Ground Warfare – The Making, and Unmaking, of a Child Soldier
Sunday, March 4th, 2007New York Times Magazine – One boyís tortuous entanglement in an African civil war.
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Archive for March, 2007
Chinese Navy – China expands sub fleet
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007Washington Times – China’s military is engaged in a major buildup of submarines that includes five new strategic nuclear-missile boats and several advanced nuclear-powered attack submarines, according to the Office of Naval Intelligence.
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Geopolitics / Russia – Post-Putin
Friday, March 2nd, 2007New York Times Magazine – Who will be ruling Russia next year? And what of the democracy that will decide that?
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Iran – The Redirection
Thursday, March 1st, 2007New Yorker – In the past few months, as the situation in Iraq has deteriorated, the Bush Administration, in both its public diplomacy and its covert operations, ha significantly shifted its Middle East strategy. The ìredirection,î as some inside the White House have called the new strategy, has brought the Unite States closer to an open confrontation with Iran and, in parts of the region, propelled it into a widening sectarian conflict between Shiite and Sunn Muslims.
Is the Administrationís new policy on Iran benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?
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