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More of the Same for 2010?

More Reasons to Distrust China – The Cyber Cold War [Part II]

[Follow up to blog post, "China's 21st Century War to Destroy the U.S. | Wake up! We Are Losing!"]
Something is very wrong. The number of press stories / pentagon reports / think-tank assessments and arbitrary Joe Geek office cube conversations revolving around Chinese Hackers continues to escalate and very little notice (publicly) appears to be [...]

U.S. Military Spending | Versus the World

Source: Wikipedia
Chinese Military Power Report

Will Iran Slap Obama’s Peace Overtures?

The Middle East – and Iran issue specifically – lies at the center of so many foreign policy hurdles for the United States. The pursuit of peace in the Middle East and the reestablishment of a legitimate U.N. entity can only start with a proven warming of relations between the U.S. and Iran.
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The World Smells U.S. Weakness. Dismantling Begins!

The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of America circa 20th Century.
In the nine years that have passed since the millennium, the ‘beloved’ Bush administration [...]

Obama, Putin, Iran’s S-300 Anti-Aircraft Missiles … and Loss of Face?

Based on President Obama’s rocking speech last night … an economic, social and foreign policy home-run… it is very easy to understand why foreign states – allies and adversaries – continue to celebrate the departure of Bush 43. Obama’s candid and unabashedly open-mindedness for talks with former Axis-of-Evil nations (Iran, Syria and North Korea [...]

Russia – Friend or Foe?

It seems to me – upon reflection and across a rather strong cuppa tea – that my post yesterday about Vladimir Putin’s Russia (“Russia Reclaiming Lost Strength and Confidence“) seemed almost too giddy and optimistic and should perhaps have been a more balanced picture of a corrupt, secretive and authoritarian dictatorship that holds contradictory and [...]

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