How Russia Is About to Dramatically Change the World | theTrumpet.com

Posted by Matt in January 9th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Oil, Russia, Asia, Balance Of Power, Church Of God, Columns, Europe, Few Days, Global Balance, Global Economy, New Oil, Oil Exporter, Oil Pipeline, Philadelphia Church Of God, Ramifications, Russia, Saudi-Arabia, Shape

Over the next few days, Russia will change the world. It has completed a new oil pipeline and port complex that sets Russia up to become a more powerful oil exporter than Saudi Arabia. The ramifications for Europe and Asia are profound: The shape of the global economy—and the global balance of power—will be altered [...]

Cutting the nuclear arsenals

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

Published in Nuclear, Bombers, Cutting, Delivery Systems, Global Balance, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Medvedev, Nuclear Arms Reduction, Nuclear Arsenals, Offensive Capabilities, Range Missiles, Russia Fears, Strategists, Triad, Warhead, Warheads

The fewer warheads Russia and America have, the harder it is to maintain global balance.
The second issue is delivery systems. Russia fears it will lose out in cuts, as its long-range missiles are ageing and probably far less reliable than US missiles. Last week Mr Medvedev insisted that any new treaty should limit all systems, [...]

The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West

Posted by Matt in March 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Niall Ferguson, general, Ascendancy, Balance Of Power, Central And Eastern Europe, Central Paradox, Conflict, Confluence, Decline, Dominance, Economic Volatility, Economics, Empire Financial, Empires in Decline, Ethnic Conflict, Extreme Violence, Financial History, Global Balance, History Professor, Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, Professor Ferguson, Savagery, Science And Technology, Seeds, The three E's, Triumph, Twentieth Century, Unprecedented Violence, War Of The World

Building upon his previously acclaimed volumes on empire, economics, and financial history, Professor Ferguson argues that three things seem necessary to explain the extreme violence of the twentieth century: ethnic conflict, economic volatility, and the decline of empires. He argues that the confluence of these factors helps us to understand why so much happened at [...]

Erosion of American Nuclear Superiority

Posted by Matt in September 22nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., Balance Of Power, Cast Away, Constraints, Credibility, Decades, Deterrents, Drift, Erosion, Fracture, Friends And Foes, Global Balance, global balance of power, Illusion Of Safety, Incentives, Nuclear Superiority, Ramifications, Relative Power, Russia, seoul, Tokyo, Twenty Years

OVER THE next ten to twenty years, the erosion of American nuclear superiority will have major ramifications for the global balance of power. It will place new constraints on our freedom of action and lead our friends and foes alike to doubt the credibility of all instruments of U.S. power. As a result, decades-old alliance [...]