Rousing China To Military Dominance – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in March 19th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Blog, Call To Arms, China Dream, China Military, China S Military, Colonel, Conflict, International Affairs, Members, Military Dominance, National Defense University, Newsweek, Wealth Of Nations

But leaving aside historical truths–including those from China’s own past–about whether great powers can dominate without conflict, certain members of China’s military are publicly starting to itch for a more assertive role in international affairs. The latest hawkish call to arms is from Ling Mingfu, a senior colonel and professor at China’s National Defense University, [...]

Israel’s ’super-hero’

Posted by Matt in January 19th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Al Ahram, American Hero, American Thinker, Blog, Egypt, Exploits, Holocaust, Intelligence Agency, Israel, Middle East, Mossad, Nbsp, Opponent, Reputation, Safer Place, Super Hero, Superman, Survivors Of The Holocaust, Unusual Story

Single-handedly, this intense miniature bull of a man, a son of Russian survivors of the holocaust, may be keeping the Middle East a safer place. Dagan leads the most effective and mysterious intelligence agency in the world, Israel’s Mossad, which has that reputation because of him.
This weekend, the official Egyptian newspaper, Al-Ahram, wrote an unusual story praising [...]

Risk Report Warns on Asset Price Collapse – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in January 17th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Geopolitical, Asset Price, Asset Prices, Blog, China, Collapse, Glance, Global Risks, Globalization, Globe, Nytimes, Path, Relapse, Retrenchment, Risk Report, Slowdown, Systemic Risk, World Economic Forum

Just a few weeks before Davos, the World Economic Forum has released its Global Risks Report 2009, in which it underlines not only an increasing systemic risk across the globe, but the potential for a collapse in asset prices, a slowdown in China and a retrenchment from globalization. The trick to avoiding a financial relapse, [...]

Russian Nuclear Forces 2010 » FAS Strategic Security Blog

Posted by Matt in January 12th, 2010 | 2 comments

Published in Nuclear, Russia, arsenal, Blog, Bulletin Of Atomic Scientists, Conclusions, Dismantlement, Fas, Kristensen, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Russian Nuclear Forces, Storage, Strategic Security, Strategic Warheads

Recently I have been critical of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, but let me clarify here. They seem to be able to gather interesting data, it’s just that very often their conclusions are questionable. The author of this story, Hans Kristensen, is actually pretty good most of the time.
We estimate that Russia currently (January 2010) [...]

Official Google Blog: Google is Under Attack, May Pull Out of China

Posted by Matt in January 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Attempts, Blog, Business China, Business Operations, Chinese Government, Cn, Consequences, Feasibility, Free Speech, Google, Knowledge, New Approach, Success, Surveillance, Unfiltered Search Engine

These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and [...]

The Great Shrinking American Dollar – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in November 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, American Dollar, Blog, Currencies, Currency, Decline, Definite Possibility, Depreciation, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Lows, Midst, Nytimes

The American dollar is in the midst of a large fall in its value, or depreciation, as measured against other major currencies. The decline has been steady since 2002 and our currency is down about 35 percent from that peak. After strengthening slightly more than 10 percent during the global financial crisis of the past [...]

ICBMs Without Nukes: USA’s Best New Weapon? – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in November 4th, 2009 | 2 comments

Published in Military, arsenal, Barack Obama, Blog, Enemies, Globe, Icbms, New Weapon, Newsweek, Nuclear Warheads, Nukes, Planes, Ratchet, Striking Distance, terrorists, United States, warships, Wealth Of Nations

How might the United States ratchet up pressure on foreign enemies and threats, wherever they are on the globe, while reducing the need to station warships, planes, and troops within striking distance? A new type of weapon might do the trick–and even facilitate President Barack Obama’s efforts to reduce the U.S. arsenal of nuclear warheads, [...]

Roubini Warns of New Financial Crisis | BNET Financial Services Blog | BNET

Posted by Matt in October 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Blog, Emerging Markets, Financial Crisis, Financial Fundamentals, Financial Services, Global Financial Crisis, Planting Seeds, Risk, Same Game

Everybody’s playing the same game and this game is becoming dangerous. . . . The risk is that we are planting the seeds of the next financial crisis. This asset bubble is totally inconsistent with a weaker recovery of economic and financial fundamentals.
Roubini said this latest bubble may inflate for another couple years before popping, [...]

No More Allies

Posted by Matt in September 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in U.S., Address, Alignments, Allies, Balance Of Power, Barack Obama, Blog, Cleavages, Cold-War, Culture, Cultures, Destiny, Multi Culti, One Nation, Pep Rally, Un General Assembly, War Commentary, Zero Sum Game

Obama’s address to the UN is an example of the “all cultures equal” theory. Meaning that no culture or nation is better than any other. He must apologize for America, and tear it down at the same time to ensure that it is no better than any other nation.
Barack Obama’s address to the UN General [...]

China’s Aircraft Carrier Kill Weapon – U.S. Naval Institute

Posted by Matt in September 19th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Aircraft Carrier, Aircraft Carriers, Asbm, Ballistic Missile, Blog, China Navy, Chinese Navy, Confrontations, Conjecture, Dong Feng, Hot Zones, Information Dissemination, Military Analysts, Naval Affairs, South China Sea, Surface Forces, Target, Tensions, Territorial Claims, U S Navy

With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy seems to have yet another reason to be deeply concerned.
After years of conjecture, details have begun to emerge of a “kill weapon” developed by the Chinese to target and destroy [...]