China is relatively experienced in small turbofan engine technology. China has developed a range of small turbojet engines to power its anti-ship cruise missiles such as HY-4 (C-401) and YJ-82 (C-802). China is also actively seeking to develop the more advanced turbofan engine for its next generation fighter aircraft. China has developed 16.87kN thrust WS-11 [...]

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WASHINGTON, DC (8/2/07)–The Jamestown Foundation has released a new Occasional Paper titled “Putin’s Political Party & the Rise of Sergei Naryshkin.” The paper is authored by Evgueni Novikov, a former official of the Central Committee of the CPSU, a Visiting Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and a Senior Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation. [...]

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Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. said Russia planting its tri-color flag on the seabed under the North Pole doesn’t validate the former communist country’s claim to the mineral- rich Arctic territory.
“I’m not sure of whether they’ve put a metal flag, a rubber flag or a bed sheet on the ocean floor,” State Department [...]

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To many liberal Russians as well as outsider observers, the Putin system increasingly resembles a revised and modernized version of the old Soviet system, with an emphasis on nationalism and economic power rather than ideology. Putin himself has asserted that there are fewer black pages in the history of the USSR than in the past [...]

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia should have a permanent naval presence in the Mediterranean, the head of its navy said on Friday, mirroring the military ambitions of the Soviet Union.
“The Mediterranean Sea is very important strategically for the Black Sea fleet,” Admiral Vladimir Masorin said during a visit to the base of the fleet in the [...]

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Rumors are floating in Washington and elsewhere that Turkey is preparing to move against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an anti-Turkish group seeking an independent Kurdistan in Turkey. One report, by Robert Novak in the Washington Post, says the United States is planning to collaborate with Turkey in suppressing the PKK in northern Iraq, an [...]

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China, then, has three options: It can accept U.S. control of the seas and leave its growing economic interests at the mercy of U.S. good will; it can reduce its overall overseas vulnerabilities; or it can begin to prepare its own counterstrategy to defend its overseas interests. The latter will draw the most attention from [...]

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Some politicians and civic groups in Korea are starting to hold the U.S. responsible for the two-week-old hostage crisis in Afghanistan with remarks that seem designed to stir up simmering anti-American sentiment here.
At a meeting of the Uri Party on Wednesday, Rep. Park Chan-suk said, “The root cause of the hostage crisis lies in our [...]

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Twenty billion dollars in new U.S. arms shipments for Saudi Arabia and neighboring gulf states like Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the U.A.E. Another $13 billion in weaponry for Egypt. And Israel, ever mindful of maintaining an edge over its Arab neighbors, could get $30 billion worth of new U.S. equipment.
The onslaught of prospective weapons deals [...]

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RUSSIA’s foray into the Arctic is an audacious geopolitical adventure, as popular at home as it is troubling for outsiders. At stake are the region’s natural riches, until now frozen both in law and in nature. But global warming is making them look more accessible. They may include 10 billion tonnes of oil and gas [...]

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It may seem improbable that a regional cooperation organization commences its annual summit against the backdrop of military exercises. The European Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the African Union, the Organization of Latin American States - none of them has ever done that.
Therefore, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is indeed making a very big [...]

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With the world focused on Iraq, the standoff in the Taiwan Strait grows more explosive every day. Would the United States really go to war to protect Taiwan from China? Find out what top experts think about a clash between two nuclear superpowers in this first episode of FPTV.
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Interview With Chen Shui-bian, President [...]

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Try as we might, we cannot escape the reality that there are many similarities between America’s current cultural decline and the fall of Ancient Rome. FSM’s editors agree with Toynbee’s famous remark that civilizations die from suicide, not by murder. Can we avoid killing ourselves?
Can America Avoid the Pitfalls that Destroyed
Much has been discussed - [...]

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For one Amsterdam mayor, the Netherlands’ famous tolerance has gone too far. Morrocan-born Ahmed Marcouch is taking the tough cop approach in a rough Amsterdam neighborhood, pushing his fellow immigrants to integrate. But some consider him a traitor. By Erich Wiedemann more…

A Rising Star in Danish Politics: Muslim Politician Is Messenger of Change
A New Broom [...]

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WASHINGTON: Republican presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo says the best way he can think of to deter a nuclear terrorist attack on the US is to threaten to retaliate by bombing Islamic holy sites.
The Colorado congressman on Tuesday told about 30 people at a town hall meeting in the state of Iowa that he believes such [...]

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