[eBook Code] Geopolitical Alpha (eBook Code, 1st)

Foreword by Steven Drobny vii

Introduction xi

PART ONE SCAFFOLDING 1

Chapter 1 We're Not in Kansas Anymore 3

Chapter 2 The Constraint Framework: Three Pillars 19

Chapter 3 The Wizards of Oz 44

PART TWO THE CONSTRAINTS 69

Chapter 4 Politics 71

Chapter 5 The Economy and the Market 103

Chapter 6 Geopolitics 142

Chapter 7 Constitutional and Legal Constraints: The Constraint – Preference Hybrids 161

Chapter 8 The Time Constraint: When Preferences Run Down the Clock 174

PART THREE OPERATIONALIZATION 201

Chapter 9 The Art of the Net Assessment 203

Chapter 10 Game Theory – It's Not a Game! 235

Chapter 11 Geopolitical Alpha 245

Chapter 12 Conclusion 261

Acknowledgements 265

Bibliography 271

Index 279