Posted by Matt in May 6th, 2008 |
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Australia,
China,
Ascendancy,
Australia Open,
Billions,
Chinese Dragon,
Coal,
Desert Camps,
Dragon,
Dusty Desert,
Economic Boom,
Fly,
Insatiable Appetite,
Iron Ore,
minerals,
Mining Engineers,
Raw Materials,
Signs,
Stock Exchange,
Truck Drivers,
Unease,
Unemployment
It has fuelled a 17-year economic boom in which truck drivers can earn £60,000 a year, property prices have soared and there are not enough pilots to fly desperately needed mining engineers into dusty desert camps.
Australia is growing rich from China’s insatiable appetite for raw materials, selling billions of pounds worth of iron ore, coal [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 1st, 2008 |
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Europe,
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iraq,
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Pace,
Possibilities,
Power Politics,
Russia,
Unipolar Moment
The end of the unipolar moment, underlined by the American fiasco in Iraq and by the ascendancy of China, Brazil and India, raises again questions about the structure of the global system and how Europe fits within it.
After the end of the cold war and with the accelerating pace of globalisation, Europeans were inclined to [...]
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