Iran believed to test missiles for attack on U.S.
Graham warned in 2005 that Iran was not only covertly developing nuclear weapons, but was already testing ballistic missiles specifically designed to destroy America’s technical infrastructure with the aim of neutralizing the world’s lone superpower.
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As commodity prices soar, South America’s agricultural giant steps up to feed a needy world
The Brazilians still call these lightly wooded plains the cerrado—or “closed” or “inaccessible” land. But nowadays the cerrado is very much open for business, its fertility a springboard from which the world’s newest superpower in agriculture is emerging. “We have been [...]

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But China’s behaviour over the past year - military, diplomatic and political - testifies to an increasingly assertive and confident mood among Chinese leaders in their dealings with Asia and the rest of the world.
China did not warn other users of space when it fired a ballistic missile to destroy an old weather satellite in [...]

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Tired of American global dominance? Just consider the alternatives. By Niall Ferguson.
Critics of U.S. global dominance should pause and consider the alternative. If the United States retreats from its hegemonic role, who would supplant it? Not Europe, not China, not the Muslim world—and certainly not the United Nations. Unfortunately, the alternative to a single superpower [...]

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