THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA

An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis

Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor



Conservative & Free Market Analysis of Government, Politics & public policy, Covering Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic, Cultural, Military, International, Strategic, & Geopolitical Issues
PUBLIC ISSUES & POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES
FOREIGN AFFAIRS -- THE FAR EAST:  EAST ASIA & THE SOUTH PACIFIC

HIGH-TECH, HIGH-YIELD FARMING IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA:  USE OF BIOTECH COTTON SEEDS THAT CARRY THEIR OWN INTERNAL PESTICIDE, RESULTING IN A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN PESTICIDE SPRAYING, THE AVOIDANCE OF SEVERAL MILLION CASES OF PESTICIDE POISONING PER YEAR, & SLASHING THE TOLL FROM FARMER SUICIDES VIA PESTICIDE POISONING, PERHAPS BY A MILLION DEATHS A YEAR -- WILL THE BENEFITS OF FEWER CROP SPRAYINGS, LOWER COSTS, HIGHER YIELDS, MORE FINANCIAL SECURITY, & REDUCED MISERY THAT LEADS TO SUICIDE FINALLY SOFTEN THE HEARTS OF IDEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & ANTI-TECHNOLOGY ACTIVISTS?
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Volume XIII, Issue # 187, August 1, 2011

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FARMER SUICIDES REDUCED BY BIOTECH

By Dennis T. Avery



ISLAM, CHINA, & RUSSIA:  THREE VERY SERIOUS THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- MAJOR FLAWS IN U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY -- AMERICAN NATIONAL LEADERS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ISLAM AS WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE, RATHER THAN HOW COUNTLESS DEVOUT MUSLIMS UNDERSTAND IT -- AMERICA'S FAILURE TO BUILD A MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DEFENDING AGAINST A SHIP-LAUNCHED MISSILE ATTACK BY IRAN OR A BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK FROM CHINA OR RUSSIA -- DEGRADATION OF AMERICAN STRATEGIC THINKING DURING & AFTER THE COLD WAR -- OUR EXCEEDINGLY FOOLISH POLICY TOWARD RUSSIA DURING THE LAST TWO DECADES -- THE NEW START TREATY UNDERCUTTING OUR STRATEGIC DEFENSE POLICY -- CHINA OPENLY PLAYING THE ROLE THAT THE SOVIET UNION ONCE PLAYED AS CHIEF SPONSOR OF GLOBAL CONFLICT WITH THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- HIGH TIME FOR US AMERICANS TO REMIND OUR REPRESENTATIVES & SENATORS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE U.S. CONGRESS PROVIDE FOR A COMMON DEFENSE, IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE EXPRESSION
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Volume XIII, Issue # 44, February 14, 2011

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IT'S NEVER JUST THE ECONOMY, STUPID!

By Brian T. Kennedy



ISLAMISM & JIHADISM IN INDONESIA:  JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH & THE INDONESIAN ISLAMIST MOVEMENT -- JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH'S STRUGGLE TO TRANSFORM INDONESIA INTO AN ISLAMIST STATE -- JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH'S ENGAGEMENT IN POLITICS AS A CYNICAL SHORTTERM TACTIC IN JI'S LONGTERM STRATEGY TO ERADICATE SECULAR LAW & GOVERNMENT & TO IMPOSE SHARI'A LAW & A THEOCRATIC DICTATORSHIP -- HOW JI BUILDS UPON THE EXPERIENCE OF MIDDLE EAST TERRORIST GROUPS
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Volume XI, Issue # 9, January 8, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH ADOPTS THE HEZBOLLAH MODEL

By Zachary Aburza



CHINA PLACES A VERY HIGH PRICE ON ITS GOING ALONG WITH U.S. & WESTERN ENVIRONMENTALISM & AGREEING TO A NEW GLOBAL WARMING AGREEMENT AS A SUCCESSOR TO THE KYOTO PROTOCOL.  CHINA'S MOVE EXPLODES THE WHOLE IDEA OF SUCH AN ENVIRONMENTAL PACT.  NOT TO WORRY!  THE EARTH HAS ENTERED A GLOBAL COOLING PERIOD!
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Volume X, Issue # 288, November 2, 2008

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CHINA SENDS GLOBAL WARMING RANSOM NOTE

By Dennis T. Avery



GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD CROPS, OR PRODUCTION OF GRAIN-BASED ETHANOL AS A MOTOR FUEL?  FOOD & ENERGY DECISIONS IN CHINA -- CHINA'S REJECTION OF BIOFUELS IN FAVOR OF ENHANCING FOOD PRODUCTION THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY -- SPURNING THE IDEAS OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS & OPTING FOR USE OF COMMON SENSE
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Volume X, Issue # 186, July 29, 2008

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CHINA RELEASES BIOTECH RICE, BARS
BIOFUEL TO PROTECT FOOD SUPPLY

By Dennis T. Avery



OPTIMISM VERSUS REALISM IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY:  DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS' DISMISSAL OF REALISM & THEIR ADOPTION OF THE MOST OPTIMISTIC ASSESSMENTS OF AMERICA'S ADVERSARIES IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- THE GREAT DANGER OF BIUILDING U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY ON THE ASSUMPTION OF AN ADVERSARY'S SINCERITY & GOOD WILL -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST & CONDUCT BOTH DIPLOMACY & MILITARY PLANNING SIMULTANEOUSLY -- HOW THE DEMOCRATS CONFLATE FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS WITH ADVOCACY & LIBERAL IDEOLOGY, SHORTCHANGE MILITARY PREPARATIONS, & UNDERMINE CONTAINMENT & DETERRENCE OF U.S. ENEMIES
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Volume X, Issue # 97, April 14, 2008

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ROSE-COLORED FOREIGN POLICY

By Dr. Michael Rubin



THE U.S.A., RUSSIA, CHINA, & IRAN:  IRAN'S EFFORTS TO BECOME A NUCLEAR POWER & THE INTEREST OF THE U.S.A. IN BLOCKING ACHIEVEMENT OF THAT OBJECTIVE -- HOW & WHY RUSSIA & CHINA ARE UNDERCUTTING THE U.S. ENDEAVOR TO PREVENT IRAN FROM ACQUIRING & ENRICHING URANIUM -- UNILATERALISM VERSUS MULTILATERALISM IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY REGARDING IRAN -- REALISM VERSUS MULTILATERALISM IN U.S. FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY -- THE NEED FOR U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY LEADERS TO BE REALISTIC & AVOID CONFUSING REALISM WITH IDEALISM
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Volume IX, Issue # 185, October 4, 2007

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

RUSSIAN ROULETTE ON IRAN

By Dr. Michael Rubin



THE BUSH PRESIDENCY & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY:  THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIPLOMACY & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- HOW A MAJOR WORLD POWER'S BROKEN PROMISES IMPACT UPON INTERNATIONAL CRISES -- THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF DETERIORATING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & ONCE-STAUNCH ALLIES SUCH AS TURKEY, ISRAEL, TAIWAN, JAPAN, & SOUTH KOREA -- HOW WELL HAS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION LIVED UP TO ITS COMMITMENT TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM & STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN ISLAMIC NORTH AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST?
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Volume IX, Issue # 144, July 31, 2007

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PRESIDENT BUSH'S BROKEN PROMISES

By Dr Michael Rubin



PARTISAN POLITICS, THE POLITICAL LEFT, & PROBLEMS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY: DEMOCRATS PLAY NARROWLY PARTISAN POLITICAL GAMES & IGNORE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS, WHILE AMERICA'S FOREIGN ENEMIES PLOT AGAINST THE U.S.A. & BUILD UP THEIR MILITARY CAPABILITIES -- DEMOCRATIC PARTY LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICIANS PROVE THEIR ULTIMATE INDIFFERENCE TO THE FATE OF THE AMERICAN NATION & DEMONSTRATE THEIR PHILOSOPHICAL CORRUPTION & THEIR UTTER UNFITNESS TO GOVERN & LEAD THE U.S.A. DURING A TIME OF GRAVE DANGER TO THE COUNTRY & ITS PEOPLE
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Volume VIII, Issue # 197, October 12, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MEANWHILE, NORTH KOREA WAS BUILDING A NUKE

By Christopher G. Adamo



ECONOMICS, GEOPOLITICS, & THE CONTINENT OF ASIA:  INTERNATIONAL POLITICS & COMMERCE AMONG STATES IN THE MIDDLE EAST & THE FAR EAST -- THE POLITICAL & ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT SAUDI ARABIAN OVERTURES TO CHINA & INDIA -- DO THE OVERTURES REFLECT A STRATEGIC SHIFT IN SAUDI FOREIGN POLICY?  HOW WILL CLOSER SAUDI TIES WITH CHINA & INDIA AFFECT UNITED STATES INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST & THE FAR EAST?  GEOPOLITICAL IMPEDIMENTS THAT MAY LIMIT FUTURE EXPANSION OF SAUDI TIES WITH CHINA & INDIA
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Volume VIII, Issue # 193, October 5, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SAUDI ARABIA WOOS CHINA & INDIA

By Harsh V. Pant



STATECRAFT & THE USE OF DIPLOMACY & DIALOGUE IN THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN POLICY & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:  WHY EFFECTIVE FOREIGN POLICY REQUIRES THAT DIPLOMACY & DIALOGUE WITH ADVERSARIES BE CARRIED ON WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERARCHING STRATEGY -- HOW POORLY TIMED NEGOTIATIONS & MISPLACED CONFIDENCE IN AN ADVERSARY'S SINCERITY CAN HAMPER, RATHER THAN HASTEN, SOLUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS -- THE NEED FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO COME TO GRIPS WITH REALITY IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
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Volume VIII, Issue # 127, July 15, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ALL TALK & NO STRATEGY:  THE LIMITS OF DIPLOMACY

By Dr. Michael Rubin



UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY & NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION:  U.S. & WESTERN DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT WITH NORTH KOREA & IRAN -- HOW & WHY THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS HAS FAILED & CONTINUES TO FAIL TO PREVENT ROGUE POLITICAL REGIMES FROM ACQUIRIMNG NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Volume VIII, Issue # 117, July 6, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DANGEROUS CYCLE:  NORTH KOREA, IRAN,
& REPETITIVE DIPLOMATIVE FAILURE

By Dr. Michael Rubin



CHINA'S ENERGY DEVELOPMENT & ACQUISITION STRATEGIES & THEIR IMPACT UPON WORLD ENERGY SUPPLIES & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:  THE EFFECT THAT CHINA'S RISING DEMAND FOR PETROLEUM IS HAVING ON CHINESE INTERNATIONAL BEHAVIOR & IS LIKELY TO HAVE ON AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS & SECURITY -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. TO ADOPT & IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC & GLOBAL ENERGY STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE POSSIBILITY THAT GLOBAL DEMAND FOR OIL MIGHT, WITHIN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, OUTSTRIP THE WORLD'S SUPPLY
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Volume VII, Issue # 172, August 10, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CHINA'S ENERGY POLICY & ITS EFFECTS ON U.S. INTERESTS:
A BRIEFING

By Gal Luft



UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY & AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS:  U.S. SENATOR JON KYLE'S POSITIONS ON WINNING THE WAR AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM, PROMOTING AMERICA'S INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD, DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF COMMUNIST CHINA, & MAINTAINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF ISRAEL & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Volume VII, Issue # 80, April 9, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY

By Jon Kyle



CHINA'S NEW MIDDLE EAST POLICY:  IN ORDER TO SECURE MIDDLE EASTERN OIL & NATURAL GAS FOR CHINA'S MILITARY MACHINE & GROWING ECONOMY & TO WEAKEN & UNDERMINE AMERICA'S STRATEGIC POSITION IN THE WORLD, PROVIDING IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, & OTHER MIDDLE EASTERN REGIMES WITH CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS & MATERIALS APPLICABLE TO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, DELIBERATELY UNDERCUTTING U.S. NONPROLIFERATION EFFORTS, & WORKING CLOSELY WITH GOVERNMENTS THAT SUPPORT & EXPORT ISLAMISM & JIHADISM -- FOR HOW MUCH LONGER CAN AMERICA TOLERATE THE FRUITS OF CHINA'S SUCCESS IN AIDING & ABETTING U.S. ENEMIES & IN WORKING AGAINST PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S COMMITMENT "NOT TO PERMIT THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS REGIMES TO THREATEN US WITH THE WORLD'S MOST DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS"?
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Volume VII, Issue # 64, March 31, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PROVIDING ARMS:  CHINA & THE MIDDLE EAST

By Dan Blumenthal



COMMUNIST CHINA, ITS NORTH KOREAN PROXY, & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN THE FAR EAST:  RED CHINA'S USE OF NORTH KOREA TO ADVANCE CHINA ALONG THE ROAD TO HEGEMONY IN THE FAR EAST & BEYOND, WHILE HIDING ITS AGGRESSIVE, IMPERIALISTIC STRATEGY BEHIND A MASK OF DIPLOMACY -- THE SERIOUS THREAT TO WORLD PEACE & U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY POSED BY RED CHINA & NORTH KOREA & OUR NEED TO SOLIDIFY & STRENGTHEN THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & AMERICA'S FAR EASTERN ALLIES, INCLUDING JAPAN, TAIWAN, & SOUTH KOREA
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Volume VII, Issue # 46, March 5, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NORTH KOREA:  CHINA'S "BORROWED KNIFE"

By Alan Caruba



THE STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICA & RED CHINA:  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM & CHINESE COLLECTIVISM -- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUMAN LIFE IN THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC & LIVING DEATH UNDER THE YOKE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP
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Volume VI, Issue # 202, September 15, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SPORTSMANSHIP & THE INDIVIDUAL IN RED CHINA:
IT'S WRONG TO TELL THE TRUTH
IN THE "WORKERS' PARADISE"

By Tom DeWeese



INDONESIA, DEMOCRACY, & THE ISLAMIST THREAT -- THE EASY RECEPTIVITY TO ISLAMIST VIEWS AMOMG THE INDONESIAN PUBLIC & THE VERY THIN REED UPON WHICH RESTS ALL HOPES FOR A STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN AN INDONESIA ALLIED WITH THE U.S.A. & THE WEST
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Volume VI, Issue # 180, August 13, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INDONESIAN DEMOCRACY VERSUS ISLAMIST FUNDAMENTALISM

By Daniel Mandel



THE ISLAMIST INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST MOVEMENT PRIOR TO ITS ATTACK UPON THE U.S.A. ON SEPTERBER 11, 2001:  AN INDIAN PRE-9/11 PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC JIHAD & ITS THREAT TO INDIA & SOUTH ASIA
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Volume VI, Issue # 143, July 2, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMISM & JIHADIST TERRORISM IN SOUTH ASIA:

AN INDIAN PRE-9/11 PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC JIHAD

By B. Raman



NORTH KOREA, THE DICTATORSHIP OF KIM JONG IL, & THE DEVELOPMENT & SALE OF WEAP- ONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION-- A COMBINATION CONSTITUTING A SERIOUS & CONTINUING THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE & SECURITY:  TESTING THE LIMITS OF U.S. & ALLIED PA- TIENCE
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Volume V, Issue # 244, October 3, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NORTH KOREA & WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION:

THE NORTH KOREAN DICTATORSHIP AT THE CROSSROADS

By John R. Bolton



NORTH KOREA. ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM, & ITS HOSTILE IN- TENTIONS TOWARD THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- DEALING WITH THE NORTH KOREAN PROXY & ITS INSTIGATORS
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Volume V, Issue # 129, May 5, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE NORTH KOREAN THREAT & THE
INSTIGATORS OF THIS SITUATION

By Paul Walfield



THE HIGHLY AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL REGIME OF COMMUNIST CHINA -- A REGIME WHICH TYRANNICALLY RULES A BACKWARD, PRE-MODERN SOCIETY & WHICH CANNOT BE TRUSTED BY THE U.S.A. & OTHER MODERN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES
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Volume V, Issue # 121, April 25, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SARS, RED CHINA, & THE FUTURE

By Alan Caruba



NORTH KOREA -- THE THREAT POSED BY ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM:  THE NEED FOR U.S. DIPLOMATIC & MILITARY PRESSURE TO BRING ABOUT REGIME CHANGE IN NORTH KOREA
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Volume IV, Issue # 155, November 9, 2002

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NORTH KOREA & NUCLEAR WEAPONS:

SHORT MEMORIES & PRESENT DANGERS

By Alan Caruba



MAINLAND CHINA & WESTERNIZATION -- THE SECOND CULTURAL REVOLUTION
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Volume IV, Issue # 33, April 2, 2002

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CHINA'S SECOND CULTURAL REVOLUTION

By Samuel L. Blumenfeld



RED CHINA, MILITANT ISLAM, & AMERICA'S DEFENSE & SECURITY INTERESTS
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Volume IV, Issue # 3, January 11, 2002

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CHINA'S 9.11 TRAP FOR THE U.S.A.

By Tom DeWeese



GRAND STRATEGY -- AMERICA, EUROPE, RUSSIA, & CHINA
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Volume III, Issue # 44, December 20, 2001

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ORIGINS OF THE FOURTH WORLD WAR

By J.R. Nyquist




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