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The mask if off. Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it is to begin enriching uranium to a level suitable for nuclear weapons. The news is being greeted in the west as proof that Iran was never serious all along about it's previous statements and commitments and that it's intention is to produce a nuclear weapon.
China is flexing it's muscles. After a long ascent it's making the final push to claim it's place as a global player. It's rise as a superpower has been built upon the foundations of autocratic rule, cheap labor and an artificial exchange rate determined by themselves. But with it's new found status, the West - meaning America and to a lesser extent Europe, is beginning to push back against what they see as an uneven playing field created by the Chinese through their own unaccountability to their people. It's a playing field that threatens the west in a future that could see wars being fought over scarce economic resources. Limiting Chinese military might must therefore be a key long term strategy. That strategy can be achieved by applying economic and social/political pressure on China.
Britain, France, Germany and the United States finally managed to persuade Russia and China to vote in favour of censure of Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday. The move comes after prolonged diplomatic negotiations between the Western countries and Russia and China.
Iran has test fired missiles Monday in what seemed like a show of force. Engaged in a deepening row with the international community over it's nuclear ambitions, the missile tests by Iran's Revolutionary Guard were seen as a display of strength.
A world without nukes. President Obama arrived at the UN security council meeting with a grand plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons. First step is to halt their proliferation and secondly to eliminate them.