Posted by Matt in April 15th, 2008 |
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China may have been hoping to garner positive global attention in the run up to the Beijing Olympics, but the issue of Tibet has shattered its image. A new poll shows that Europeans now see China, not the US, as the biggest threat to global security. more…
The World from Berlin: ‘The West Is Mainly Interested [...]
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Posted by Matt in April 10th, 2008 |
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But the real worry for Europe is a different one. It gets a quarter of its gas from Russia and the proportion is set to rise sharply. The Kremlin uses its monopoly of east-west gas pipelines, and offers of lucrative bilateral gas deals, to interfere in Europe’s energy business. It relies on friends like Germany [...]
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