There's a truism in British theatre that there are two possible directions success can take: west and east.
Indeed, virtually every argument for the use of force in Syria – chronicled in great detail here by Micah Zenko – including maintaining US credibility, sending a message to Iran or North Korea, winning back the confidence of the Arab league, maintaining influence with the Syrian rebels all lead in one direction … success!
"In the 21st century," he added, "some people will go in the direction of success, and others will not.
On some aims, the ODI finds that current global trends are heading in the wrong direction, so success in meeting them would require a complete reversal.
Coaxing states in the direction of success, so that relatively clean institutions drive out the dirtiest ones, may be the most realistic goal.
The paper presents and empirically applies a neo-Schumpeterian model of innovation capable of studying interactions between service providers, patients and policy makers, and how these complex interactions determine the timing, direction, and success of innovations in the public sector.
"A trio of young Wisconsin politicians are now positioned to have a substantial influence on the future direction and success of the Republican party," the Washington Post wrote in 2011.
The situation of women and girls — their progress, their opportunities and their access to real justice — must be one of the primary indicators to measure the direction and success of the reconciliation process in Afghanistan.
