given to India and China, which have a strong interest in trade--especially in oil and natural gas--with the Middle East and …

Analyzes the history and motivations of U.S.-China-Latin America relationship. Focuses on China's growing economic ties … to the region, including Latin America's role in China's search for energy resources. Highlights the geopolitical … implications of Chinese hemispheric policy and sets recent developments in the context of China's role in the developing world …

"Leading Chinese thinker explains his theory of China's development path, based not on territorial expansion or …"Leading Chinese thinker explains his theory of China's development path, based not on territorial expansion or …

bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food … -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the … alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the …