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The South Africa/Mining Indaba trip
This one was logistically grueling, but incredibly well set-up by Jenn. The locals were fabulous, as it was one well-run conference, and I performed about as well as ever, given the discombobulating distance (e.g., more word flubs than usual but...
China in Africa Means Frontier Integration
Last week in Cape Town, South Africa, I was a keynote speaker at the massive Mining Indaba conference, the premier annual gathering of global extractive companies involved in Africa's dominant economic sector. And the difference between the many military...
China's rise out of Europe's hide
POST: Share of World GDP 1969-2009, By jccavalcanti, November 21, 2009 Fascinating chart that shows distinctly that Asia's rise has not come at America's expense, but rather that of Europe. Meanwhile, the Gap-heavy LATAM and Africa and Middle East remain...
Mischaracterization of Tom from Mining Indaba
ARTICLE: Mergers to increase in 2010, By Brendan Ryan, miningmx.com, 04 Feb 2010 Here's the part about Tom: He described a earlier presentation to the conference by Enterra Solutions MD Thomas Barnett on growing Chinese influence in Africa as, "a...
Coverage of Tom at the Mining Indaba Conference
Dateline: Cape Town, South Africa ARTICLE: Anglo upbeat on Africa, By Brendan Ryan, miningmx.com, 02 Feb 2010 The part about Tom: Thomas Barnett, MD of Enterra Solutions, who spoke on Africa's 'long future" in the global economy. Barnett highlighted the...
We're not slaves to China
ARTICLE: China Leading Global Race to Make Clean Energy, By KEITH BRADSHER, New York Times, January 30, 2010 Bradsher is normally very astute, but this is a downright asinine piece. The PG ranks fifth as an oil source behind Africa,...
US still reigns, and can expand
ARTICLE: As the World Turns, By Matthew Yglesias, The American Prospect, December 24, 2009 Nicely put, and without an ounce of hyperbole or fear-mongering: The basic story of the contemporary United States involves the slightly awkward combination of unmatched power...
OPEC: Looking for a handout on de-carbonization
WORLD NEWS: "Oil Producers Worry About Carbon Deal," by Spencer Swartz, Wall Street Journal, 10 December 2009. This conversation goes back almost a decade, by my count. OPEC wants compensation! Friedman, as we know, demands a Manhattan Project effort...
The fig leaf of theocracy in Iran
EDITORIAL: "Iran protests turn into open rebellion: Sanctions should carefully target Iranians' oppressors," Financial Times, 31 December 2009. MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: "Iran's turmoil: Growing signs of desperation; The latest bout of increasingly fierce repression suggests that the Islamist...
Deep dive on China's Afghan copper FDI
ARTICLE: China Willing to Spend Big on Afghan Commerce, By MICHAEL WINES, New York Times, December 29, 2009 Latest story on the Chinese FDI in copper in Afghanistan (favorite subject here on the blog). The basic contrast is incisive enough,...
China's funky foreign labor practices
ARTICLE: China's Export of Labor Faces Scorn, By EDWARD WONG, Washington Post, December 20, 2009 Very common trick by the Chinese: promise infrastructure development, import all the labor, and then leave them behind! Chinese do this regularly throughout Africa, and...
Africa will be ground zero for globalization's integration
ARTICLE: The ultimate crop rotation, By Stephanie McCrummen, Washington Post, November 23, 2009 As I've noted in old columns, along with The Economist, the third great wave of outsourcing (after manufacturing and services) continues unabated: This impoverished and chronically food-insecure...
U.S. to China: ask for more (but don't expect too much)
ARTICLE: What more can China do to boost ties, By David Shambaugh, China Daily, 2009-11-13 Very impressive bit of logic in China Daily prior to recent Obama visit. Guts: While Washington should ask for more from Beijing, it must also...
China does plenty of harm in Africa
ARTICLE: China Helps the Powerful in Namibia, By SHARON LaFRANIERE, New York Times, November 19, 2009 Example of China exporting its bad rules to Africa: the "princelings" approach to higher education....
Keep an eye on Sudan
ARTICLE: Violence Grips South Sudan as Vote Nears, By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, New York Times, December 11, 2009 Been waiting on this one for a while: the vote on whether the southern portion secedes from northern Sudan. Naturally, as the moment...
Confidence comes in realizing China's own enormous hidden deficits
LEADERS: "The odd couple: America should be much more confident in its dealings with its closest rival," The Economist, 24 October 2009. SPECIAL REPORT: "A wary respect: A special report on China and America," by James Miles, The Economist,...
Africa needs multinational economies
ARTICLE: Some African countries are just not viable, says philanthropist, By Daniel Howden, The Independent, 17 November 2009 Some truer words were never spoken: A month after withholding a $5m African leadership prize because there was no suitable recipient, the...
Sure China's impacted Africa
OP-ED: China in Africa: Soft power, hard results, By Loro Horta, The Daily Star, November 16, 2009 Great summary of China's impact on Africa to date, and the growing friction from below: Building upon interviews from a broad range of...
A sense of how deeply the Gap has permeated U.S. military thinking
PAPER: The MAGAI™ Construct and the Northern Distribution Network, By Stephen Benson, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Nov 16, 2009 First, I get sent this piece by Stephen Benson, who makes a great case about an infrastructure "gap" that...
The Next Berlin Wall Moment SPECIAL FEATURE OF WPR
From the World Politics Review front page: Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, WPR asked six prominent commentators what feature of today's geopolitical landscape might not be as durable as we imagine. Thomas P.M. Barnett, Ian Bremmer...
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