Moving its uranium enrichment facilities underground does not mean that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.
Iran Digs in With Its Uranium Enrichment Facilities
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War & Peace
Repurposing Military Bases
Every other year, Architecture for Humanity’s Open Architecture Challenge brings international attention to issues in the built environment affecting the health, prosperity, and well-being of under-served communities. This year’s Open Architecture Challenge targets abandoned, closed, and decommissioned military sites and asks how they can be repurposed to publicly serve the communities surrounding them.
Newt Gingrich: Right About EMPs, Wrong About Who’d Use Them
If electromagnetic pulse weapons pose a threat, it’s not from Iran or North Korea, as Newt Gingrich warns, but from the United States.
Obama Ad Condemns Israel Aid Opponents
An ad on my Facebook page from barackobama.com reads, “Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich say they would start foreign aid to Israel at zero. Reject their extreme plan now!”
This struck me as odd for two reasons.
Why the New “Emphasis on Asia” in U.S. Policy?
In his remarks to the Australian parliament on November 17, President Obama declared that the U. S. was making the Asia-Pacific region a top priority. While promising a continued U.S. military presence in the region, Obama also expressed his intention to strengthen U.S.-China cooperation. This declaration, however, was made at the same time as Obama announced a series of anti-China measures: to station U.S. forces permanently in Australia for the first time, to promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – a multilateral trade agreement that excludes China – and to discuss the South China Sea Islands at the ASEAN summit, to Beijing’s displeasure. Therefore, the Japanese media view Obama’s emphasis on Asia as strengthening an anti-China containment ring.
Popping the Jeju Bubble
With parliamentary and presidential elections coming up in 2012, South Korea is in the midst of its very first social-network-driven political season on the world’s stage. After nearly half a decade of the conservative policies of the Lee Myung Bak administration, Koreans seem ready to swing back to the left. The election in October of a progressive as the mayor of Seoul heralds this trend. This race also served as a beta test for an effective web-based campaign model in Korea. A key test issue for the opposition is the naval base that the government is constructing on Jeju Island.
Will Pakistan Counter India’s “Water Bomb” With a Nuclear Bomb?
Pakistan is apprehensive that dams India is building will threaten the flow of the Indus through Pakistan.
MEK May Be a Terrorist Organization, But It Doesn’t Deserve to Be Butchered
The remnants of Iranian dissident group the MEK confined to an Iraqi refugee camp face a massacre when the United States leaves.
Does Israel Believe Downed Drone in Iran Contained Attack Coordinates?
Israel may believe that the downed drone in Iran contains data for an attack.
Coalition Forces Won’t Take Training Wheels Off Afghan Forces
Afghan National Security Forces have yet to play the lead role in the Afghanistan war.