TRIPLETT: Who is Hu Jintao? Official niceties obscure his bloody record By William C. Triplett II The Washington Times January 14, 2011 President Obama makes a courtesy bow to welcome Chinese President Hu Jintao to the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington earlier this week. A report by the CIA’s Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation and Arms Control Center links
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CAN WE GET SERIOUS PLEASE, OUR GREAT COUNTRY IS AT RISK by Frank Roche, Economist Throughout American history, in good times and bad, policy makers have always faced difficult challenges, choices, and final decisions. American policy makers in 2011 face their own difficult challenges, choices, and final decisions. What I sense is missing today among policy makers is a sufficient degree of seriousness,
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Peace Despite Weakness? Center for Security Policy | Jan 11, 2011 By Frank Gaffney, Jr. Two recent episodes offer an insight into a world in which the United States deliberately adopts a policy of pursuing international peace despite weakness, rather than practice what Ronald Reagan called “peace through strength.” First, prior to and during Secretary of
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THE NEXT DECADE by George Friedman Published: January 2011 Synopsis The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required
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JANUARY 24, 2011 Beijing wants to diversify out of U.S. debt and it will have plenty of cash to make acquisitions. By CHARLES WOLF JR. From 2007 through the first half of this year, Chinese buyers—state, private and in between—acquired 400 companies located outside of the country. The acquisitions span a wide range: mining companies
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A World in Crisis What the thirties tell us about today. Matthew Continetti January 3 – January 10, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 16 On December 13, 1931, there was a traffic accident in New York City. A man exited a cab on the Upper East Side and was crossing
December 29, 2010 By Austin Bay Conditions — and human intentions — can change quickly, but creating capabilities takes time. This applies in virtually every realm of human endeavor. The global recession has required painful economic adjustment that in the case of a nation like Greece may take decades to repair. An epidemic can strike,
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) On eve of presidential summit in Washington. Dan Blumenthal January 12, 2011 4:00 PM What if you could prepare for a state visit in Washington that boosts your public image while at the same time humiliating your rival and intimidating your neighbors? If you are Chinese President Hu Jintao,
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JANUARY 10, 2011 The Communist Party affirms that ‘central planning and not the market will be supreme.’ By JOSé AZEL With his characteristic intellectual wit, Cuban writer Carlos Alberto Montaner defines communism as “the time countries waste between capitalism and capitalism.” By this account, the Cuban government is now in its 52nd year of wasted
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Published January 09, 2011 | Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says China’s rapidly developing defense capabilities are worrisome to the United States. China has made strides in building a new stealth fighter jet and Washington is also concerned about a new ballistic missile that could theoretically explode a U.S. aircraft carrier nearly 2,000
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