Despite the perversion of George Kennan's original political, economic, and military containment strategy into one that emphasized primarily military intervention and CIA covert action, the strategy largely worked.
The World Bank announced this week that without containment, the economic impact of the crisis makes it unlikely for the UN to reach its sustainable development goals for 2030.
At the start of the cold war, containment meant economic isolation of the Soviets and regional alliances like NATO to deter Moscow's military expansion.
Without containment, the economic impact of the crisis makes it unlikely for the UN to reach its sustainable development goals for 2030, says the World Bank, while the World Health Organization director general, Margaret Chan, said that common diseases like gonorrhea may become untreatable.
Even if one accepts the president's broader goals of wider access to health care and cost containment, his economic logic regarding the public option is hard to follow.
BP said on Monday that it had so far spent about $2 billion in its response to the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, including containment efforts, economic and environmental claims and state and federal costs.
WASHINGTON — As President Obama adds economic pressure and military containment to force Iran's leadership to negotiate on its nuclear program, he is taking three big bets on his ability to defuse an increasingly tense confrontation.
BP said Monday that it had spent about $2 billion so far in its response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, including containment efforts, economic and environmental claims and state and federal costs.
This creates a situation in which there may be economic incentives to flout containment requirements.
Here we analyse the economic impact of measles containment efforts in a single health service.
