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The Future of Global Food Security

Enterra Insights

In the past half-decade, armed conflicts escalated across the world: Syria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Myanmar. ”[5] The doomsday countdown to which she refers is better known as the Doomsday Clock maintained by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Poverty was falling, lifespans increasing. Then suddenly, wham!

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Export Compliance 101

Arena Solutions

Or otherwise fondly referred to as the EAR. person, if I’m driving through Switzerland and my rental car is running out of gas, I have to drive past the gas stations that are owned by Syria. Syria, Iran, North Korea, or Cuba? But after 9/11, they changed the name of the bureau to Bureau of Industry and Security.

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

Talking Logistics

If you have a tsunami and part of your supply chain is knocked out, as happened a few years ago, you have better info about where parts are,” he said, referring to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. Such monitoring could also help during supply chain disruptions. “If tax code (including his proposal to allow U.S.

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Is Your Supply Chain Prepared for War?

Enterra Insights

Recently, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attended military exercises in the east of the country involving China and other allies such as Syria and India. ” Stanton indicates Hunter was specifically referring to “the insurrection on January 6, when a mob of extremist supporters of Donald Trump stormed the U.S.