Americans have a hard time figuring out how to respond to China–many worry excessively about its increasing power. Here’s an article that suggests that Americans should worry more about China’s weaknesses.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has reported that Iran has doubled its centrifuge capacity. That increased ability to produce enriched uranium has caused great apprehension in Israel. Israeli Prime Minster Netanyahu will speak to the UN General Assembly in September about the threat, so it would seem as if any planned attack on Iran will be delayed until after that time. But the timing of the attack, if it is planned, will depend largely on military considerations. At the same time, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made a speech to the Non-Aligned Movement leaders in which he definitely ruled out Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons.
World food prices jumped 10% last month because of the droughts affecting different parts of the world. The increase may seem small, but for those who live on the margins of subsistence (about 1 billion people) the price increases will prove crippling.
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