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[1] Judy Dempsey, U.S. senator urges use of NATO defense clause for energy, International Herald Tribune, November 28, 2006.

[2] Mu Xuequan, Mandelson: Mistrust between Russia, EU worst since Cold War ends, Xinhua News Agency, April 21, 2007.

[3] Pr. Michel Chossudovsky, Debating “War and Peace” behind Closed Doors: NATO’s Riga Security Conference, Centre for Research on Globalization, November 26, 2007.

Riga, the Latvian capital, was the place of a historical NATO conference which involved all the major decision makers, parties, corporations, and individuals within the NATO alliance. The Belarusian Opposition was also invited.

Debating “War and Peace” behind Closed Doors: NATO\'s Riga Security Conference, by Pr. Michel Chossudovsky, outlines the NATO program being discussed behind closed doors and provides a comprehensive list of attendants and participants of the Trans-Atlantic summit in Latvia.

[4] Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, The March to War: Naval build-up in the Persian Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean, Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), October 1, 2006.

[5]Kuwait to sign NATO security agreement during Gulf conference next week, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), December 6, 2006.

[6] Kuwait to sign NATO agreement, Op. cit.

[7] Pr. Michel Chossudovsky, “Weapons of Mass Destruction:” Building a Pretext for Waging War on Iran?, Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), November 1, 2006.

[8] Gulf states ‘can respond to attack,’ Gulf Daily News, Vol. XXIX (29), No. 364, March 19, 2007.

[9]B. Izzak, Kuwait prepared for any US-Iran war, Kuwait Times, May 10, 2007.

[10] Robert M. Gates, Posture Statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee (Testimony, Senate Armed Services Committee, Washington, District of Columbia, February 06, 2007).

[11] Vladimir Putin, Speech and the Following Discussion at the Munich Conference on Security Policy(Address, Munich Conference on Security Policy, Munich, Bavaria, February 10, 2007).

[12]U.S. Anti-Missile Systems in Europe Threatens Russia — General, MoscNews, February 9, 2007.

[13] U.S. Anti-missile Shield in Europe May Cause Arms Race — Russian General, MoscNews, 16 March, 2007.

[14] U.S. anti-missile shield threatens Russia-general, Reuters, January 22, 2007.

[15] Mark John, U.S. missile plan triggers NATO tensions, Reuters, March 5, 2007.

[16] Sarah Suk, U.S. admiral confident of missile shield effectiveness, Kyodo News, May 1, 2007.

[17] Atul Aneja, “Pipeline should extend to China,” The Hindu, May 7, 2007.

[18] Chinese object to climate draft, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), May 1, 2007.

[19] Andrew Davies, The enemy down below: Anti-submarine warfare in the ADF, (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), February, 2007), p.1.

[20] Bill Gertz, China builds up strategic sea lanes, The Washington Times, January 18, 2005.

“China is building strategic relationships along the sea lanes from the Middle East to the South China Sea in ways that suggest defensive and offensive positioning to protect China's energy interests, but also to serve broad security objectives,” said the report sponsored by the director, Net Assessment, who heads Mr. Rumsfeld's office on future-oriented strategies.

[21] Pallavi Aiyar, India to conduct naval exercises with China, The Hindu, April 12, 2007.

[22] Ibid.

[23] Ibid.

[24] Luan Shanglin, U.S. to stage large-scale war games near Guam, Xinhua News Agency, April 11, 2007.

[25] Naval chief: U.S. has no plan to attack Iran, Xinhua News Agency, April 17, 2007.

[26] Thom Shanker, U.S. and Britain to Add Ships to Persian Gulf in Signal to Iran, The New York Times, December 21, 2006.

[27] Ibid.

[28] Ibid.
[29]Malaysia in no hurry to join U.S.-led security pact, Reuters, April 17, 2007.

[30] Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Global Military Alliance: Encircling Russia and China, Centre for Research on Globalization, May 10, 2007.


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