For skilled hackers, computers of top corporations and governments are as easy to break into as a locked car. For at least five years, hackers had secret access to computer systems of the United Nations, ASEAN, national governments, multinational corporations, defense contractors, media, Olympic...
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The International Court of Justice, as the principal legal body of the United Nations, is expected to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by member states. But the state of Texas in the US insists the court does not have jurisdiction over the case of José...
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If American policymakers hope to exercise influence in international affairs, they must recognize that US control wanes as more economic power spreads around the globe. The US can prepare accordingly by recognizing its own deficiencies – high debt, protectionist tendencies and overdependence on...
With Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terror dominating headlines in Washington these days, there's a real danger that U.S. policymakers will lose sight of the other major war currently being fought around the world --...
Authorities urge citizens to speak up when they see possible terrorist threats and rightfully so. But over-reactions could send the wrong messages to children about how to get attention. A Texas student was arrested for bringing a homemade digital clock to his high school. He showed his engineering...
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The Chinese philosopher Confucius lived more than 2500 years ago, and his teachings about how to live a life of purpose still resonate today. As a code of ethics, Confucianism emphasizes peaceful relationships and benevolent dictatorships through hierarchy, requiring women to obey men, the young...
It has taken almost 2,557 years, but the family tree of Confucius, the philosophical father of Asia's male dominated society, is finally going to acknowledge women. Female descendants will be recognised in a new lineage...
The founding fathers of the United States were fierce in protecting civil liberties, and the principles continue to be argued over technology developed more than two centuries later. A US magistrate in California has ordered Apple to provide the FBI software designed to defeat a self-destruct...
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Kim Zetter is an award-winning, senior staff reporter at Wired covering cybercrime, privacy, and security. She is writing a book about Stuxnet, a digital weapon that was designed to sabotage Iran's nuclear program.Read...
近来，人民币汇率问题再度成为美国国内政治的焦点。美国财长盖特纳在国会作证时表示，解决美国高额的贸易赤字的“良方”，在于人民币大幅且持续升值。对此，《华商报》的倪金节撰文进行了分析。他认为，“人民币升值”论的核心逻辑，是中国刻意压低汇率，造成国际收支失衡，挤压欧美等国制造业，因而导致发达国家失业率居高不下。在倪金节看来，这一逻辑实际上转移了人们的视线，而没有看到造成今日中美贸易失衡的真正根源，即美国由其自身的经济结构决定的产业转移的历史性必然。所以，世界经济的失衡，根源并不在人民币汇率或者中国，而是全球背景下产业分工、西方发达国家经济结构调整和转移消费品产能导致的必然结果。...
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国际社会质疑巴基斯坦对其日益壮大的核武库的控制能力，这使巴基斯坦感到愤怒。布鲁斯•里德尔（Bruce Riedel）是布鲁金斯学会萨班中东政策研究中心资深研究员，新书《僵局：巴基斯坦、美国以及全球圣战的未来》的作者。他指出，虽然民主选举的文官领导人具有名义上的权威，但军方领导人却掌握着核武器。外部原因在过去被看作是建造核武器的正当理由，但巴基斯坦日益认识到，内部威胁可能超过外部威胁。巴基斯坦最大省份旁遮普的地方长官遭其精锐卫兵的刺杀，这引起更多对敏感位置人事审查机制和未经授权的核技术转让的质疑。这一问题又因为美国在南亚次大陆摇摆不定的政策而变得更加扑朔迷离。...
华盛顿：巴基斯坦核武库正在以全世界最快的速度迅速壮大。该核武库防卫完善，高度隐蔽且分散部署。为防止核武器落入敌人，尤其是美国之手，巴基斯坦军队竭力封锁关于其武器藏匿地的所有消息。巴方军队紧握着巴基斯坦用以抵抗任何外来威胁的核威慑力量，随时准备动用核武保卫祖国。
但国际社会却质疑巴基斯坦的控制能力：核武器会不会落入巴基斯坦国内反对者的手中？巴基斯坦最大的省旁遮普省（Punjab）的地方长官萨勒曼・塔西尔（Salman Taseer）被自己的卫兵暗杀。...