In an increasingly volatile geopolitical climate, with security budgets growing, it's profitable to be on the consulting side of dangerous travel.

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Corporate taxes have significant national security and geopolitical relevance, and the United States should bring theirs in line in order to stay competitive on the world stage.

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Official credits - including those extended by multilateral institutions like the IMF - were similarly configured as general purpose loans with no non-economic conditionality such as geopolitical behavior and more specific security-related concerns.

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Security Council with a growing geopolitical presence.

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And all the major geopolitical confrontations still revolve around nuclear weapons, says Dr Nick Ritchie, lecturer in international security at the University of York.

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Although the instinct to husband the resource is understandable given past and recent geopolitical volatility, foregoing significant exports is both unnecessary and ultimately would undermine the very energy security objectives sought by advocates of a large strategic reserve.

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What matters here are the economic and geopolitical benefits from (a) not having to design military and foreign policy objectives based on energy security to the degree the US has over the last 30 years, and (b) being able to reap the growth, employment and current account benefits of domestically sourced-oil and natural gas.

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