OTTAWA: Almost half of counter-espionage efforts in Canada target Chinese spies, the head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service has told a senate committee.
China ranked at the top of its list of more than a dozen countries believed to be spying on Canada, hoping to glean government, technological and corporate secrets, CSIS director Jim [...]

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Susan Shirk’s new book says China’s political leaders feel vulnerable and threatened, but James F. Paradise asks if China is really so fragile.
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Susan L. Shirk goes a long way to overcoming both of these problems (especially the latter) in regards to China. In her new book, China: Fragile Superpower, Shirk, a professor at University [...]

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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s political future has long seemed dim, but a new report may cast it into complete darkness. The Winograd Commission, a government-appointed group of independent investigators examining missteps in last summer’s war in Lebanon issued a damning assessment of Israeli leaders. Variations on the word “fail” appeared a whopping 175 times [...]

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THE HAGUE – Freedom Party PVV faction leader Geert Wilders is arguing that all Islamic schools in the Netherlands should be shut down immediately. He says this measure is necessary in order to “protect children against the spread of Islamic doctrine.”
Wilders writes this in a column that appeared today on the website Nieuwnieuws.nl. “Islam [...]

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Ostensibly, the European radar and interceptors are aimed at the future threat of nuclear-armed Iranian missiles. But Russia suspects—perhaps with good reason—that the real purpose of the deployments is to cement the security guarantees the United States has given to the two former Russian allies. In addition, Russia fears, also with justification, that the missile [...]

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My summary of this article:
1. With the release of the 15 British sailors, we should also remember the U.S. hostages taken in 1979.
2. Iran learned some lessons by taking hostages: it works.
3. As Iran develops missiles and nuclear weapons, one day it will be able to hold entire cities hostage. This means you, Europe.
4. By [...]

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Wang reportedly spent a whole day briefing Chinese President Hu Jintao for his April 2006 US visit, which turned out to be a perfunctory summit with no milestone diplomatic breakthroughs. It was obvious that Hu had not been adequately warned by his expert about not-so-latent US hostility. The most memorable moment of the summit was [...]

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Yediot Ahronot correspondent Arieh Egozi reports in today’s edition [page 9]
that foreign experts say Syria has built a huge underground compound that
includes 30 steel reinforced concrete bunkers, production facilities,
development labs and command posts. This new “rocket city” has missiles
that can cover the entire area of Israel. In contrast to mobile deployment
systems that are easy prey [...]

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“If today’s Arab anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish propaganda strongly resembles that of the Third Reich, there is a good reason.” So writes Joel Fishman of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs in “The Big Lie and the Media war against Israel,” an insightful piece of historical research.
Fishman begins by noting the topsy-turvy situation whereby Israel is [...]

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“The U.S. Army will soon test a six-wheeled, 20-foot robot to see whether it can traverse rugged terrain, fire machine guns and carry 1,900 pounds of gear without soldiers remotely controlling its every move,” Defense News reports.
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May 1, 2007: For a long time, Taiwan has been relatively quiet about its long range missile programs. But recently, senior officials mentioned that Taiwan does have missiles that can reach targets deep inside China. Also mentioned was a recent wargame, where Taiwanese used these missiles to defeat a Chinese attempt to invade Taiwan. [...]

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BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry lashed out Tuesday at the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia for restoring diplomatic relations with Beijing’s rival Taiwan, calling it “brutal interference” in Chinese affairs.
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Since taking control in a bloodless 1999 coup, General Pervez Musharraf has held on to power for nearly eight years, making him one of the most longstanding leaders in Pakistan’s sixty-year history. He won a flawed 2002 presidential election, according to EU monitors, and also maintained control of the country’s military by remaining army chief. [...]

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The US sees itself as being locked into a confrontation with Iran, its number one enemy since the invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. But, as Roger Howard argues in this compelling and provocative new book, by attempting to isolate Iran, the US may in fact be undermining its own power. For if the US forces [...]

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SEOUL, April 28 (Itar-Tass) - North Korea has displayed a new ballistic missile capable to hit targets on the U.S. Island of Guam, the South Korean Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Saturday referring to a South Korean government source having access to U.S. satellite images.
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