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The Rising and Falling Power of Hydrocarbon States

Posted on July 5, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, General Globalization
The oil card is good for only a few rounds in the long-term game of international diplomacy.
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Keywords: oil, petroleum, Venezuela, Chavez, Russia

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International Oil Markets and the Global Economy

Posted on June 18, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Global Economy
Oil has a significant influence on international trade, economics and politics.
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Keywords: OPEC, petroleum, energy, trade

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Property Rights and the Resource Curse

Posted on June 11, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Global Economy
Many countries with the most abundant reserves of natural resources also have citizens with the lowest standards of living.
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Keywords: petroleum, diamonds, natural resources

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Stopping the Flow of Stolen Resources

Posted on June 8, 2007
Previously filed under: Global Economy
Citizens of many countries are being robbed of their own natural resources, most significantly oil.
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Keywords: Energy Trade, petroleum, Freedom House

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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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