The Nucleon as a Holographic Cheshire Cat

The Cheshire cat principle emerges naturally from the holographic approach of the nucleon in terms of a bulk instanton. The cat hides in the holographic direction. I briefly review the one-nucleon problem in the holographic limit.Comment: 9 pages; 4 figures. To appear in Gerry Brown Memorial Volume in NP

How Afghanistan's Public Procurement Reform is Changing?

The paper provides a brief analysis of Afghanistan's public procurement reform. It describes the contents of the reform, the change process, and identifies the key elements of its success. The paper also discusses the challenges and resistance to reform by its stakeholders and provides policy recommendations