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3 Foreign Hotspots that Will Test Obama’s Mettle

3 Foreign Hotspots that Will Test Obama’s Mettle

November 12, 2012 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

The “four more years” now stretching out in front of our forty-fourth president will be dense with challenges overseas, and meeting them will be essential if America is to regain a competitiveness already slipping. It would be hard to list…

Stealing America: China’s Busy Cyber-Spies

Stealing America: China’s Busy Cyber-Spies

November 7, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Economic and industrial spying by China appears to be more pervasive and egregious than ever, costing America billions of dollars each year, according to a new report by a U.S. government agency. And the report raises an important question: If…

In Taiwan, Many Questions Remain

In Taiwan, Many Questions Remain

May 18, 1985 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Nation.

This article talks about the murder of writer Henry Liu, better known by his pen name Jiang Nan in Taipei, Taiwan. In the ensuing months, as the killing ballooned into the most damaging political scandal of the island’s postwar history,…

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