 busy and viable,’’ he said.
Balami said that the second issue was the absence of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in the country, adding that millions of dollars was being spent to carry out C-check on airplanes abroad.
He expressed confidence that the effort of Aero to revive its MRO and the coming of Seven-Star Hanger would help address the challenge of aircraft maintenance in the country.
“Seven-Star Hanger and MRO are the ability to get license after seven years with right personnel, the facility, the equipment and the tool and above all, we have the certifications and ready to take off.
“Air Peace has about 30 aircraft flying and in the next one year, 10 or 15 will be due for C-check and you are talking of 1.5 million dollars to fix one.
“The cost of ferrying the aircraft, the cost of navigational charges, the cost of engineers and crew over there because of the C-check, forex and what have you as well as delays.
“If you are not flying a B737 a day, you are losing about 100,000 dollars and then you use about a week ferrying an aircraft to U.S. or UK or wherever,’’ he said.
Balami called on the Federal Government to expedite action to get the national carrier established to enable the sector to bridge the gap created by inefficient domestic airlines.
He said that only a national carrier would have the capacity to fill the gap, adding that a national carrier would have the capacity to establish a world class catering, flying school and MRO.One of the most critical – yet underrated – aspects of foreign policy that any nation must grapple with is its grand strategy. As we have examined, a grand strategy is an outline of how a state will manage its resources. Whether these goals are invasion, defense, the spread of an ideal, or economically motivated, every state needs a grand strategy if it is to survive in the modern world. So, as a global superpower, what are the options for US grand strategy? Not just in the current geopolitical climate, but looking into the future?
A position of restraint relies more on diplomacy to resolve conflicts and encourages other states to take the lead in their defense so that the United States can focus only on vital interests. What will the transition to sobriety look like? Through this approach, the country would have a smaller military, fewer security commitments and a higher bar for launching an armed response, the report said.
The most famous among the “banners”. MIT Professor Dr. Barry Posen. In his book, aptly titled “Restraint,” Dr. Posen argues, “The United States has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on unnecessary military preparations and unnecessary wars, and has spent billions more that it can no longer afford. The wars are unnecessary for the U.S. military. Officers have lost thousands of lives and injured thousands more.
NDISC Principal Dr. Eugene Gholz, along with his co-authors Daryl Press and Harvey Sapolsky, expressed their endorsement of the grand strategy in their 1997 “Come Home America” ​​letter. But without a consistent rationale, without a clear sense of how to advance US interests, and sometimes with unintended and costly consequences.
The United States maintains enough military power to defeat any other nation.
Making security commitments to allies like NATOJapan and South Korea.
Use the benefits of this safety net for financial gain.
Participation and leadership in the rules-based international order.
The deep engagement strategy is an expensive one. As Friedman notes, the United States spends more than $1 trillion annually on its foreign policy agenda.
Brooks and Walforth can be counted among the deep partisans when they say, “Repealing security guarantees would make the world and the United States less safe. In Asia, Japan and South Korea will expand their military capabilities if the US withdraws, which could trigger a dangerous reaction from China.
The United States will pursue diplomatic solutions to conflicts through a grand strategy of restraint.
While deep engagement may sound like the status quo, the United States is not currently committed to the strategy of deep engagement — the current grand strategy is liberal internationalism — in fact, Friedman says President Trump has been an exception to most modern presidents when his “behavior. Much more consistent with terms of deeper engagement than liberal internationalism.
If this is the current US approach to grand strategy, it is especially important for us to understand what this strategy entails. International liberalism refers to the belief that states should enter into multilateral agreements with each other, uphold rules-based norms, and spread and inculcate liberal ideals—especially liberal democracy. Although violence is positioned as a last resort, the model of liberal internationalism allows states to intervene in other states for liberal purposes and humanitarian aid.
Unfortunately, the flaws of the liberal international model should not be overlooked: NATO The intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the bombing of Yugoslavia represent dark times in the history of grand strategy.
President Woodrow Wilson is considered among the first modern liberal internationalists—notably through his work establishing the League of Nations, the precursor to the United Nations. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are also contributing to this grand strategy.
Does global security depend on US decisions and actions? Is the United States the sole ruler of the world? If this is the case, the United States must adopt a grand strategy of conservative primacy. Paul Avey, Jonathan Markowitz, and Robert Reardon argue that while there may be disagreements and differences among group members, “all types of conservative priority formulation combine classical liberal assumptions and hegemonic stability theory to arrive at more consistent grand strategic prescriptions. These prescriptions are ‘kind ’ and ‘forcing’ relies on a variant of dominant stability theory that combines elements.
Conservative priorities such as liberal internationalism favor the promotion of liberalism, particularly democracy as opposed to totalitarianism and capitalism and free trade as opposed to communism. Unlike liberal internationalism, which prioritizes diplomacy and negotiation, “proponents of conservative primacy do not rule out spreading democracy by the sword,” such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Arguably, there were undertones of conservative primacy when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared, “An international order that reflects Our values It is the best guarantee of our sustainable national interests.” [emphasis added].
The last three of these grand strategies are part of hegemonic stability theory, which states that “international economic openness and stability are more likely in the presence of a single dominant state.” Restraint, on the other hand, argues that a state can secure its own existence by preventing another state from amassing enough power to overthrow them.
As you can see, there are many options for US grand strategy. What policy appeals to you? Are you ready to learn more and make your voice heard on a bigger scale? The Notre Dame International Security Center helps build a platform for students to learn about international relations, foreign policy, and grand strategy. If you want to learn more, we hope you will contact us.
Originally published by Notre Dame International Security Center at ndisc.nd.edu on a 26 October 2022.
Leitrim County Council is finalising the legal details surrounding its new office in Manorhamilton.
Cllr Sean McDermott sought an update on the status of the new offices noting that it would be an excellent opportunity for local council staff to work remotely. He said that he hoped that the new office would become a reality as soon as possible.
Director of Service, Joseph Gilhooly noted that "We are awaiting finalisation of the legal process in this regard."​Administration of the New York State Alternate Assessment in the 2022-23 School Year: Information is being provided regarding changes to the administration of the New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA) in Science beginning with the 2022-23 school year. Students eligible to participate in the grade 4 NYSAA in Science will not be tested in the 2022-23 school year. Instead, these students will be tested in grade 5 the following year (spring 2024).
Guidance for Examining Participation Rates and Disproportionality: A Video Training Module – The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc.I'm talking about me, here, and my cel phone, not-here. Why do I keep misplacing it? Seriously, I'm looking for answers. And even more seriously, I'm looking for my cel phone.
(Incidentally, I am totally going to buy a Treo soon, and possibly would have even bought one on Monday's trip to the mall had there not been a queue for the Verizon sales reps. I was thinking buying one along with one of those services with a locator so I could use my phone to help me get directions when I got lost. Unfortunately, they don't make a model that will give you directions to your phone when it gets lost.)
(Incidentally incidentally, I remain resolute in my heterodox spelling as cel instead of cell phone, if for no reason other than to irk you, my dear reader. Consider me like the boy on the playground who pulls your lexical pigtails as his way of confessing that he loves you madly.)
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this is classic JFW stuff - i vote that we start a best of jfw! maybe a top ten list?
-sr
I will be in a better mood to contemplate entrants to my pantheon of top posts once I find my freaking cel phone.
Soooo, I assume you've dialed it and can't hear it ringing anywhere :) (you already addressed the other thing I was going to write about... your unbelieveable spelling of "cel"... now I'm not going to bother since there is