The Professor gives his take on a few international stories he thinks are of much greater significance this week than the droll domestic political drivel that is forced upon the American public on a daily basis. This week:
...Japan Typhoon Talus body-slam
...Terrorist blast in India just tip of the terror iceberg
...Russian air disaster claims national hockey stars
...The ribbon-cutting on a Russian-German gas pipeline…which is drawing the two Eurasian powers into a closer embrace, and affecting international relations of the region in a big way!
Keywords: Japan, Typhoon Talus, India, New Delhi, terrorist attack, Naxalites, Russia, hockey, natural gas, pipeline, NORD Stream, Germany, US
The Professor gives his take on a few international stories he thinks are of much greater significance this week than the droll domestic drivel that is forced upon the American public on a daily basis.
So China is on the rise in the world, and China is specifically on the move on the water: assertively and aggressively pushing out its power and influence into the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean in general. Can their power now ever be checked? Is Chinese world domination around the corner? Ah! Mommy! I’m scared! NOT! There appears to be a political /military/ideological team slowly former that certainly will not stop China, but may serve nicely to check its growth and contain its more aggressive policies. The potential Pacific China-checking team? The Asian Axis of Democracy! Let the Avenger clue you in!
Keywords: Asia, Asian Axis of Democracy, China, US, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam
Sino-ships ahoy, my plaid friends! As the Spratly spat in the South China Sea continues to swell, a new component to the Chinese sea power equation has been added: China’s first aircraft carrier has been revealed! What is so special about this particular piece of weaponry? How many other countries have them? Why would China want one? What does it mean for the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region, and perhaps the world? The Avenger will cover all these queries, and elaborate on the why/how/where the Chinese plan to project their aircraft carrier power to.
South China Sea shenanigans are afoot my friends! An aggressive China has been bumping into ships from Vietnam and Philippines on the high seas just south of the mainland…and the shizzle that goes down over the Spratly Islands located therein are going to affect military and strategic policy in the Pacific for decades to come! What’s that? You don’t know jack about the Sprats? Well then, settle in for a few minutes and find out the where, who, and why this little group of rocks that is quickly becoming the focus of an international showdown that may eventually involve China and the US squaring off against each other, along with other Asian nations in in the fray!
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