Retail prices for regular grade gasoline in California are consistently higher than in any other state in the continental United States, often exceeding the national average by more than a dollar per gallon. Several factors contribute to this high price, including state taxes and fees, environmental requirements, special fuel requirements, and isol
As per the National Mining Association of the US, the process of developing a mine from initial discovery to full production takes on an average more than one decade worldwide. The entire process of development includes phases like exploration, feasibility studies, construction planning, the actual construction of a mine and making it operational.
After all, even Putin’s Russia provides basic security assurances, troop presence and diplomatic support to its primary arms clients. These guarantees should include, at a minimum, a halt to coercive behaviour towards NATO members –such as previous attempts to pressure Denmark over Greenland– and similar threats against other allies. Addition
Switzerland and Iceland. On defence, smaller minilateral subregional groupings that share more of their strategic culture, interests and threats could develop into regional military command structures, more rapidly and effectively join efforts, and thus help to solve the collective action problem and disputes over continental leadership. Similar gr
Many Europeans still appear to be in denial about the possibility that the robust US security guarantee, which has served as the cornerstone of the Atlantic Alliance since 1949, may now be seriously at risk. This reluctance is understandable, as tensions among allies with divergent histories and geopolitical perspectives are a normal feature of any