China, Iran Creating ‘No-Go’ Zones to Thwart U.S. Military Power — Politics Daily

Posted by Matt in March 3rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military, Air Space, Allies, Barge, China, cyberspace, Defense Secretary, Global Commons, Iran, Jujitsu, Military Power, Pentagon, Persian Gulf, Power Politics, Robert Gates, Sea Air, Secretary Robert, Strategists, Target Countries, United States

But now the party’s over. The United States, Pentagon strategists say, is quickly losing its ability to barge in without permission. Potential target countries and even some lukewarm allies are figuring out ingenious ways to blunt American power without trying to meet it head-on, using a combination of high-tech and low-tech jujitsu.
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As Defense Secretary Robert [...]

Fears grow of South American arms race

Posted by Matt in January 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Americas, Military, 1970s, Aggression Pact, Ambitions, Big Spender, Bloody Civil War, Cabinet Ministers, Copper, Countries In South America, Fears, Gross Domestic Product, Hackles, Heavyweights, Legacy, Military Power, More Than Four Decades, Peru, Pinochet Regime, Profits, Venezuela, World Stage

Tabaré Vázquez, Uruguay’s president, recently described the arms race as a “reality”, while President Alan García of Peru sent his cabinet ministers across the region to try to broker a non-aggression pact. Brazil and Chile are the undeniable heavyweights in terms of spending. Brazil spent $24.6bn on defence in 2008, partly in an attempt to [...]

Ferguson: How Economic Weakness Endangers the U.S. | Newsweek.com

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

Published in Economy, Niall Ferguson, U.S., Afghanistan, Cold-War, Economic Experts, Economic Power, Economic Weakness, empire, Fear, ferguson, Fiscal Crisis, Global Power, Hegemon, Indecision, Military Experts, Military Power, National Security, Newsweek, Newsweek National News, superpower, United States

We won the cold war and weathered 9/11. But now economic weakness is endangering our global power.
But if the United States succumbs to a fiscal crisis, as an increasing number of economic experts fear it may, then the entire balance of global economic power could shift. Military experts talk as if the president’s decision about [...]

Tame China now or face war later – upiasia.com

Posted by Matt in November 13th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in China, Aims, Ambitions, Backstabbing, China War, Consequences, Face, Japan, Military Power, Modernization, Pearl-Harbor, Qualms, State Of Arunachal Pradesh, Taiwan, United States, world-war-II

The United States set China on the course to modernization and military power, but Chinese ambitions are running far ahead of the country’s publicly stated aims. It has no qualms about retaking Taiwan or the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is time the United States tames China to avoid consequences like Japan’s backstabbing when [...]

Growing Chinese military creates uncertainty: U.S | Politics | Reuters

Posted by Matt in October 21st, 2009 | 1 comment

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The new head of the U.S. Pacific Command, speaking separately in Seoul, said China’s military growth had exceeded the expectations of most U.S. intelligence estimates over the past decade.
Admiral Robert Willard said his greatest concern about China was “the uncertainty with regard to the military power that they’ve developed over the past year, which they’ve [...]

Brazil Emerges as a Military Power

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

Published in Brazil, Amazon, Armaments, Brazil, Creation, Defense Strategy, France, Military Forms, Military Industrial Complex, Military Power, Natural Biodiversity, Oil Reserves, Power Cip, superpower

The recently signed agreements between Brazil and France are about much more than the purchase of armaments. They indicate the creation of a military industrial complex, a goal which forms part of the National Defense Strategy of Brazil. This new industrial superpower, owner of the seventh largest oil reserves of the world and the world’s [...]

China military threat to Taiwan rises despite détente | Reuters

Posted by Matt in August 31st, 2009 | no comment

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The balance of military power between China and Taiwan is shifting towards Beijing, leaving the island few options without U.S. aid in the event of attack, a threat that has not eased despite warming ties.
China has invested billions of dollars in its military, buying from Russia, developing itself advanced fighter jets and missiles, and slimming [...]

Do the Math: Why Russia Won’t Be a Superpower Anytime Soon – Capital Journal – WSJ

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

Published in Russia, 21st Century, Breakup Of The Soviet Union, Capital Journal, Clout, Flex Muscles, Implication, Math, Military Power, moscow, Russia Population, Russia S Population, Superpower Status, United Nations, Vice President, world-war-II, Worries, Wsj

The obvious implication of the vice president’s comments is that worries about Russia’s clout are overblown. Moscow has been acting more belligerently than any time since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Clearly, it would like to reclaim the superpower status it held for nearly 40 years after World War II.
But in the 21st century, [...]

India rising, and flexing military muscles

Posted by Matt in July 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in India, Air Force, Aircraft Carrier, Army, Aspiration, Australia, Carrier Battle Groups, Constructive Role, Fleet, Global Arena, India Military, Indian Ocean, Military Capacity, Military Power, Muscles, No Doubt, Nuclear Submarines, Ranjan, Research Foundation, Weapon Systems

As its military capacity swells, India’s potential to project its growing military might in the Indian Ocean – a region of great strategic importance to Australia – could be relatively unimpeded.
Deba Ranjan Mohanty, a strategic analyst at Delhi’s Observer Research Foundation, says that by about 2025 India is likely to have three to four aircraft [...]