"As a result of 25 years of investment," said Doris Meissner, an author of the report who is a senior fellow at the institute, "the bulwark is fundamentally in place".
Richard Locke, a political scientist at M.I.T. who is an expert on global supply chains and the author of the new book "The Promise and Limits of Private Power," told me, "Instead of buying lots of inventory with long lead times, brands wait as long as possible before ordering".
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Writing days before Abdullah's death, the American author Stephen Kinzer warned that the basis of the west's relationship with the Saudi regime was shifting in fundamental ways, while Saudi Arabia's position in a region beset by insurrection and civil war was ever less secure.
He is the author of seven acclaimed plays.
After the success of last year's Save Our Libraries Day events where "Flying Authors" visited every library in Gloucestershire, library users have again organised author visits and activities in many local libraries on Saturday.
Man Booker prize-winning author Hilary Mantel delivered a spirited attack on her critics after the BBC was condemned over plans to broadcast her "mischievous" short story on the imagined assassination of Margaret Thatcher.
Mark Rice-Oxley is international planning editor of the Guardian and author of Underneath the Lemon Tree, a memoir of Depression and Recovery.
Paul Thomas, a University of Huddersfield professor and the author of studies of Prevent, thinks the list of designated areas will keep growing.
He is a former public servant and author of the book The Rise of the Fifth Estate: Social Media and Blogging in Australian Politics.
