Tracing Incitement or Signaling through Terminology
Elsewhere, a comment had been made on on the terminology used by diplomats for the Persian Gulf as incitement or signaling to Iran. As a hypothesis, this is both novel and easily testable.
Syria, eGovernance, Sanctions and an American Connection
As Turkey follows the Arab League, Europe and the United States in sanctions against the Syrian economy, the intention is to stifle the ability of companies and government bureaucracy to carry out routine business by limiting available resources. However, scarcity depends largely on the inability to find what is still available domestically, from countries not participating in the embargo or on the black market. For this reason, it is increasingly possible that open government and the Internet provides the possibility for regimes and businesses to buttress some aspects of sanctions.
