How America Can Survive the Rise of the Rest
Despite some eerie parallels between the position of the United States today and that of the British Empire a century ago, there are key differences. Britain’s decline was driven by bad economics. The United States, in contrast, has the strength and dynamism to continue shaping the world [...]

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A row involving Indonesia, the United States and the World Health Organization over the sharing of bird flu virus samples is jeopardizing the global early warning system for a potential influenza pandemic and putting lives at risk, say experts and officials.
The row centers on the issue of profits made by multinational pharmaceutical companies from vaccines [...]

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In a move that could upset Washington’s policy towards North Korea, US intelligence officials are set to tell lawmakers this week that Pyongyang shared nuclear know-how with Syria, one official said Wednesday.
The United States has concluded that the Stalinist regime’s help came both before and after a Syrian nuclear reactor being built in secret with [...]

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Vast amounts of money are flooding the world’s commodities markets, driving up prices of staple foods like wheat and rice. Biofuels and droughts can’t fully explain the recent food crisis — hedge funds and small investors bear some responsibility for global hunger. By Beat Balzli and Frank Hornig more…

Oatmeal and Water: Nairobi Living, in a [...]

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Touching on this subject, Patrick Buchanan has written a book titled Day of Reckoning: How Hubris, Ideology, and Greed are Tearing America Apart. The book analyzes current trends and policies. According to Buchanan the era of U.S. global dominance is over. Russia, China and Islam are coming to the fore. In a chapter titled “Who [...]

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Since the removal of the Soviet threat, NATO’s goal in Europe has changed from defending its eastern borders to pushing those boundaries as far east as possible. In 2004, the alliance executed the biggest expansion in its history, to include seven new members: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia — all formerly part [...]

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