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Russia and the New Great Game

Posted on February 28, 2008
Previously filed under: Asia, Global Economy
Russia appears to be perfectly situated in the global scramble to secure energy resources. This position is giving rise to a more assertive and possibly antagonistic Russia.
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Keywords: competition, energy, oil, conflict, economy

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Bush in Africa: A Continent Adrift

Posted on February 21, 2008
Previously filed under: Africa, Opinions and Editorials
The author analyzes the relations of the US with a handful of African nations. These countries play a critical role as possible pivot points for progress on the continent.
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Keywords: Africa, conflict, security, development, policy

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The Children Are Smiling but There's So Much More to Do

Posted on November 9, 2007
Countries: Liberia
Previously filed under: Africa, Interviews
In 2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was inaugurated as the first women president of Liberia. Her priority is to bring good governance back to this war-torn region.
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Keywords: poverty, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, conflict, children

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Notes From the Congo

Posted on October 12, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Field Diaries
Matthew De Galan spent five weeks as part of an assessment team in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where resurgent violence is causing widespread displacement and hunger.
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Keywords: Congo, IDP, refugee, Mercy Corps, conflict

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Only Conflict-Free Diamonds, Please

Posted on December 15, 2006
Countries: Ghana
Previously filed under: Africa, Trade
At a the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme conference held by the UN, delegates came under pressure to act against Ghana, a trafficker of conflict diamonds.
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One Night in Ogonyo

Posted on December 4, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Field Diaries
A personal account from Roger Burks, a senior writer for Mercy Corps, about his night spent in an Ugandan village.
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Keywords: Uganda, civil war, violence, conflict, family

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Middle School Lesson Plans: International Conflict

Posted on August 25, 2006
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Grades 6-8
These resources are appropriate for grade levels 6th, 7th and 8th.
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Keywords: politics, lesson plans, conflict

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High School Lesson Plans: International Conflict

Posted on August 25, 2006
Previously filed under: Grades 9-12
These resources are appropriate for grade levels 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th.
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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Wed, 02/08/2012 - 08:26
India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.

Social responsibility and a new world order

Washington Post - Innovations - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all the European economic powers.

Aid for trade policy rears its ugly head

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Mon, 02/06/2012 - 01:41
The UK government's dismay at not being granted the contract for Typhoon fighter jets in India is an indication that its controversial aid for trade policy is still very much alive.

Liberia's battle to put the lights back on

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015?

As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality

Yale Global Online - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:17
Kenya struggles to spread the wealth from rapid growth.
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