Why is the United States bound to defend a nation that won’t defend itself? America, dump Taiwan now!
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“I’m worried that the decline in military expenditures may send a wrong signal to the United States and Japan that Taiwan is short of determination to defend itself against China,” said Tsai Huang-lang of the pro-independence [...]

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Speak fraternally but carry a stick. Is there a new arms race—or just overdue retooling of armies?
Even as its leaders talk, Latin America is re-arming—or rather some South American countries are. In the broader region, including Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, total defence spending shot up to $38 billion in 2007 from $25 billion [...]

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South America has a right to beef up its armed forces but is not in an arms race, Brazil’s defense minister said on Monday, as the region raises military spending on the back of high oil, food and metals prices.
Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim, who is in Venezuela to discuss a planned South American security [...]

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China, North Korea and Russia are just over the horizon, but the newest defense crisis for Japan is emerging from within.
Planners are paid to worry about foreign military capabilities; so Japanese and U.S. officials are closely monitoring advanced weapons development in North Korea and China. Even Russia is a concern because of its role as [...]

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Ignoring potential threat of China, Russia now could be deadly later.
Bush may think that he understands the motives of Vladimir Putin, but Putin is a dangerous man and should not be underestimated.
When the Soviet Union dissolved in what appeared at the time to be a spasm of democracy, our national sigh of relief was almost [...]

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In the subsequent six years, the threat from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has grown. The threat has increased in terms of both capability (see the 17.8 percent defense spending increase Beijing announced last month), and intent (see the 2005 “Anti-Secession” Law). Yet remarkably, much of what was offered to Taiwan in 2001 for [...]

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The economy could also be devastated by the electromagnetic pulse generated by a high-altitude nuclear explosion. The resulting electromagnetic shock would fry transformers within regional electrical power grids.8 The interdependent telecommunications (including computers), transportation, and banking and financial infrastructures that people and businesses rely on would be significantly damaged. Such an event would leave us, [...]

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