Fromoverhere

Here are today’s hot links on strategy and international affairs: 1. Renewing US domestic sources of prosperity and wealth: a book review of Friedman and Mandelbaum’s  “That Used to Be Us” which picks up many themes that we should be exploring here in the UK 2. Internal instability in Uganda from oil: a reminder of how volatile and [...]

Having got our two Kyrgyz visas in record time (two rather frantic hours from start to finish, involving three taxis, four stop-offs around town and a lot of pleading), Chris and I left Almaty to spend the weekend in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan.  The journey involved some spectacular views during a three-hour drive, through the [...]