Growing strength of China masks doubts about future | World news | The Observer

Posted by Matt in February 13th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, China News, Doubts, Economy And Society, Economy China, Future World, Globe, Leadership, Many Fear, Masks, News Observer, Tiger, True Strength, World News, Year Of The Tiger

As Chinese around the globe celebrate the Year of the Tiger, many fear that the newly confident world power will try to thwart the west at every turn. But the leadership remains anxious about the true strength of its economy and society
Growing strength of China masks doubts about future | World news | The Observer

Confidence Melting Away: Can Climate Forecasts Still Be Trusted? – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in January 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Climate, Climate Forecasts, Climate Scientists, Confidence, Doubts, Himalayan Mountains, Melting Of Glaciers, News International, Online News, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, United Nations, Veracity

First, it was a series of e-mails that led many to begin doubting the veracity of climate scientists. Then, the United Nations climate body itself had to reverse dire predictions about the melting of glaciers in the Himalayan Mountains. Other claims have raised doubts as well.
Confidence Melting Away: Can Climate Forecasts Still Be Trusted? – [...]

Hold the Champagne on China’s Economy | The American, A Magazine of Ideas

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

Published in China, 1980s, Accounting Practices, Bloomberg, Champagne, China Economy, China S Economy, Consumption Patterns, Crash, Doubts, Economic Gains, Economist, Familiar Feeling, Global Economic Crisis, Global Economy, Japan, Observers, Rise And Fall, Spectacular Rise, Sustainability, Yuan

Those who witnessed Japan’s spectacular rise and fall in the 1980s should get a familiar feeling watching China these days.
Yet unsettling questions about the social effects of this stunning climb are also abundant. Of particular concern is an emerging asset bubble, noted by The Economist and Bloomberg, among others. Fueled by an undervalued yuan and [...]

Russia’s Moves Raise Doubts About Obama’s Diplomatic ‘Reset’ – TIME

Posted by Matt in August 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Abkhazia, Anniversary, Breakaway, Diplomatic Activity, Doubts, Medvedev, moscow, Obama, Question Mark, Reset Time, Russia, South Ossetia, Sphere Of Influence

While Washington insists that it will not recognize a Russian “sphere of influence,” the moves by Medvedev and Putin place a question mark over the Obama Administration’s ability to check Russia’s determination to forcefully push what it calls its “privileged interests” in its neighboring countries. The flurry of diplomatic activity came symbolically on the anniversary [...]

Doubts grow in Japan over US nuclear umbrella

Posted by Matt in May 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Japan, Nuclear, Aggressor, airplane, Ambassador, Barack Obama, Commentators, Commitments, Decades, Defense Analysts, Deterrence, Disguise, Distrust, Doubts, Japanese Government, John Roos, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Defense, Nuclear Umbrella, Pledge, Political Leaders, Security Treaty

When the new US ambassador to Japan, John Roos, steps off the airplane in Tokyo, the first thing he might want to do is to reassure the Japanese people in public and the Japanese government in private that the US intends to fulfill its commitments to Japan’s security, particularly with its nuclear umbrella.
That obligation, rooted [...]

The Perilous Future of U.S. Strategic Forces

Posted by Matt in May 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, U.S., Ahead, Big Trouble, Cold-War, Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Consequences, Curious Position, Decades, Decline, Doubts, Drastic Reductions, Encapsulated, Exhaustion, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Icbm, International Politics, Military Power, minuteman, Missions, New Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Infrastructure, Peacekeeper, Retirements, United States

This is a stunning report about the state of our nuclear forces. The United States is in big trouble as our nuclear forces are literally falling apart due to old age.
From the article:
Today, the United States finds itself in a curious position in international politics. While its conventional military power remains unparalleled, its once-formidable strategic [...]

Ballistic missile threat growing in 21st century

Posted by Matt in January 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Missiles, 21st Century, Arsenals, Ballistic Missile Threat, Ballistic Missiles, Cold-War, Deterrence, Doubts, Mass Destruction, Mechanisms, Nuclear Warheads, Potent Weapons, Traditional Approach

Ballistic missiles equipped with nuclear warheads and other mechanisms of mass destruction are the most potent weapons that America’s defenders face. The number of ballistic missiles in global arsenals has declined considerably since the end of the Cold War, but the number of nations possessing such weapons has increased. At least nine countries today [...]

Berlin Holds on to Obsolete Weapons

Posted by Matt in July 1st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Nuclear, Alexander, Berlin, Cold-War, Cordula, Defense Ministry, Doubts, Dozens, Europe, German Politicians, Germany, moscow, Nuclear War, Russian Bear, weapons

The US still has dozens of nuclear war heads stationed throughout Europe, including an estimated 20 in Germany. Yet, hardly anyone thinks this makes sense any more — apart from those at Germany’s Defense Ministry. By Cordula Meyer and Alexander Szandar more…

Russian Bear Roars: Why Is Moscow Risking a New Cold War?
Doubts about Security: German [...]

Air Force Purge Stemmed From Future War Fights

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., Air Force Chief, Air Force Chief Of Staff, Brother, Buzz, Chief Of Staff, China, Doubts, Future War, Gates, Interchange, Moseley, North Vietnamese, Outgoing Air, Peer Competitor, Purge, Russia, Sentiments, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, Vietnam

Gates expressed doubts that the United States will get into a shooting war with a “peer competitor” like Russia or China any time soon. After he was fired, the outgoing Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. “Buzz” Moseley, echoed those sentiments. Not Wynne.
“My response to Secretary Gates in that interchange was my brother was shot [...]

Will Israel or the West last another 60 years?

Posted by Matt in May 15th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, West, Assumption, Christianity, Clouds, Communism, Constituencies, Doubts, Embodiment, Emergence, Enemies, Environmentalist, Fascist Ideology, Horizon, Israel, Recession, Rise Of China, Rise Of Islam, Scientific Materialism, Sirens, Spiritual Vacuum, Storm Clouds, Storms, Western Values

I have serious doubts that the West will look anything like it does today in 60 years. I mean demographically it will be significantly reduced in size due to war. First think about the rise of China and the re-emergence of Russia. Next think about the rise of Islam. These are the storm clouds forming [...]