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The United States would veto a Palestinian declaration of statehood in the United Nations Security Council, U.S. senators visiting Israel said Monday. [more]
President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao spoke on Tuesday of shared responsibilities and economic opportunities.[more]
Chinese nuclear forces are pragmatically arrayed in a defensive posture — they have the numbers and the technology to knock out our major cities, but aren’t accurate enough for a counterforce strike on our strategic bases and assets (in particular our geographically dispersed missile fields). So the US-China strategic posture is deterrence in its simplest, most pristine state. We should be careful not to upset that balance. [more]
As Obama heads to Asia, America no longer has demands to make — only requests. Welcome to the New World Order. [more]
That is why we will be working together at this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Singapore to couple adjustment in deficit countries like the U.S. with the more rapid growth of domestic demand in surplus countries. As U.S. households save more and the U.S. reduces its fiscal deficit, others must spur greater growth of private demand in their own economies.[more]
Tags: APEC, Asia, China, Economy, nuclear weapons, President Obama, trade
Nick Ducote
Nick is an undergraduate at Louisiana Tech University studying political science and history.