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

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

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!

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"?

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

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

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

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

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

NORTH KOREA. ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM, & ITS HOSTILE IN- TENTIONS TOWARD THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- DEALING WITH THE NORTH KOREAN PROXY & ITS INSTIGATORS

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

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

THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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

THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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

THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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

THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume III, Issue # 44, December 20, 2001

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ORIGINS OF THE FOURTH WORLD WAR

By J.R. Nyquist

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