Ferguson maintains that the United States is unquestionably an imperial power, but because Americans don’t like to think so, the US often fails to fulfill its imperial responsibilities. One crucial case in point for Ferguson is Iraq, where, in his view, an imperial power less in denial about itself would have known that such an [...]

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JOANNE MYERS: Good afternoon. I’m Joanne Myers, Director of Public Affairs Programs. I am delighted to welcome so many old as well as new faces to the start of our new season at the Carnegie Council.
We have a very exciting fall planned for you, as evidenced by this, our first program, which is a spellbinding [...]

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In its simplest terms, this is the story of how a small group of men, with a frightening mix of delusion and calculation, rose from a tormented civilization to mount a catastrophic assault on the world�s mightiest power, and how another group of men and women, convinced that such an attack was on the way, [...]

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Democracy is floundering in . . . Europe? An Iranian nuke stand-off may not be so imminent. Musharraf is playing the spin doctor; the United States made Iraq a magnet for terrorists; and tanks rolled through Bangkok but bullets are still flying in Southern Thailand. And why can’t something be done about [...]

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George W Bush has huffed and puffed about using force to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Now he may have to learn to live with them. A meeting of senior US intelligence analysts last week was unanimous in concluding that little can be done to stop Iran under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, its volatile president, [...]

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(AP) The Senate, with no debate Saturday, passed and sent to the president legislation that would impose mandatory sanctions on entities that provide goods or services for Iran’s weapons programs.
This means you, Russia and China.

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North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has released this photograph, taken on Thursday, of an F-15C Eagle from the 12th Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, flying next to a Russian Tu-95 Bear Bomber during a “training opportunity” provided by the Russian 137th Air Army.
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Israel has gone on heightened alert over a possible war with Syria amid reports that President Bashar Assad may be considering military strikes to regain the Golan Heights.
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A signpost points out that Damascus is a mere 60kms from the Golan Heights
For years Israeli military intelligence has down-played Syria’s [...]

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Say the words Kim Jong-il and nuclear weapons to an American then fear enters their hearts and minds. The same could not be said for most South Koreans. But they should have cause for concern. North Korea remains one of the last Stalinist-military states. Their leader Kim Jong-il is recognized to the [...]

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2006 Small Business Economic Summit to address Argentina’s dangerous embrace of Venezuelan Petro-dollars, influence
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega and former National Security Council Staff and Clinton Administration Ambassador to the United Nations Nancy Soderberg will explore the alarming alliance of Venezuela’s Chavez and Argentina’s Kirchner and [...]

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It has been a remarkable few days for Musharraf and Pakistan, and that is hardly surprising given that no incumbent leader in recent times has written a tell-all book quite like it. But if In the Line of Fire has attracted global attention on a scale not enjoyed by an author from the Indian subcontinent [...]

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In fact, Iran is acquiring the links in nuclear technology one after another and the links are being joined, so the country will eventually be able to build nuclear power plants in the same way it developed the technology for the complete nuclear fuel cycle, he said.

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MOSCOW The Russian air force held a massive exercise that involved strategic bombers flying across the North Pole and approaching Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and Japan, a top general said Friday.
Lt. Gen. Igor Khvorov, the commander of Russian long-range aviation, said the exercise that began Tuesday and finished Friday had nothing to [...]

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He said Russia has deployed military units of 58th troop dislocated in Northern Ossetia to the border with Georgia. Russia military bases have become active in Akhalkalaki, and they will conduct military trainings in the Black Sea soon.
“Russia’s such actions are unacceptable,” he said.
Speaking about Russian officers’ espionage, Minister said that [...]

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A sweeping, epic history that ranges from the defeat of the Spanish Armada to the war on Terrorism, war Made New is a provocative new vision of the rise of the modern world through the lens of warfare. Acclaimed author Max Boot explores how innovations in weaponry and tactics have not only transformed how wars [...]

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RUSH: It’s a pleasure to welcome back to the EIB Network Washington Times reporter Bill Gertz. His latest book is “Enemies.” Bill, this book is chilling. This book is frightening. All the things that are going on with the terrorist detainee bill, the attempt to win the war on terror — and if your book [...]

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By relying on the absorption of foreign investment and development of foreign trade, China has accumulated a foreign exchange reserve of over US$800 billion, surpassing Japan to become number one in the world. As a means to spend such a giant foreign exchange reserve, Beijing is providing massive loans and construction funds [...]

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Whatever the worth of Michael Lind’s prescriptions for American foreign policy, his glance back at our performance over the last 15 years is helpfully damning. The essence of his complaint concerns our pursuit of hegemony, which he describes not only as a desire for international dominance but also as a lust for unchallengeable power that [...]

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One day last June, FBI agents swooped into two affluent Silicon Valley homes and arrested two engineers. Lan Lee and Yuefei Ge stand accused of stealing proprietary chip designs and software from their employer, NetLogic Microsystems of Mountain View, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company in San Jose.
Now investigators are asking the [...]

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The Sword of Islam may not take on the form of war and or terrorism, but take the form of political action, bloodless coups, finance and media propaganda. The actions are to achieve the same goal–the establishment of the Islamic Kingdom of God on Earth and implementation of Shariah law. In the [...]

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is to consider cooperating with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in fighting terrorism, said a leading SCO anti-terror official.
SCO members made the decision to study the move during a review of their achievements in the 8th meeting of the SCO regional anti-terror agency council in [...]

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