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CHINA’S ECONOMIC SWORD

August 27, 2011 By Jed Babbin Jed Babbin served as a deputy undersecretary of defense under George H.W. Bush. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:It is in these areas – cyberwar and anti-satellite weapons, among others — that American economic weakness may be having the greatest effect. As one source told me, the Pentagon is enormously concerned

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THE GROWING THREAT FROM CHINA’S AIR FORCE

AUGUST 24, 2011 Two advanced Su-27 fighters recently chased an American reconnaissance plane over the Taiwan Strait. By MICHAEL AUSLIN China watchers have been fixated on the maiden voyage of Beijing’s first aircraft carrier this month. However, U.S. and Asian defense planners should take care not to ignore another aspect of China’s growing military might.

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AMERICA’S LOST ALLY – THE EVER SHRINKING EUROPEAN MILITARY

WASHINGTON POST By George F. Will, Published: August 17 LONDON During the Second World War, a future prime minister, Harold Macmillan, said America is “the new Roman empire and we Britons, like the Greeks of old, must teach them how to make it go.” How goes the tutoring of Rome by Athens? We are in the

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ENVIRONMENTAL RED TAPE STRANGLING RUBY

AUGUST 16, 2011 Ruby Red Tape A case study in the costs of regulation, from Opal to Oregon. The abstraction known as “regulation” is often invoked as a reason businesses aren’t growing or hiring fast enough, and with good reason. Anyone wondering what that means in practice should consult the epic saga of the Ruby

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EXXON, U.S. GOVERNMENT DUEL OVER OIL DISCOVERY

AUGUST 18, 2011 By RUSSELL GOLD Exxon Mobil Corp. is fighting with the U.S. government to keep control of one of its biggest oil discoveries ever, in a showdown where billions of dollars hang in the balance for both sides. The massive Gulf of Mexico discovery contains an estimated one billion barrels of recoverable oil,

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OBAMA AND THE DEFENSE OF TAIWAN

AUGUST 5, 2011 The U.S. seems ready to send a signal of weakness in Asia. The Obama Administration promised under Senate pressure last month to make a decision on the sale of 66 new F-16 fighters to Taiwan by October 1, which will finally give an issue that has languished in bureaucratic limbo the attention

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MASSIVE GLOBAL CYBERATTACK DISCOVERED

Military Tech U.S. Cybercops Caught Flat-Footed by Massive Global Cyberattack By Jeremy A. Kaplan Published August 04, 2011 | FoxNews.com REUTERS/Rick Wilking Josh Mayeux, network defender, works at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 20, 2010. Top U.S. cybercops were surprised

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