时事经纬
09-05-09
美国将延长对叙利亚的经济制裁
美国仍然对叙利亚感到担忧。从2004年开始对叙制裁措施将延长一年。美国依然对
叙利亚在伊拉克的作为及对恐怖组织的支持感到忧虑。官员表示，此举并不意味著
美国放弃劝说大马士革约束黎巴嫩真主党、巴勒斯坦哈马斯，劝说约束与伊朗之间
的联系。
中俄能源战略伙伴关系微妙
当前中国石油自给占45%。进口原油一半来自中东，两成来自非洲，其他则来自亚太和南美地区，俄罗斯对中国石油供应比例很小。天然气在中国能耗上仅占3%。中国与中亚国家之间的能源合作，包括能源从中亚绕过俄罗斯直接输入中国西部，将会挫伤俄罗斯控制能源输送的意图。
中国通过各种渠道获取美科技
特点：1，收集情报而后加以分类，不针对某一个特定信息；2，收集工作几乎完全
依靠美籍华人；3，小而频繁的企业间谍活动，美国政府没有能力翻译所有文件。
欧盟计划开辟"南部走廊"，以摆脱对俄罗斯天然气的依赖
欧盟在布拉格举行的能源峰会上同阿塞拜疆、埃及、格鲁吉亚和土耳其签署了一项
联合声明。欧盟希望通过计划中的所谓南部走廊，绕过俄罗斯，从里海地区直接进
口天然气。
以媒：以色列执行模糊核政策是美以之间有协议
1969年色列女总理梅厄夫人和尼克松就以色列的核问题达成了非文字协议--以色列
不能进行核试验，在核问题上执行不明确政策，美国不迫使其参加核不扩散条约。
美报称奥巴马将促使以色列签署《不扩散核武器条约》
博斯沃思：北核问题，我们能做的不多
“如果北韩再次进行核试验，会面临相应的后果。美国可以阻止核试验的方案并不
多。”博斯沃思在同韩国、中国进行接触的过程中，重点协商了两个方案。一是中
国向北韩派遣特使说服北韩。另一个是排除北韩，由韩国、美国、中国、俄罗斯和
日本五个国家举行会谈，得出“北韩应该重返六方会谈”的共同结论，以此向北韩
施加压力。
希拉里：没有访问北韩的计划
一外交消息人士表示：“希拉里曾谴责布什政府的对北政策并明确表示要同北韩之
间建立新的关系，但北韩却采取敌对态度，拒绝对话，因此让她感觉非常不满。她
最近的发言反映了这种心态。”
美众议院7日取消了9500万美元对北韩能源援助预算和核设施去功能化所需的3450万美元预算。拨款委员会表示，如果北韩恢复对话并遵守六方会谈协议事项，就恢复预算。
安理会小幅改革论令日本担忧“入常”更难实现
支持“小幅改革”方案--将改革归结于延长非常任理事国的任期--的国家正在增多。
日本认为该方案将使其“入常”夙愿将更难实现。
日本企业为恢复业绩对中国的依存度提升
发达国家陷入负增长、中国的市场增长势头迅速恢复，汽车钢板销售态势良好，使
相关企业加深对中国市场的依赖。
国务院发展研究中心研究员撰文解读用电量与GDP不一致
钢铁、有色、建材等行业产能过剩。随著高耗能产业的调整，电力需求明显减少，
经济增长更多依靠耗能较低的轻工业，以及各类服务业，于是出现经济增长与用电
量增长不一致的情况。
王岐山《金融时报》撰文，指金融危机仍在蔓延、世界经济衰退尚未见底
美失业增长放慢难改就业市场颓势
General Sees a Longer Stay in Iraq Cities for U.S. Troops
The top American general in Iraq said Friday that one-fifth
of American combat troops would stay behind in Iraqi cities
even after the June 30 deadline that the United States and
Iraq had set for the departure, but he declined to put an
actual number on the combat troops who would remain in
Baghdad and Mosul after June 30, because the number is
sensitive politically in both Washington and Baghdad. He
also said that Iran continued to train and equip surrogates
who were conducting “disruptive operations” within Iraq, but
that the level of interference had lessened recently.
Obama to Speak From Egypt in Address to Muslim World
N. Korea vows to bolster its nuclear arsenal
Washington is ready to talk directly with Pyongyang, "The
United States reiterates its desire to engage both
multilaterally and bilaterally with North Korea," Bosworth
told reporters after holding talks with senior Chinese
officials Thursday. "We believe very strongly that the
solution to the tensions and problems of the area now lies
in dialogue and negotiation."
While campaigning for the presidency, Obama said he would be
willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il if it
helps denuclearization. His administration has so far
maintained its support for talks within the framework of
nuclear negotiations.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Washington's
goal is to get North Korea back to the disarmament process,
but warned it would be difficult. "We may have to show some
patience before that is achieved," she told reporters after
talks Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov,
whose trip to Pyongyang last month produced little progress
in getting the North back to the negotiating table.
N. Korea says dialogue with S. Korea out of question
Iran: Let nuclear disarmament talks begin
Iran has called for an 'immediate' and 'un-preconditioned'
start to international nuclear disarmament talks, ahead of a
major NPT conference.
The call was made in a Saturday statement issued by the
Iranian delegation at the third session of the preparatory
committee for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Review Conference in New York.
In the statement the delegation also criticized the 'lack of
commitment' shown by nuclear-armed states during the past
four years, describing it as a 'dismal' retreat from NPT
guidelines.
"We strongly urge the Review Conference to pay immediate
attention to concerns that stem from the proliferation of
nuclear weapons by atomic-armed states," read the statement.
The statement urged action against nuclear powers that had
added a new line of atomic arms to their stockpiles,
threatened to launch nuclear attacks against other states,
and produced tons of military-grade uranium.
While US President George W. Bush was in office, the
Pentagon started a campaign for a return to nuclear testing,
based on the idea that the current US nuclear arsenal would
not be adequate for the future.
Washington also sought to develop new low-yield nuclear
weapons and improved nuclear bunker buster bombs to
penetrate hardened targets buried deep underground.
All the while, the US was pressuring Iran to abandon uranium
enrichment, which is at low levels and is permitted by the
NPT for peaceful purposes.
The US position drew harsh criticism in Iran, where the
sentiment was that Washington and other nuclear powers were
trying to maintain their domination over the nuclear fuel
market for when the world runs out of fossil reverses.
The myth of Talibanistan
Pakistan is not an ungovernable Somalia. The numbers tell
the story. At least 55% of Pakistan’s 170 million-strong
population are Punjabis. There’s no evidence they are about
to embrace Talibanistan; they are essentially Shi’ites,
Sufis or a mix of both. Around 50 million are Sindhis --
faithful followers of the late Benazir Bhutto and her
husband, now President Asif Ali Zardari’s centrist and
overwhelmingly secular Pakistan People’s Party. Talibanistan
fanatics in these two provinces -- amounting to 85% of
Pakistan’s population, with a heavy concentration of the
urban middle class -- are an infinitesimal minority.
The Pakistan-based Taliban -- subdivided in roughly three
major groups, amounting to less than 10,000 fighters with no
air force, no Predator drones, no tanks and no heavily
weaponized vehicles -- are concentrated in the Pashtun
tribal areas, in some districts of North-West Frontier
Province (NWFP), and some very localized, small parts of
Punjab.
High profile Chinese trade delegation due in Iran
The Chinese deputy commerce minister on top of a 150-member
trade delegation will enter Tehran on Sunday to explore new
investment opportunities in Iran.
Obama makes push for credit card legislation
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