China’s Multilateral Strategy

China has conducted a successful diplomatic initiative by forging a series of interrelated bilateral and multilaterral ties in the Asian continent.
This has been done quite rapidly in conjunction with, in the 1990s and the new millenium, a muting of military rhetoric. China’s foundation of cooperative establishments is helping it emerge as a regional leader not [...]

$8 billion Gone Missing, US Reservist Speaks Up, Hamas and Revolution, and Iraqi Oil Industry Unions

Mark Perry, director of Conflicts Forum, writes about the emergence and existence of Hamas, its friction and conflict with Fatah and the PLO, as well as its role in national and regional politics. There is confusion in analysts’ identification of Hamas: a militant organization, a political party, or a revolutionary movement. Perry goes a little [...]

News in Brief: 5 April 2007

A brief list of interesting news for the day:
China’s economy grew by 10.7% in 2006, and trade grows in first two months of 2007 relative to 2006’s US$39.64 billion surplus > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070405.wchinalending0405/BNStory/Business/home
US Administration evading law requiring archiving of official emails through use of accounts outside of White House system > http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy/bush_beseiged_4499.jsp
France is closing in [...]