U.S. House of Representatives
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 08:12
Increasing global demand for supplies of energy and strategic minerals is sparking intense economic competition that could lead to open conflict. Who owns the resources, who can develop them, and who controls transport routes must be addressed.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 12:54
The death last year of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi marked the end of an era in Ethiopia. Fully half of the population has never known another leader or another style of governance, and his passing brought with it both hope and trepidation for the country's future. Ten months later, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) remains firmly in control of all organs of government. This includes the Parliament, which selected a new Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, and Deputy Prime Minister, Demeke Mekonnen, during an extraordinary session on September 21, 2012, marking Ethiopia's first peaceful political transition in modern history. It is significant that neither Hailemariam nor Demeke is a member of the TPLF (Tigray People's Liberation Front), which led Ethiopia since the 1991 overthrow of the Mengistu communist regime, nor are they members of the Orthodox Church, unlike all their predecessors.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 10:39
U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa, and Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa, introduced bipartisan legislation that would establish a U.S. strategy to support affordable, reliable electricity in sub-Saharan Africa in order to improve economic growth, health and education in Africa, while helping job creation in the United States through greater exports.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 09:22
Dear Mr. President,
We appreciate your Administration’s continued efforts to implement the strategy to defeat the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) as outlined in the bipartisan Lord’s Resistance Army
Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act (P.L. 111-72). We believe it is important that the United States remain committed to working with regional forces to protect civilians until the LRA is defeated once and for all.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 13:52
Uzbekistan is a key partner in supporting international efforts in Afghanistan. Uzbekistan has supported NATO troops in Afghanistan through provision of electricity, development of rail infrastructures and the NDN.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 13:36
President Nazarbayev has spared no effort in securing the rights to life and liberty for all Kazakhstanis. Because of his vision, Kazakhstan is also Central Asia's leader and a global leader on issues of importance, like nuclear non-proliferation.
Amendment No. 77 To H.R. 2397, Fy14 Department Of Defense Appropriations Act -- Hon. Jim Bridenstine
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 13:32
SPP is a security cooperation program run by the National Guard that links state and territorial National Guards to military and civilian personnel in 70 nations. In Oklahoma, our National Guard has developed a robust relationship with Azerbaijan.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 12:00
Both China and Russia have a long history within Central Asia. This history can both be viewed through at times, an adversarial relationship, more recently, through the framework of an opportune partnership.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 07:03
Russo-Chinese relations possess immense importance for world politics and Asian international relations in particular, with the most critical zones of this relationship being Northeast and Central Asia.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 06:49
In the case of the Russian Far East, the Chinese economy’s vitality and Moscow’s actual neglect of the Far East, could lead in the long run to the attachment of the Russian Far East to China, even, possibly without direct Chinese involvement.