The Patrol Zone

“American intelligence services, the cult of secrecy and the culture of national security all came about after the Second World War.”
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“For the United States, a Chinese decision to abandon the dollar would be tantamount to Pearl Harbor without the war. It would represent a challenge to the world’s biggest economy by the world’s fastest growing economy. Millions of people would see their standard of living suffer as a result, and American self-confidence, already shaky, would [...]

“WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) — In an article in the November issue of Atlantic Monthly, ‘America’s Elegant Decline,’ Robert Kaplan reminds us of a geostrategic reality we can easily forget in the face of Fourth Generation wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: The United States is inescapably a maritime power.”
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“When President Bush looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes in 2001 and perceived a trustworthy soul, it’s unlikely that he foresaw the more recent image: a snarling Russian bear, engorged on petrodollars and fuming at past slights. Even as the former KGB colonel has tightened the vise on political opposition and press freedoms at home, and [...]

“CHINA HAS BEEN expanding the size of its naval fleet for the same length of time–about 25 years–that the U.S. has been decreasing its Navy. A Congressional Quarterly article warned ominously that China will possess nearly twice as many submarines as the U.S. in 2010, and is likely to surpass the total size of the [...]