TURKEY/US: Alliance remains strong despite tensions
  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with President Barack Obama in Washington on May 16. […]
• PERU: Education woes hold back development potential
  Peru's education challenges. […]
• UK/EU: European vote may guide Labour on EU referendum
  Growing pressure on Labour and the Liberal Democrats to promise a referendum on EU membership. […]