Analysis: China plays hardball – CNN.com

Posted by Matt in January 20th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, China, Cnn, Dalai Lama, Decline Of America, Economic Point, Economy, Foreign Policy Magazine, Global Economic Crisis, Hardball, Historian, Japan, Jonathan, Jonathan Fenby, Niall-Ferguson, Patriot Missiles, Point Of View, Signs, Taiwan, Upheaval, White House

Historian Niall Ferguson wrote in last year’s Foreign Policy magazine (Mar/Apr) that we have entered the age of upheaval with the start of the global economic crisis and the decline of America. Now we have China showing signs that it will increasingly fill the void.
Get ready for a few difficult months ahead when the U.S. [...]

Preparing for a ‘nuclear event’ – LA Daily News

Posted by Matt in December 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Shelters, Bomb, Consequences, County Public Health, Daily News, Director Jonathan, Emergency Plans, Fallout Shelters, Jonathan, Likelihood, Metropolitan Areas, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Event, Public Health Director, Taking Inventory

Local officials taking inventory of bomb and fallout shelters

While the possibility of a nuclear attack in Los Angeles seems almost unthinkable, local officials are inventorying hundreds of old bomb and fallout shelters as part of their preparations for a “radiological or nuclear event.”
Los Angeles and other metropolitan areas are drafting emergency plans while federal [...]

Cold war enemies Russia and China launch a cyber attack every day – Telegraph

Posted by Matt in December 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Russia, Attempts, China Attack, Cold-War, Crack, Cyber Attacks, cyber-attack, Economic Intelligence, Enemies, Gchq, hackers, Jonathan, Jonathan Evans, Listening Station, Mi5, Military Projects, Political Intelligence, Russia, Sensitive Technology, Technology Projects, Telegraph

A crack team that fights hackers, based at the GCHQ listening station, is being called on to deal with more than 300 cyber attacks a year, it has emerged.
Jonathan Evans, the head of MI5, has warned that Britain faces “unreconstructed attempts by Russia, China and others” who were using “sophisticated technical [...]

Follow The Money Behind Anti-Israel Invective on Campus :: Jonathan Schanzer

Posted by Matt in October 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, general, anti-israel, Campus, Challenges, Dangerous Region, Economic Competitiveness, Education Act, Educational Programs, Federal Government Funds, Foreign Languages, Grant Monies, Higher Education, Invective, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan Schanzer, Middle East, National Resource Centers, New Generations, Professors, Universities, Vitriol

A great deal of the grant monies allotted to these professors-in-training come from the federal government through a program known as Title VI. This program, formally called Title VI of the Higher Education Act, provides funding and support for Middle Eastern educational programs, including the “study by Americans of foreign languages, as well as area [...]

The rise of China and India | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in October 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, India, beijing, Chinese Communist Party, Countryside, Economy China, Environmental Problems, Foreign Markets, Form Of Government, Generations, Global Economy, Governments, guardian, Indian Prime Minister, Jonathan, Jonathan Watts, New Decade, Reliance, Rise Of China, Social Inequality, Speedy Growth, Turbulent Times

Speedy growth also brought rising social inequality, worsening environmental problems and the potentially unsettling shift of hundreds of millions of people from countryside to city. But, on the surface at least, both governments remained stable. For the first time in more than 40 years, an Indian prime minister served a full term and was re-elected. [...]

Chile’s lack of English proficiency

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

Published in Americas, Chile, Dayana, Diana, English Proficiency, Fleeting Romance, Jhonatan, Jonathan, Love, Maikel, Maikl, Myth, Valparaiso, Woman

Popular myth has it that in the port city of Valparaiso, a woman had a fleeting romance with a U.S. Marine and ended up pregnant. When her beau left Chile, she named the baby in honor of his ship. The baby was christened “Usnavy.”
Chileans love to name their children after their idols or anything that [...]

Hamas seen using new Russian weapons to break Israelis’ will following invasion

Posted by Matt in July 11th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Israel, Middle East, Combat Abilities, Gaza Strip, Global Research, Hamas, Hizbullah, International Affairs Center, invasion, Israeli Incursion, Israelis, Jonathan, Middle East Newsline, Researcher, Russian Weapons, Spyer

A leading Israeli analyst said Hamas has been preparing its forces for an expected Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip, Middle East Newsline reported. Jonathan Spyer, a senior researcher at the Global Research in International Affairs Center, said Hamas was adopting Hizbullah’s strategy of asymmetrical warfare meant to significantly improve its combat abilities.
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