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Chapter 66:
Iran: The chapter references an incident with Iran over Abu Musa Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Historical ownership of the strategically located island remains an open dispute between Iran and the UAE. In addition to its strategic location, the island is full of oil reserves. It could well be a flashpoint for future conflicts in the Gulf and does not endear Iran to the nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The GCC would also appear to be concerned with Iranian support of Shiite movements in Yemen, Qatar, Bahrain, and other parts of the Middle East.
Chapter 67:
Climate-change debate: In establishing any set of global greenhouse gas emission targets, the set of metrics used to measure GHG emission intensity will significantly affect the cost and amount of effort required from nations to meet compliance standards. Nations will push to adopt metrics most favorable to their own set of circumstances. For instance, nations with sophisticated economies like the United States or EU members would benefit most from pegging emission targets to some level of GDP. Heavily populated nations like China and India would be better served by relating emission targets to a per capita level. In that China, the United States, EU countries, India, Japan, and Russia together account for over 70 percent of all GHG emissions, it is logical to assume that some form of hybrid formula would be needed to cut a deal. Without concurrence from both China and the United States, any deal would be DOA. The book portrays an arrangement based on a blended GDP and per-capita formula between China and the United States.
Chapter 69:
Air Force One: The official designation of any plane carrying the president is Air Force One. The pride of the fleet as of 2011 is a pair of heavily modified 747-200B jets. The performance and defensive capabilities of these aircraft are highly classified. The Air Force is seeking to replace these models with a newer version. Two possibilities would be the twin-engine Boeing 787 Dreamliner or the new Boeing 747-800. For purposes of the book, the Boeing 747-800 was assumed to be the replacement for the old 747-200 aircraft.
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