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Reuters.com March 4, 2012 By Chris Buckley, Reuters BEIJING--China will boost military spending by 11.2 percent this year, the government said on Sunday, unveiling Beijing's first defense budget since President Barack Obama launched a "pivot" to reinforce U.S. influence across the Asia-Pacific. The increase was announced by Li Zhaoxing, the spokesman for China's parliament, and …
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NYTimes.com March 4, 2012 BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned other powers on Sunday not to use humanitarian aid for Syria to "interfere" in the strife-torn Middle Eastern country, while urging unity in the U.N. Security Council after a split with Western powers over the crisis. The Chinese Foreign Ministry laid out its stance on Syria …
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New York Times March 4, 2012 Pg. 1 Mark Landler WASHINGTON — On the eve of a crucial visit to the White House by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, that country's most powerful American advocates are mounting an extraordinary public campaign to pressure President Obama into hardening American policy toward Iran over its nuclear …
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SmallWarsJournal.com March 2, 2012 This Week at War To compel Iran to fold, President Obama may have to back Israel's play. Will Obama go all in or cash out? I also highlight a debate at El Centro, Small Wars Journal's new Latin America venture. Persian Poker On March 5, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with …
The Cable (thecable.foreignpolicy.com) March 2, 2012 By Josh Rogin If the international community gave the Syrian rebels arms, communications equipment, and intelligence, that would help speed PresidentBashar al-Assad's removal from power, the top U.S. military official in Europe said Thursday. Navy Admiral James Stavridis, Commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander-Europe, told the …
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McClatchy Newspapers (mcclatchydc.com) March 2, 2012 By David Enders and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers NEAR QUSAYR, Syria — Resting in a safe house south of the shell-battered city of Homs, Syrian rebel Abu Abdo at first framed the conflict convulsing his country as a war between the Sunni Muslim majority and the authoritarian regime …
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You would have heard of these laws and theories from someone sometime. So, this is going to be a quick refresher 1. Pareto’s Law (also known as the 80/20 rule): The 80/20 Rule means that in anything a few (20 percent) are vital and many(80 percent) are trivial. In 1906, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto created …
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DefenseNews.com February 29, 2012 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told lawmakers that the Pentagon would begin planning for the potential automatic spending cuts that would come with sequestration this summer if Congress does not act before then. Speaking at a Feb. 29 House Budget Committee hearing, Panetta said the Pentagon was not doing any planning now …
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New York Times February 29, 2012 In medieval times, areas known to be dangerous or uncharted were often labeled on maps with the warning: “Beware, here be dragons.” That is surely how mapmakers would be labeling the whole Middle East today. After the onset of the Arab awakenings, it was reasonable to be, at worst, …
Yahoo.com February 28, 2012 By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Leading senators on the Budget Committee clashed Tuesday over whether the Pentagon could bear even deeper budget cuts, with defense officials warning that additional reductions would hit jobs across the 50 states and affect national security. Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad, the committee chairman, …
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