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Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 10:00
My name is Corinna Gilfillan, Director of Global Witness’s Washington, DC office which is an international advocacy organization headquartered in London that investigates and campaigns to break the links between natural resources, corruption and conflict.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:56
Africa has abundant natural resources—from critical and desirable agricultural products such as gum arabic to strategic minerals such as cobalt, titanium and coltan to energy resources such as petroleum and natural gas. However, under the so-called African resource curse, African citizens don't benefit from these resources to the extent that would be expected.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:52
Russo-Chinese relations possess immense importance for world politics and Asian international relatoins in particular, with the most critical zones of this relationship being Northeast and Central Asia.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:48
China’s economic rise would have different implications for different parts of the world. In the case of the Russian Far East, the Chinese economy’s vitality and Moscow’s actual neglect of the Far East, despite a variety of plans to change the situation for the better, could lead in the long run to the attachment of the Russian Far East to China, even, possibly without direct Chinese involvement.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:45
The Russian Far East, a vast territory lying east of Lake Baikal, is a valuable and strategically desirable piece of real estate and a potential focal point of international conflict in northeast Asia.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:41
Future Asia will not look like today’s Asia. Eurasia in ten years -- by 2023 -- is on a trajectory toward Chinese preeminence, and China is now being helped along that trajectory by a strategic alignment with the Russian Federation.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:38
Writing 10 years ago, the head of research at a Moscow bank suggested that China should just buy the Russian Far East because ‘‘if the Earth’s territory were divvied up according to demographic need and by potential for economic development, China would play Pac-Man at the expense of the Russian Far East.’’
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:31
President Obama made a rare trip to the Pentagon Wednesday to get an update from top commanders about the fight against Islamic State extremists, the military mission to contain the Ebola virus in West Africa and other operations around the globe.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:29
Leaders of a global coalition to defeat the Islamic State group were divided Wednesday over creating a buffer zone to protect Syrian refugees and bolster Turkey's borders — a key demand by Ankara as Turkey weighs stepping up action against the extremists.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:25
Iran’s perpetual defiance of U.S. and international sanctions, coupled with its propensity for sponsoring international terrorism worldwide, constitutes a recipe for instability and a threat to the security of the U.S. homeland.