In recent years, Iran has expanded its sphere of influence to strategic points around the region.
Despite relentless air strikes, they continue to occupy high-altitude strategic points in the snow-packed mountains of Kargil and adjoining areas.
Other measures include CCTV and webcams at strategic points on rivers to keep an eye on blockages, temporary defences and new flood warning areas.
The application by the Whitefield Hebrew congregation to Bury Council is for the erection of three 1.1m-high posts at strategic points around the proposed eruv to complete its perimeter.
But on the larger strategic points of purpose and planning, the two cops seem to agree: The United States is in Iraq and the region for the long haul.
At strategic points, Mr. Platt underscores the historical links between the American and Chinese conflagrations, reminding the reader of intersections between a pair of conflicts that have typically been treated separately.
But as a dossier of evidence on nuclear black markets published this week by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies points out, Mr Khan's business model wasn't unique.
As noted by the Center for Security Policy last month (1) , one of Hutchison's subsidiaries secured long-term leases at either end of the Panama Canal two years ago and is currently hard at work acquiring a presence for China at other strategic "choke points" around the world, including notably the Caribbean's Bahamas, the Mediterranean's Malta and the Persian Gulf's Straits of Hormuz.
But sitting, as it does, close to Iran, the island nation gets a few extra brownie points for strategic importance.
Because of this discrepancy, the key to getting the most out of your accumulated points is to be strategic in how you go about redeeming them.
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Much of the impetus for this absurd situation the strategic equivalent of "a thousand points of light" or "voluntarism" arises from a notion of deterrence enshrined in the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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Much of the impetus for this absurd situation -- the strategic equivalent of "a thousand points of light" or "voluntarism" -- arises from a notion of deterrence enshrined in the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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The airline industry aside, the bullet points above offer a broad strategic outline for just about any industry because the customer experience is becoming pre-eminent in each and there is simply no way to deliver world-class customer experiences unless a company can capture, manage, and analyze all of the relevant data in real-time.
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As Dani Rodrik, a Harvard economist, points out, many of the strategic trade and industrial policies that helped South Korea get rich would be illegal under current WTO rules.
Glenn Nash, a partner at law firm Sidley Austin, points to a broader range of corporate strategic acquirers beyond the naturals Google and Facebook.
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Granted, any one set of data is just a snapshot in time, and a consumer poll is just a one of many data points to consider in corporate and marketing strategic planning.
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But many situations, Mr. Chwe points out, involve parties with unequal levels of strategic thinking.
The deal underscored the growing importance of strategic investors motivated by business strategies and not just financial incentives, points out Porter Bibb, managing partner of MediaTech Capital.
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But by quoting the Times, they may be scoring a couple of tactical points today, but they are losing a long-term strategic battle.
Entrepreneurs and executives managing global operations might also benefit from a book that points to corporations thinking about terrorism and security issues in a strategic manner and not just as an afterthought.
So, stopping at four points and, in sum, I think that we have seen implementation here of a critical strategic reorientation in policy by the United States, a rebalancing, if you will -- all in, in Asia, for the United States.
Alonso went into the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix eight points clear at the top of the drivers' championship, but he was called in for a strategic early pit-stop and was unable to catch the leaders.
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