China’s ‘aggressive’ buildup called worry – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in January 13th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in China, Military, Adm, Assertions, beijing, China Military, China S Military, Chinese Leaders, Military Buildup, Modernization, Power Projection, Projection Capabilities, Robust Power, Scope, Transparency, Washington Times, Willard

Adm. Willard said China’s military buildup is “aggressive,” and he disputed Chinese leaders’ claims that the modernization is defensive.
“While PRC leaders have consistently characterized such developments as defensive in nature, the scope of modernization, the extensive commitment to advanced training, the development of robust power projection capabilities and, most importantly, Beijing’s lack of transparency call [...]

China Dares Currency Reprisals

Posted by Matt in December 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, beijing, China Currency, Corporates, Current Situation, Dares, Economic Distress, English Proverb, Horse To Water, Intransigence, Mid Term Elections, Reprisals, Retaliation, Scapegoats, Scope, Sentinel, Stimulus, Sums, Target, Unemployment, Yuan

US economic distress could trigger retaliation against the cheap yuan
“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink”. This old English proverb sums up the current situation with the US economy. The government is intending to throw in yet more budgetary stimulus but it seems a better than even chance that [...]

Israel accuses Hugo Chávez of turning Venezuela into Americas base for Iran

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

Published in Venezuela, Africa, Ayalon, Hugo Chavez, Iran, Iranian Regime, Israel, Latin-America, Middle East, Peace, Scope, tehran, Venezuela, World Security

“The scope of the Iranian regime does not end in the Middle East. It is global, and also reaches Africa and Latin America,” Ayalon said. He also warned of the “implications and the danger to world security and peace” posed by the “fanatical regime” in Tehran.
Israel accuses Hugo Chávez of turning Venezuela into Americas base [...]

Israel hints of broader war in region

Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, War, Defense Minister, Echelon, Ehud Barak, Flames, Gaza Strip, IDF, Israel, Israel Hints, Israel War, Israeli War, Israelis, Jerusalem Post, Losses, Ordeal, Pace, Scope

Israel’s Defense Minister says the flames of the next Israeli war would engulf a ‘broader’ region while admitting that Israelis must be ready to pay a higher price in terms of losses.
“The IDF’s future operations will be broader and more demanding in terms of their scope and pace, with more risks than Operation Cast [...]

A World of Trouble

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

Published in Economy, Financial, Chile, Correspondents, Countries, Financial Crisis, Global Economic Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, GlobalPost.Com, Ground Truth, Handful, Housing Bubble, International News, Islamic Insurgency, Moguls, Ordinary People, Recent Articles, Saudi Economy, Scope, Shockwaves, Surfeit, Taiwan, Thailand, World Of Pain, World Of Trouble, Worry

20 correspondents, 20 countries and a world of pain. Meet the ground truth of the global economic crisis.
To understand what’s unfolding we asked 20 GlobalPost correspondents in 20 countries to report on the ground truth of this deepening crisis. In other words, what’s really happening, and how are people being affected by a world of [...]

Preparing the Battlefield

Posted by Matt in June 29th, 2008 | 5 comments

Published in Iran, U.S., Battlefield, Bush Administration, Central Intelligence Agency, Congressional Leaders, Current, Iran, Joint Special Operations Command, Jsoc, Scope, Secret Moves, Special Operations Command

The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran.
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But the scale and the scope of the operations in Iran, which involve the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), have now been significantly expanded, according to the current and former officials. Many of these activities are not specified in the new [...]

Pew Survey: What the World Thinks of the US

Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in general, Democracies, Dislike, Egypt, Favorable Light, Fun Facts, Historical Context, Indonesia, Muslim Nations, Pakistan, Percentages, Pew Report, President Bush, Russians, Scope, Survey, Turkey, Turks, United States

As full of fun facts as the Pew Report is, however, it has a fairly limited scope. Lots of numbers and percentages are bandied about but with very little historical context or explanation. Why, for example, do Russians prefer powerful leaders over straight-up democracies? Why do Tanzanians like President Bush so much? Oh, and why [...]

Dissuading China

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

Published in China, Military, Acquisition, Actors, Annual Report, Armed Forces, Buxbaum, Charms, Countermeasures, Disruptive Technologies, Dissuasion, Military Advantages, Military Capabilities, Military Power, Pentagon, Political Context, Quadrennial Defense Review, Republic Of China, Science And Technology, Scope, Security Establishment, Technology Industries

What about stop trading with China? Wait, that would be inconvenient. Plus it would lower my standard of living.
Wouldn’t war and death lower your standard of living even more?
From the article:
The US would like to prevent China from developing certain offensive military capabilities. A dissuasion strategy has its charms, but it lacks a political [...]

CIA chief says China’s rapid military buildup troubling

Posted by Matt in April 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, beijing, Capabilities, China, Cia, Cia Chief, Michael Hayden, Military Force, Military Modernization, Rapid Military Buildup, Remarkable Speed, Risk, Scope, Weaponry

CIA chief Michael Hayden charged Wednesday that China was beefing up its military with “remarkable speed and scope,” calling the buildup “troubling.”
The Chinese, he said, had fully absorbed the lessons of both Gulf wars, developing and integrating advanced weaponry into a modern military force.
Hayden said while Beijing’s new capabilities could pose a risk to US [...]

Rearming the world

Posted by Matt in April 27th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Russia, SCO, Alliances, Amazon Asin, Anxiety, Armed Forces, Arsenals, Autocracies, Cold-War, Conventional Weapons, Decades, Fanfare, Heritage Foundation, International Peace Research, Islamic World, Military Expansion, Nation States, Natural Resources, Navies, New Reality, Peace Research Institute, Radical Islamists, Regional Conflict, SCO, Scope, Stockholm International, Violent Struggle

Why nations are suddenly locked in an arms race unseen since the early days of the Cold War
But the exercise highlighted an alarming new reality. With much less fanfare than the early days of the Cold War, the world is entering a new arms race, and with it, a dangerous new web of military relationships. [...]