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Aerospace / Defense Groups
U.S. business and China in 2015-2016
09/23/2015
Grouped Articles
Xi Jinping Hears Tough Complaints of American Business
New York Times 09/23/2015
Bob Dole Worked Behind the Scenes on Trump-Taiwan Call
The New York Times 12/06/2016
Trump and Xi’s First Meeting: How Long Will the Cordiality Last?
The New York Times 04/06/2017
The passage of legislation in Japan's parliament in September 2015 allowing "collective defense" and larger role in peacekeeping operations
09/18/2015
Grouped Articles
Japan’s Parliament Approves Overseas Combat Role for Military
New York Times 09/18/2015
The Obama administration's response to China's hacking into government databases
09/16/2015
Cybersecurity is high on the agenda for the visit of Xi Jinping to the U.S. in September 2015.
Grouped Articles
Obama Hints at Sanctions Against China Over Cyberattacks
New York Times 09/16/2015
Xi Gives America Inc. a Reality Check
Wall Street Journal 09/22/2015
China’s president pledges to fight cyberattacks - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/23/2015
Xi Jinping Pledges to Work With U.S. to Stop Cybercrimes
New York Times 09/22/2015
Cyber Sleuths Track Hacker to China’s Military
Wall Street Journal 09/24/2015
U.S., China vow not to engage in economic cyberespionage - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/2015
Alan Dershowitz on the preamble to the Iran nuclear agreement of Juy 2015 and Congressional legislation
09/08/2015
Grouped Articles
Hold Iran to the Language in the Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2015
Effects of the slump in China on Boeing and Airbus in 2015-2020
08/26/2015
Grouped Articles
Boeing Raises Its Estimate of Chinese Aircraft Demand
Wall Street Journal 08/26/2015
Boeing to Open Plant in China This Year
WSJ 04/25/2018
U.S. Army in 2015-2016 - decline in numbers to 450,000 below that required to meet the needs for U.S. armed forces around the world
08/14/2015
Gen. Odierno, U.S. Army chief, points out the need for restoring numbers and modernization to the U.S. Armed Forces, after the sequestration and other lean budget moves reduce the army's capabilities. He says it is better to think of meeting the needs around the world based on what the world is as opposed to what we would wish it to be- as shown by events in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East. In other periods of pullbacks the army had difficulties meeting threats such as the ones he cites in Tunisia in 1943 and in the early part of the Korean War.
Grouped Articles
This Is No Time to Cut The U.S. Army
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
China's view of the Internet
08/06/2015
Grouped Articles
China to Embed Internet Police in Tech Firms
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2015
China Ranks Last of 65 Nations in Internet Freedom
New York Times 10/29/2015
Joining Apple, Amazon’s China Cloud Service Bows to Censors
The New York Times 08/01/2017
The PKK and Kurdish peshmerga in the war in Syria and Iraq
07/25/2015
Grouped Articles
America’s Marxist Allies Against ISIS
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
On the Front Line Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015
Stingy Baghdad Harms the ISIS Fight
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2015
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/2017
Expert opinion on verification of the Iran nuclear deal of July 2015
07/22/2015
Experts say small scale activity could be covered up in 24 days. In the past Iran has done this at the Kalaye Electric Company site in 2003. Senator Corker points out that the process to get an inspection would take more than 24 days when all the time is added up correctly.
Grouped Articles
Verification Process in Iran Deal Is Questioned by Some Experts
New York Times 07/22/2015
Wall Street Journal 08/04/2015
Inspectors So Far Denied Access to Iran’s Scientists
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2015
Iran’s Secret Self-Inspections
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2015
Prospect of Self-Inspections by Iran Feeds Opposition to Nuclear Deal
New York Times 08/21/2015
Wall Street Journal 08/26/2015
Criticism in the U.S. of the Iran Nuclear Deal of July 2015
07/21/2015
Grouped Articles
The Iran Deal’s Collapsing Rationale
Wall Street Journal 07/21/2015
The Calamity of Obama’s Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2015
The Iranian Inspections Mirage
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2015
The Iran Deal and the ‘Problem of Conjecture’
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015
The Syria Sham and the Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
The Iran Deal’s Dangerous Precedent
New York Times 08/03/2015
What the Iran nuclear deal of July 2015 achieves and does not achieve- the different goals of Iran and the Obama administration in the U.S.
07/18/2015
It achieves the narrow goals of the Obama adminsitration, and for Iran it provides a way to protect the Islamic revolution by easing conditions for the people, says one expert. The Obama administration may be thinking in the short term of 8-10 years, the Ayatollah may be looking much longer term to continue the way Iran is governed today by religious leaders.
Grouped Articles
How Iran Got What It Wanted From the Nuclear Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2015
The Iran Deal’s Collapsing Rationale
Wall Street Journal 07/21/2015
The Iran Deal’s Dangerous Precedent
New York Times 08/03/2015
Lots of heat but not much light
Economist 08/30/2015
Iran provokes the world as Obama does nothing - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/21/2015
Iran’s Missile Tests Remind the U.S. That Tensions Have Not Ended
New York Times 12/30/2015
Business and trade relations between the U.S., Europe and Iran following the nuclear agreement of July 2015
07/15/2015
Grouped Articles
In Iran, Business Deals Rarely Smooth
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2015
Oil glut dampens Iran’s hopes for big cash flows as sanctions lift - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/17/2016
Iran Opening Stirs New Interest From Businesses
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2016
In Iran, State-Backed Companies Win From Lifted Sanctions
New York Times 02/05/2016
European Companies Rushed to Invest in Iran. What Now?
05/09/2018
Greece's military budget and the austerity cuts
07/11/2015
Greece spends 2.4% of GNP on defense budget compared to 1.2% for Germany.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/11/2015
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
Gen. David Petraeus on Syria in 2015
09/23/2015
Grouped Articles
Notable & Quotable: David H. Petraeus
Wall Street Journal 09/23/15
Wall Street Journal 09/23/15
Regional economies- Mobile, Alabama
09/18/2015
Grouped Articles
First U.S. Airbus Factory Gives Wings to Revival in Mobile, Ala.
New York Times 09/18/15
The WSJ on the withdrawal of the European governments from the Middle East and North Africa, the Obama administration's similar policies, and the refugee crisis in Europe
09/08/2015
What happens in North Africa, does not necessarily remain there, says this WSJ editorial, even if European governments and the Obama administration would prefer it to be that way. The withdrawal from the Middle East and North Africa under Hollande, Merkel and Obama, says the Journal, has led to the situation where the entire region is unravelling and being torn apart, leading to millions of refugees in first Turkey and Jordan, and now in Europe. True it says there are risks in intervening, but points to the Iraq where normalcy of life was returning to Baghdad by the end of the Bush administration, and the unraveling beginning only with Hollande (the departure of Sarkozy leaving Cameron alone), and the Obama administration's withdrawal from the Middle East (no action in Libya and Syria, and withdrawal in Iraq), Germany's traditional non-interventional role.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/08/15
How we got to the Syria mess - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/15
More waffling on Syria - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/15
Wall Street Journal 10/02/15
Merkel Links Turkey’s E.U. Hopes to Stemming Flow of Refugees
New York Times 10/18/15
British Jets Hit ISIS in Syria After Parliament Authorizes Airstrikes
New York Times 12/02/15
Dick Cheney and Iraq WMD
09/08/2015
Grouped Articles
Dick Cheney tries to fool the public again - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/15
Dick Cheney’s and Hillary Clinton’s Competing Versions of U.S.-Iran History
New York Times 09/08/15
Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by Aides
New York Times 11/04/15
First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan
New York Times 11/05/15
Declining confidence in economic decisionmaking in China in 2015, with opaqueness, lack of transparency, and unreliable data
08/25/2015
The decisionmaking for the economy and financial markets in July-August 2015 reveals flaws with a failed intervention in stock markets following an effort to prop up the markets, a devaluation of the currency, and other moves. The decisionmaking also showed a level of opaqueness, lack of transparency, and unreliable data, that increased nervousness in the financial markets.
Grouped Articles
For All Its Heft, China’s Economy Is a Black Box
Wall Street Journal 08/25/15
China Eases but Stench of Crisis Remains
Wall Street Journal 08/26/15
Economist 08/29/15
World stock markets slide as panic in China spreads - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/07/16
China Stocks: Trading Called Off for Second Time This Week
Wall Street Journal 01/07/16
Why China’s Market Illness Has Gotten More Contagious
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
Iran's Revolutionary Guards and the Iran Nuclear Deal of July 2015
08/06/2015
Grouped Articles
Cash for the Revolutionary Guards
Wall Street Journal 08/06/15
Iran’s Missile Tests Remind the U.S. That Tensions Have Not Ended
New York Times 12/30/15
Wall Street Journal 01/02/16
Trump Recertifies Iran Nuclear Deal, but Only Reluctantly
The New York Times 07/18/17
Legal aspects of the Iran nuclear deal- U.S. States sanctions, and the sanctions related to terrorism and genocide
07/27/2015
Grouped Articles
The Lawless Underpinnings of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/27/15
Cleaning Up After the Obama Team’s Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/14/15
Trump Abandons Iran Nuclear Deal He Long Scorned
05/08/18
U.S. Senate hearings on the July 2015 Iran nuclear deal
07/23/2015
Grouped Articles
Republicans Have Minds Made Up as Debate Begins on Iran Nuclear Deal
New York Times 07/23/15
Kerry Defends Iran Nuclear Deal Before Skeptical Senate
New York Times 07/23/15
United Technologies China
07/21/2015
Grouped Articles
United Technologies Struggles with China Slowdown
Wall Street Journal 07/21/15
United Technologies Takes the Elevator Down
Wall Street Journal 07/21/15
Big Manufacturers Tighten Supply Chains as Low-Growth Forecasts Spread
Wall Street Journal 12/25/15
The UN resolution to lift sanctions on Iran on July 20, 2015, that comes before the vote in the U.S. Congress
07/20/2015
The UN resolution relates to sanctions other than the sanctions by the European Union and the U.S.
Grouped Articles
U.N. Moves to Lift Iran Sanctions After Nuclear Deal, Setting Up a Clash in Congress
New York Times 07/20/15
Iran Nuclear Deal Set to Take Effect
Wall Street Journal 01/16/16
Saudi Arabia and president Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran in Juy 2015
07/17/2015
Karen Elliott House, a widely respected expert on Saudi Arabia, provides an exceptional assessment of the Saudi situation and the Middle East as the Obama administration reaches a final agreement on a nuclear deal with Iran in July 2015, which involves unfreezing of about $100 billion in assets by the end of 2015, and the removal of economic sanctions. It also includes a lifting of the arms embargo on Iran. She points out that the Saudis have few options in the short term, and how this could change the situation in the Middle East if Iran uses funds to support proxies in the Middle East.
Grouped Articles
Obama Pours Gas on the Mideast Fire
Wall Street Journal 07/17/15
The Iran Deal’s Collapsing Rationale
Wall Street Journal 07/21/15
Saudi Arabia’s reckless regime - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/04/16
Obama’s Mideast Plan Faces a New Hurdle
Wall Street Journal 01/04/16
Saudi Arabia Keeps Pumping Oil, Despite Financial and Political Risks
New York Times 01/27/16
Obama and King Salman of Saudi Arabia Meet, but Deep Rifts Remain
New York Times 04/20/16
How negotiators reached the nuclear deal with Iran in June-July 2015
07/15/2015
Grouped Articles
Clearing Hurdles to Iran Nuclear Deal With Standoffs, Shouts and Compromise
New York Times 07/15/15
Putin Flexes Diplomatic Muscle on Iran
New York Times 07/15/15
Obama’s Iran Deal Pits His Faith in Diplomacy Against Skepticism
New York Times 07/15/15
‘Snapback’ Is an Easy Way to Reimpose Iran Penalties
New York Times 07/16/15
Iranian Hard-Liners Say Nuclear Accord Crosses Their Red Lines
New York Times 07/16/15
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