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China in Africa: How the lion should tame the dragon

iar-gwu.org –

Many Western policymakers, politicians, and business leaders have viewed China’s engagement in Africa with vituperation, accusing China of extracting Africa’s natural resources on the cheap and exploiting weak political institutions for economic gain while leaving Africans with the crumbs. However, the only thing China exploits is the improvidence of some of Africa’s political elite. Blaming China for Africa’s ills would be naïve. China became Africa’s largest individual trading partner in more...

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D C on May 10, 2012

NATO in Afghanistan: Transition

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This new NATO LibGuide is intended to provide a few starting points to assist users and researchers gather information from available sources, on transition in Afghanistan, from NATO/ISAF to Afghan leadership.

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Isabel Fernandez on May 15, 2012

Global report on the financing of nuclear weapons producers

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Each year, the nine nuclear-armed nations spend a combined total of more than US$100 billion on their nuclear forces – assembling new warheads, modernizing old ones, and building ballistic missiles, bombers and submarines to launch them. Much of this work is being carried out by private companies.By lending money to nuclear weapons companies, and purchasing their shares and bonds, banks and other financial institutions are indirectly facilitating the build-up and modernization of nuclear more...

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D C on March 28, 2012

EU law-making is on the line as the European Investment Bank comes out fighting against US financial regulation

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The EIB, the so-called ‘EU bank’ that primarily finances European infrastructure projects that are in line with EU policies, is engaged in a struggle to gain exemptions from new provisions under US law, in order to maintain its trading of over-the-counter financial derivatives in the US market. The new obligation to trade these type of derivates through central counterparties, where the trading has to be cleared by setting aside adequate margins and providing due reporting, appears to be too more...

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D C on May 01, 2012

China seen overtaking U.S. as global superpower

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In 15 of 22 nations, the balance of opinion is that China either will replace or already has replaced the United States as the world’s leading superpower. This view is especially widespread in Western Europe, where at least six-in-ten in France (72%), Spain (67%), Britain (65%) and Germany (61%) see China overtaking the U.S.Majorities in Pakistan, the Palestinian territories, Mexico and China itself also foresee China supplanting the U.S. as the world’s dominant power. Compared with reaction to more...

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D C on April 19, 2012

Rio + 20

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About the Rio+20 ConferenceAt the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come together to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future we want.The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) will take place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United more...

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John Daly on April 28, 2012

The World Bank Group and Lebanon: A country study

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The study discusses the recent involvement of the Bank in Lebanon such as during the reconstruction phase following the 2006 war and during the political crisis that paralyzed the country between 2006 and 2008. It also discusses the Bank’s current strategy for Lebanon and its portfolio of public and private sector investments in the country. In addition to providing information on the Bank’s role in Lebanon, the study takes a critical position on some of the Bank’s policies and activities in more...

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D C on January 12, 2012

OECD Watch quarterly case update March 2012

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The highlights of this Quarterly Case Update include new OECD Guidelines complaints filed against Centerra Gold, Shell, Sjovik, Norwegian Church Aid, Statoil, Innospec, Xstrata, and TetraBOOST. Specific Instances recently concluded with an agreement between the parties include the case against Nidera regarding human rights issues at Argentine corn field operations, several cases regarding child labour and cotton trading in Uzbekistan, and the case against Cermaq for its salmon farming more...

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D C on March 25, 2012

The technical basis of Russian concern over NATO missile defense

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This study examines the Obama administration’s planned Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) to the European missile defense system in order to assess its technical capacity for engaging Russian ICBM warheads on various flight paths to the United States. The focus here is on what would be the main concern of cautious Russian military planners - the capability of the missile defense interceptors to simply reach, or “engage,” Russian strategic warheads—rather than whether any particular engagement more...

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D C on March 05, 2012

The Arab Spring and international debt: Tunisia, Egypt and Bahrain’s debt to Norway

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The Arab spring raised several questions around debt cancellation and especially on debt legitimacy. Egypt has paid over 80 billion USD in foreign debt and interests since 1981, the years in which Mubarak came to power. In the case of Tunisia, during the reign of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia serviced debt and interest for more than 40 billion USD; the legitimacy of these debts must be questioned.Norway lent money to these countries through export credits and through the Government Pension more...

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D C on March 13, 2012

The military dimensions of India’s rise

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The study of military power cannot solely be based on an assessment of resources. Rather, the question is how a nation decides to convert those same resources into favourable outcomes, or to put it more bluntly, how it translates military hardware into military effectiveness, and how that same military effectiveness is harnessed as a means of grand strategy.Under such conditions, can India be characterised as a great military power? In terms of pure resources and sheer manpower, without a more...

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D C on March 14, 2012

PlaNet Finance présente son « Guide des 10 bonnes pratiques de transparence financière en microfinance »

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PlaNet Finance a le plaisir de vous présenter son « Guide des 10 bonnes pratiques de transparence financière en microfinance ».Ce guide s’inscrit dans le cadre de la capitalisation du projet de Promotion de la Transparence Financière au sein des Systèmes Financiers Décentralisés émergents en Afrique de l’Ouest. Ce projet est financé par l’Union Européenne et par l’Agence Française de Développement sur la période 2010-2012.Le projet a visé à soutenir l’émergence d’un secteur financier inclusif more...

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Communication Team on April 25, 2012

Pacific credit union technical congress: Connecting mutuals in the Pacific

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22 - 26 October, 2012 Nadi, FijiThe 5th annual Pacific Credit Union Technical Congress is co-hosted with the Credit Union Foundation of Australia (CUFA), the Fiji Savings & Credit Union League (FSCUL) and the Oceanic Confederation of Credit Union Leagues (OCCUL). The Pacific Credit Union Technical Congress aim is to support and grow the credit union movement in the Pacific region to increase knowledge and resources and to strengthen and build community more...

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D C on March 25, 2012

Now Accepting Applications for the Rotary Peace Fellowship!

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The Rotary Foundation is now accepting applications for the world-competitive Rotary Peace Fellowship. The fellowship provides academic and practical training to prepare scholars for leadership roles in solving conflicts around the world. Up to 110 fellows are selected every year in a globally competitive process based on personal, academic, and professional achievements. Fellows earn a master’s-level degree or a professional development certificate in peace and conflict studies at more...

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Carly Dachis on March 29, 2012

Special ACP-EU coverage: Somalia follow-up

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In recent weeks, Somalia has been at the centre of attention. Following years of turbulence, Somalia is, more than ever, taking steps to restore stability in the country. Somali Prime Minister H.E Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was speaking in Brussels to the Committee of Ambassadors of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group) on February 20th. As one might remember, Somalia is a signatory to the ACP-EU Lomé Conventions and the 1975 Georgetown Agreement which more...

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CTA Brussels office on February 28, 2012

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