Moscow’s ‘nuclear doctrine’ under fire

Posted by Matt in March 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Russia, Amp, Canada, Conventional Military Forces, moscow, Nuclear Doctrine, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, Reliance, Russia

While Obama is reducing our reliance on nuclear weapons, Russia is doing the opposite. It’s conventional military forces are starting to crumble, so it is being forcing to rely on its nuclear forces.
FT.com / US & Canada – Moscow’s ‘nuclear doctrine’ under fire

Nuclear Disarmament: The Missile Shield Deadlock between the US and Russia – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in March 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Deadlock, Europe, Major Stumbling Block, Missile Shield, News International, News Russia, Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, Nuclear Free World, Obama, Online News, Russia News, Russia Online, S Vision, Spiegel, Spiegel Online

The US and Russia are currently negotiating a successor to the START nuclear disarmament treaty. But continued American plans for a missile shield in Europe have proven to be a major stumbling block. President Obama’s vision of a nuclear-free world is in danger.
Nuclear Disarmament: The Missile Shield Deadlock between the US and Russia – SPIEGEL [...]

Newsmax – Obama Plans to Eliminate ‘Thousands’ of U.S. Nuclear Warheads

Posted by Matt in March 1st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Nuclear, Europe, New Weapons, Newsmax, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Obama

The Obama administration is formulating a new nuclear weapons policy that would include the elimination of thousands of warheads and the possible withdrawal of all tactical warheads from Europe.
Newsmax – Obama Plans to Eliminate ‘Thousands’ of U.S. Nuclear Warheads

White House Is Rethinking Nuclear Policy – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, bombs, Chemical Attack, Chemical Weapons, Decisions, Embrace, Iran, New Movement, North-Korea, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Weapons, Nytimes, Obama, United States, White House

Conventional for conventional, and nonconventional for nonconventional – as in bombs. A country attacked with chemical weapons may respond with nuclear weapons – nonconventional for nonconventional.
Mr. Obama’s decisions on nuclear weapons come as conflicting pressures in his defense policy are intensifying. His critics argue that his embrace of a new movement to eliminate nuclear weapons [...]

Back to the USSR? | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Matt in February 23rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Russia, Attack On America, Borders, China Shop, Global Functions, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, infrastructure, Irina, Main Enemy, Missile Defense Systems, NATO, Norms, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear War, Obama, Real World, Russia, Russian Federation, Soviet Days, Ussr

Why would Russia want to launch a nuclear preemptive attack on America? Russia has been kind enough to explain why it might attack America – it feels threatened by NATO and the U.S.
Now if one is oblivious to the world, then you would go on encircling Russia while at the same time reducing your nuclear [...]

Europe Debt on Rise; Greece Scrambles to Lower Deficit – TIME

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

Published in Economy, Europe, Balanced Budgets, Budget, Club Europe, Fiscal Year, Governments, Greece, Jaws, Obama, Tight Times, Time President, Trillion

President Obama may have left jaws hanging with his proposed $3.8 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2011 — which forecasts a stunning $1.6 trillion deficit — but he’s hardly the only member of the “spend now, pay later” club. Across Europe, governments have gotten so used to embracing debt during economically tight times such [...]

China Warns President Obama Not to Meet the Dalia Lama, Tibet’s Exiled Leader – NYTimes.com

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

Published in China, China And The United States, Chinese Official, Dalai Lama, Dalia Lama, Nytimes, Obama, Spiritual Leader, Tibet, Tibetans

China will decide which leaders President Obama can meet.
A senior Chinese official strongly warned President Obama on Tuesday against meeting with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of the Tibetans, saying it would damage relations between China and the United States.
China Warns President Obama Not to Meet the Dalia Lama, Tibet’s Exiled Leader [...]

Big Trouble With Big China | Foreign Policy

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

Published in China, Administration Official, beijing, Big Trouble, Bush Administration, China, climate change, Foreign Policy, Global Issues, Global Solutions, Iran, Multilateral Institutions, Nasty, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, Relegation, Robert Zoellick, Stakeholder

Expect 2010 to be the year that Obama gets tough and relations with Beijing get nasty. What Washington really wants from China is for it to be part of the solution rather than a problem on global issues — to be a “responsible stakeholder,” a term coined by former Bush administration official Robert Zoellick. The [...]

Obama’s Dangerous China Game – Council on Foreign Relations

Posted by Matt in February 1st, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Affront, China Game, Chinese Leaders, Council On Foreign Relations, Game Council, Obama, sanctions, Taiwan China, United States

Don’t be surprised if the United States and China start rattling each other’s cages again, and this time, perhaps seriously. The Obama administration triggered this latest round by announcing on Friday a $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan. For Chinese leaders, this is the worst affront, since they consider Taiwan part of China. They retaliated [...]

Nightmare in the Middle East – NYPOST.com

Posted by Matt in January 31st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Brutality, Civilized World, Extremists, Failure, Foreign Policy, genocide, Heat And Dust, Israel, Lifetimes, nightmare, Nile, Nuclear Weapons, Nypost, Obama, Policy Efforts, Populations, Rogue Regimes, Savagery, Sub Saharan Africa, terrorists

But no region — not even sub-Saharan Africa — competes with the greater Middle East when it comes to wanton savagery, thwarted opportunities and the danger posed to innocent populations around the world. With fanatical terrorists of unprecedented brutality, Islamist extremists pursuing nuclear weapons, rogue regimes, disintegrating states and threats of genocide against Israel, the [...]