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Top 10 Predictions for 2013: Results

Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Three years ago, I started this blog with my top 10 predictions for 2011. I also polled readers on these same predictions. At the end of the year, my accuracy rate was 40%, while my readers were right 50% of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Central Asia, China, Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, International Security, Investing, Leadership, Media, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Predictions, Taxes, War | Tagged 2013 predictions, Ashton Carter, Barack Obama, Democrats, Iran, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, Oil, President Obama, Republicans, Secretary of Defense | Leave a comment

Top 10 Predictions for 2013

Posted on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Two years ago, I started this blog with my top 10 predictions for 2011. I also polled readers on these same predictions. At the end of the year, my accuracy rate was 40%, while my readers were right 50% of … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Predictions for 2012: Results

Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In 2011, I started this blog with my top 10 predictions for 2011. I also polled readers on these same predictions. At the end of that year, my accuracy rate was 40%, while my readers were right 50% of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Central Asia, China, Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, International Security, Investing, Leadership, Media, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Predictions, Taxes, War | Tagged 2012 Predictions, Barack Obama, Decision 2012, Democrats, Iran, Iraq, Kim Jong Un, Mitt Romney, North Korea, Oil, Republicans | 8 Comments

Top 10 Predictions for 2012

Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Last year, I started this blog with my top 10 predictions for 2011. I also polled readers on these same predictions. At the end of the year, my accuracy rate was 40%, while my readers were right 50% of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Central Asia, China, Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, International Security, Investing, Leadership, Media, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Predictions, Taxes, War | Tagged 2012 Predictions, Barack Obama, Decision 2012, Democrats, Iran, Iraq, Kim Jong Un, Mitt Romney, North Korea, Oil, Republicans | 4 Comments

Kim Jong Il Is Dead

Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

North Korea’s Dear Leader apparently died on Saturday from fatigue during a train ride. His son, Kim Jong Un, will take over as leader of the country. While this development may seem like a positive one, there is likely to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Defense, Leadership, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Policy, War | Tagged Dear Leader, DPRK, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, korean peninsula, North Korea | 11 Comments

Libya: Operational Success, Strategic Failure

Posted on Friday, September 2, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Last week, Bloomberg’s Jonathan Alter posed a tantalizing question: “you think Obama’s been a bad president? Prove it.” More specifically, Alter challenged the president’s detractors to identify specific administration policy failures. On Monday, conservative David Frum responded to Alter’s throwing down the gauntlet … Continue reading →

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Posted in Defense, Energy Security, International Security, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Policy, Politics, War | Tagged Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kim Jong Il, Libya, Muammar Qaddafi, North Korea, President Obama, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey | 6 Comments

North Korea to Chair United Nations Conference on Disarmament

Posted on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Last week, Kim Jong Il’s North Korea assumed the presidency of the United Nations’ Conference on Disarmament. Seriously.

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Posted in Defense, International Security, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Policy, Politics, Terrorism | Tagged North Korea, UN Conference on Disarmament, United Nations | 4 Comments

Another Sign That Attacking Libya Has Harmed America’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Efforts

Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Right on queue, the North Koreans are proclaiming that the West’s disarmament agreement with Libya was “an invasion tactic to disarm the country.” I’m not surprised. All of this was, of course, forseeable. For American vital interests, the threat of nuclear proliferation … Continue reading →

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Posted in Defense, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Policy, Politics, Predictions | Tagged North Korea, Nuclear proliferation | 2 Comments

North Korea: Linking Fuel to Famine

Posted on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I recently came across a book called Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture by Dale Allen Pfeiffer. In his book, Pfeiffer uses the North Korean famine in the mid-nineties as a cautionary tale about what … Continue reading →

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Posted in Climate Change, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, International Security, Policy, Politics, Predictions | Tagged Agriculture, Famine, Food, Fossil fuels, North Korea, Soviet Union | 9 Comments

The Great Famine of 2011: Food, Fossil Fuels, and Fragmentation

Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“Our people take pride in the fact that they are blessed with great leaders from generation to generation” — High-level North Korean official on Kim Jong Un succession Poor Weather Reduces Crop Yields; Reduced Crop Yields Lead to Increased Prices… … Continue reading →