Even though the Cold war is over, military espionage, at least, continues to thrive. In fact, it never slackened at all. Increasingly, foreign spies are hidden among us, recruited from among the more than 30 million foreign businessmen, scientists, students, researchers, academics, and tourists entering the United States each year.
Take, for example, the case of [...]

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March 1, 2007: Russia is preparing for war with the United States and NATO. In theory anyway, according to their new official doctrine. Russia has come up with a new military doctrine, to replace the one published in 2000. Doctrine lets military commanders know what they should be preparing for, if the nation gets involved [...]

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MOSCOW: The first air defense regiment equipped with new S-400 Triumf ground-to-air missile systems will be put on combat duty in the Moscow Region in the middle of 2007, a manufacturer said Tuesday.
The Military-Industrial Commission, which answers directly to the Russian president, meets Tuesday to consider prospects for a fifth-generation air-defense system and building aerospace [...]

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China sets location for new satellite launch site on southern Hainan island.
(AP) China has chosen the site for a new satellite launching center, the country’s fourth, on Hainan island in the South China Sea, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
The site will be at Wenchang, about 38 miles southeast of the provincial capital Haikou, [...]

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Europe’s long-term relations with its burgeoning Muslim minority, the continent’s most critical issue, will follow one of three paths: harmonious integration, the expulsion of Muslims, or an Islamic takeover. Which of these scenarios will most likely play out?
Europe’s future has vast importance not just for its residents. During a half-millennium, 1450-1950, this 7 percent of [...]

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The picture is not pretty. Almost the entire world hates America. Most of our friends are really borderline between anti-American and pro-American.
Our historical allies like Europe and South Korea are exceptionally anti-American. It’s so bad that one wonders why we even call them allies at all.
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Shortly after giving a much-discussed speech at the annual security conference in Munich, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan from January 11-13, 2007. This was the first trip of a Russian head of state to the three countries, and following Putin’s speech the trip took on greater importance, especially the visits [...]

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In another apparent response to possible U.S. deployments, Russia is enhancing its own defenses. During a February 27 meeting of the government military-industrial commission, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov declared that new long-range (up to 400 kilometer) anti-aircraft S-400 missiles will be deployed this year to defend Moscow. According to [...]

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A Russian senator’s recent trip to Iran indicated the country’s nuclear program could turn to weapons development, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Mikhail Margelov, who held talks with Iranian officials including the foreign minister last week, said he asked “direct questions on the nature of the country’s military program.”
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BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang Thursday has refuted the so-called “China threat” theory, saying anyone who can understand and recognize China’s foreign policy would “never regard China as a threat”.
Qin told a routine press conference that China has always pursued peaceful development, never seeking hegemony, pursuing power [...]

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In light of Russia’s cooling relations with the United States and NATO, the Russian military leadership has begun to cultivate stronger defense ties with Asia. The head of Russia’s General Staff, General Yury Baluyevsky will visit China from March 3 to 5, in preparation for a visit by the new defense minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, a [...]

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Beijing rejected US criticism of its defence spending today with a new twist to its traditional rhetoric, saying Washington was behaving like a peeping Tom.
Qin Gang, spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said: “How would you feel if people were always shouting at you, ‘Please take off all your clothes and let me see what’s [...]

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Senior Israeli officials of the Gaza Israeli military Brigade claimed that Palestinian factions, especially Hamas, are preparing at least ten tunnels that lead to Israeli area, and that Hamas is gaining more military power, especially missiles and explosives.
The officials stated that “the occurrence of a military attack by Hamas through one of these tunnels is [...]

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