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The China-Taiwan Tinderbox

  • by Mario Seiglie
The Korean War showed how easily a local war in Asia, like the brewing China-Taiwan conflict, can escalate.

Has the World Gone a Little Less MAD?

  • by Jeremy Lallier
With the recent measures taken to increase the world's nuclear security, are we really any farther from the threat of Mutual Assured Destruction that haunted us all those years ago?

World News and Trends: Serious U.S.-China diplomatic conflicts

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
Not long after being appointed U.S. secretary of State, Hillary Clinton flew to China for her first important diplomatic encounter abroad. She emphasized mutual national interests, like trade and climate policy, just as President Barack Obama later did on his first presidential trip to China.

The Rise of the Asian Dragon

  • by Rodney Hall
How do China's amazing transformation and increasing global power fit into prophesied end-time events?

World News and Trends: China's growing naval ambitions

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
While it is currently far from matching or surpassing U.S. naval power, China has a much longer history and the historic patience to pursue a long-term strategy with the view to eventually surpassing American dominance of the sea. (Sources: Stratfor Today, Le Monde diplomatique.)

Fifty Years of Space Race

  • by Don Hooser
The space race has brought great advancements in scientific understanding. The world enjoys innumerable inventions as spin-offs of space age technology, but the costs have been incredibly high.

The 2008 Dinner Plate Has Less, Costs More

  • by Cecil Maranville
Have you noticed the phrase, "food inflation" in news reports lately? It refers to a worldwide phenomenon of sharply increasing food prices, a trend that will mean less food for many and higher costs for all in 2008.