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The Milken Review, Third Quarter 2007, pp. 5-10. ; Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's enigmatic leader, came to power in 1998 by trumping the two political parties that had dominated the government for years. This amounted to quite a reversal of fortune: in 1992, as an army officer, he had led a failed coup attempt that landed him in prison.

The United Statt:s as well as the EU has proposed a number of reform initiatives that would hopefully lead to a more prosperous, democratic Middle East. In general these proposals have been met with little enthusiasm in the region. In part this stems from the fact that the objectives of the reforms often proposed arc too vague-a market economy, democracy, and so on. On a technical level, some reforms are no doubt much more effective than others in creating a positive environment of growth and stability. Yet even in most high-level discussions of the various initiatives the likely linkages between reforms and outcomes are never made clear. In fact, this quantitative dimension is almost totally disregarded in the on-going debates, no doubt contributing even further to the wide-spread ambivalence, suspicion, and skepticism concerning reforms that is pervasive throughout the region.

An economic irony that is gaining increasing attention is the "resource curse" effect, whereby many of the poorest and most troubled states in the developing world have paradoxically the highest levels of natural wealth.1 In fact, a growing body of literature that suggests resource wealth itself, especially where it accounts for the bulk of government revenues as in the case of the so-called "rentier states,"2 may harm a country's prospects for development. National growth data bear this out: rentier states with greater natural resource wealth tend to grow more slowly than their resource-poor counterparts.

Iraq faces an uncertain future with a number of questions that must be quickly resolved if the economy is to be stabilized and growth restored. Of particular importance is the economic system put in place. Are economic policies likely to be undertaken through the neo-liberal free market framework introduced by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), or a more home-grown neo-Ba'thist statist type program?

The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08850600490446745 ; The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was born in the uncertain days after the Soviet Union launched its Sputnik satellite in 1958. Its mission was to become an engine of technological change that would bridge the gap between fundamental discoveries and their military use. 1 Over the last five decades, the Agency has efficiently gone about its business in relative obscurity, in many cases not getting as much credit as it deserved. The Agency first developed the model for the · Internet, as well as stealth technology. More recently, DARPA I innovations have spanned a wide array of technologies. To name a couple: computers that correct a user's mistakes or fix themselves when they malfunction, and new stimulants to keep soldiers awake and alert for seven consecutive days.

This is a chapter from the following book: Globalization and Maritime Power, 2002 Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), Sam J Tangredi (editor). ; This publication explores various dimensions of US naval policies and programs in the context of globalization, following 9/11. It reviews the impact of globalization on the changing national and international security environment, the impact of economic issues on US maritime strategy and international political maritime alliances and coalitions. The authors highlight the specific role of globalization on US naval operations and force structure.