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18.02.2009, 21:34

Increase of U.S. contingent won’t bring stability to Afghanistan

Increase of U.S. contingent won’t bring stability to Afghanistan says Ivan Eland, senior fellow at the Independent Institute, Washington DC.

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Afghan troop surge is foolish and totally wasteful – Ron Paul

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“US military is out there spreading death right now”

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28.10.2010, 17:52 6 comments

America risking “another Vietnam” in Afghanistan - Gorbachev

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said in an interview that it is "impossible" for US-led coalition forces to secure victory in Afghanistan.

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“More troops to Afghanistan within weeks”

When you’re in for a counterinsurgency action in Afghanistan, that necessarily means that you’re going to see more casualties, said Reiham Salam from the New America Foundation.

SAU MSTA, Russia 09.02.2010, 18:58 24 comments

Copycat weapons a threat to Russia's economic security

Pirate production is among the key problems of the global weapons market. Superpowers that used to help their allies establish their own defense industries during the Cold War now face the consequences of that help.

A parade marking the end of Russia-China military exercises. August 2007, (AFP Photo / Maxim Marmur) 28.04.2009, 22:13 18 comments

"Only Russia and China can meet American challenge"

Russia and China are the only ones “who can take the challenge of the U.S. in the military field”; others are unable to do it technically, says Ruslan Pukhov from Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies.

AFP Photo / Saul Loeb 09.03.2009, 10:31 1 comment

Afghanistan welcomes Obama’s Taliban initiative

US forces in Afghanistan can negotiate peace and reconciliation with some elements of the Taliban. That's Barack Obama's hope, as expressed in an interview with the New York Times.

13.11.2009, 19:00 7 comments

Will Asia prove resilient to Obamania?

As US President Barack Obama kicks off his week-long tour of Asian capitals, he does so with American power severely challenged, and Russia watching closely.

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Workers using a giant offshore crane salvages portion of the sunken South Korean naval ship Cheonan off Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, April 15, 2010. (Image from armybase.us) 29.07.2010, 18:29 9 comments

S. Korean newspaper exonerates North over torpedo

A South Korean newspaper claims Russian investigators have found North Korea did not torpedo one of the South's warships that sank in spring. The report says the vessel hit a mine.

‘US won’t sell jets to Taiwan as they fear China’

Published: 10 March, 2009, 17:47


AFP Photo / US Air Force / Sgt. John S. Chapman

The US has decided not to sell its F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan because they fear upsetting China, said Taiwan's parliament speaker Wang Jin-Pyng, in an interview with news agency Reuters.

 
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