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01:44 pm | Jeffrey T. Kuhner Conservatives are asking a reasonable question: Will a Mitt Romney candidacy turn into another debacle like Sen. John McCain’s in 2008? The Arizona maverick was…
12:37 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korea has planted land mines and installed wooden planks studded with sharp iron nails along its border with China in…
12:40 pm | John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — When the government of erstwhile U.S. ally Egypt shut down seventeen Western pro-democracy groups, trashed their Cairo offices, and slapped travel bans…
Daily Brief
NYSE, Nasdaq compete to be Facebook’s friend »
10:10 pm | Facebook Inc. has chosen its underwriters. Now it needs to pick a place to trade. NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., rivals for almost every initial public offering in America, are competing…
New U.S. strategy for China challenged by chairman of Joint Chiefs »
12:06 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu The newly established Air Sea Battle Concept, which heavily favors the Air Force, Navy and Marines, is facing a new challenge that has the potential of…
Congress warns Egypt its annual military aid of $1.3 billion is at risk »
06:21 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has relayed another warning to Egypt that its policy endangers U.S. military assistance. The Senate has sent a letter to the Egyptian military regime that cited harassment…
| In angst over Iran and Syria, booming N. Korean missile exports overlooked |
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Kuwait replaces Iraq as air command post for U.S. operations in Gulf »
02:43 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The U.S. military has begun using Kuwait for air defense operations in the…
Russia vows to continue arms deliveries to Syria: ‘no restrictions’ »
02:39 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia said it intends to complete additional weapons deliveries to the embattled regime of…
Israeli firm lobbies mayors near Gaza to endorse anti-missile system »
02:33 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — An Israeli defense major has sought endorsements for its new missile and rocket…
U.S. sanctions Kurdish insurgents for drug trafficking »
02:20 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has imposed sanctions on senior Kurdish insurgency operatives. The Treasury Department…
Reading Mitt: The important differences between Romney, Gingrich and McCain »
01:44 pm | Jeffrey T. Kuhner Conservatives are asking a reasonable question: Will a Mitt Romney candidacy turn into another debacle like…
Diplomats debate whether Israel has lost status as ‘strategic asset’ to U.S. »
12:49 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com HERZLIYA, Israel — Israel was said to have lost its strategic relationship with the United States,…
Violence from tribal, Sunni-Shi’ite tensions disrupt Kuwait elections »
12:45 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Kuwait is holding parliamentary elections amid rising violence. Up to 400,000 Kuwaitis began…
East Asia Intel
China’s dictators are not stupid like Stalin and Obama is their ally »
12:37 pm | Lev Navrozov In my columns, I have been writing a lot about PRC’s aggressive policies, its growing military might, and its global ambitions. Today’s PRC’s dictators are not as stupid and naive as was Stalin, who kept his country isolated from the entire world. Nobody, except Soviet spies and high-post ambassadors he sent abroad to…
Humility deficit in the corridors of shakedown science »
02:34 pm | Wesley Pruden “Climate research,” the New York Times confidently assures us, “stands at a crossroads.” This means that a lot of research scientists are standing at the crossroads, holding out paper bags like trick-or-treaters on Halloween night, standing in line for taxpayer largesse to fill ‘em up. These specialists in shakedown “science,” who speak only…
Reading Mitt: The important differences between Romney, Gingrich and McCain »
01:44 pm | Jeffrey T. Kuhner Conservatives are asking a reasonable question: Will a Mitt Romney candidacy turn into another debacle like Sen. John McCain’s in 2008? The Arizona maverick was said to be the most “electable” of the Republican nominees. Many GOP voters held their noses and supported Mr. McCain. Yet he was defeated — convincingly —…
Can this global mess wait until January 2013? »
01:05 pm | Sol W. Sanders Diverted by the essential — if sometimes burlesqued — pursuit of America’s quadrennial search for leadership, policymakers have tried to put international problems on hold. But dealing with wannabe-totalitarian outcroppings throughout the Islamic world from Casablanca to Zamboanga, is as critical and demanding and may take as long as the struggle with…
Loud and clear signals from Egypt: Rules of its game with West have changed »
12:40 pm | John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — When the government of erstwhile U.S. ally Egypt shut down seventeen Western pro-democracy groups, trashed their Cairo offices, and slapped travel bans on some of their staff, political relations between Washington and Cairo hit a new and unexpected low. Just a year after a tumultuous political uprising topped the…
Intel Brief
Kim Jong-Un era starts with new landmines on China border and shoot-to-kill orders to stop defections »
12:37 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korea has planted land mines and installed wooden planks studded with sharp iron nails along its border with China in one of…
Secularist Syrian rebel forces pressed by Turkey to yield to Islamists »
11:12 am | Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — The Syrian opposition continues to be divided between the rebel army and Islamists supported by Qatar.…
Number of cell phone users surging in N. Korea, posing threat to regime control »
02:30 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com Nearly 1 million North Koreans, out of the country’s 24 million people, are using mobile…
Simulation concluded the U.S. will press Israel not to strike Iran »
08:50 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com TEL AVIV — A simulation by leading Israeli researchers has again pointed to heavy U.S. pressure on the…
Africa / Europe
China’s dictators are not stupid like Stalin and Obama is their ally »
12:37 pm | Lev Navrozov In my columns, I have been writing a lot about PRC’s aggressive policies, its growing military might, and its global…
U.S. intel: Syrian regime could survive 2012 thanks to backing from China, Russia, Iran »
12:54 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that a fragmented opposition and powerful foreign support could sustain the…
Russia vows to continue arms deliveries to Syria: ‘no restrictions’ »
02:39 pm | Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia said it intends to complete additional weapons deliveries to the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Kremlin said Moscow would fulfill several…
