trillions of dollars and lost thousands of lives has upgraded its popularity to a new level under the discourse of ‘China Threat Theory’‚ combining with Obama’s strategic pivot move to Asia Pacific from the Middle East. Discourses regarding the geopolitical concern of China’s active moves in the Middle East are drawing U.S.’s concerns. China’s Middle East outreach now manifests itself in three relevant areas: energy security‚ maritime activity and‚ perhaps the most portentous‚ the numerous infrastructure
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Latin America typically refers to the geographic areas on the American continent where languages derived from Latin are widely spoken such as: Portuguese in Brazil‚ and Spanish in most of Central America‚ South America‚ and parts of the Caribbean. The French-speaking parts of the Caribbean are sometimes included as well‚ but all mainland North American regions north of the Rio Grande are excluded in spite of French being widely spoken in Canada. Dependency is associated with the economic development
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The Link and Countries Involved Australia’s international aid program aims to help reduce poverty and promote economic independence in developing countries. Australia offers two types of aid‚ bilateral and multilateral aid. Bilateral aid is given directly to the government of the developing country by Australia’s government and is used for health‚ education and training programs‚ technology and technical support‚ community based projects such as building hospitals and schools‚ and emergency support
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As the Sino-African relations literature highlighted that its objective is to strengthen the mutual benefit and trust‚ to conduct a win-win strategy‚ to create geopolitical as well as South-South political and economic cooperation‚ to respect the mutual the complete sovereignty‚ to create an upgraded version of both partners all-round activity of contributions and cooperation including the principle of the ‘five peaceful
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possesses an inter-state dimension between two sovereign states: Azerbaijan and Armenia. So the conflict has become one of the most intractable disputes in the international arena and it is also the conflict of the region which has the largest geopolitical significance. So Azerbaijan and Armenia‚ as the two former Soviet Republics fought over the NK region from 1987 to 1994 in the forms of first communal clashes. Despite the fact that both states agreed on a cease-fire on the conflict in May 1994
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Third Test Study Guide ISS 315 Spring 2014 1. Why is the environment diverse in Europe? Europe goes from Artic to the Mediterranean‚ and therefore has a wide varity of climates‚ vegetation‚ and human activities. 2. Spine脊梁 of Italy mountain range. Apennines Mountains. Location of Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. Etna. 3. Mountain range that forms the border between Spain and France? Pyrenees mountain 庇里牛斯山，欧洲西南部最大山脉 4. Part of Europe that is the focus of intensive‚ large cities‚ and major
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In the environmental sphere‚ the government could focus on stronger regulations that would decrease reliance on oil‚ and instead increase the use of clean energy resources. One such successful example has been Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards‚ which encourage higher fuel efficiency for all vehicles. By creating higher standards for cars‚ the government forced carmakers to innovate and create cleaner cars. At a federal level‚ the EPA could do more to encourage safer extraction of unconventional
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Sabah Spratly’s Island Calayan Group of Islands I. Historical Background Under a treaty entered into with the sultans of Sulu and Maguindanao in 1640‚ the Spaniards recognized the independence of the two sultanates. Thus‚ the Sulu sultan later became the sovereign ruler of Sabah. The Spratly Islands consist of more than 100 small islands or reefs. They are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and potentially by gas and oil deposits. They are claimed in their entirety by China‚ Taiwan‚ and Vietnam
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South China Sea. It is well known of having a vast skyline and deep natural harbor‚ and is one of the world’s most densely populated areas in the world. Mainland China‚ the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland‚ is a geographic and political geopolitical field under the jurisdiction of the PRC’s terminology to describe‚ generally excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Between Hong Kong and Mainland China‚ there are many complicated relation: History‚ culture
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Section I – Critical Analysis Problem The United States is facing an energy crisis. Dependence on foreign oil has led to geopolitical conflict‚ and global fossil fuel consumption is damaging the environment at an alarming rate. Add to this an exploding world population‚ and it is clear that the US needs to find an alternative source of energy. Question Can the natural gas deposits in the Marcellus Formation‚ extracted through fracking‚ be the solution to the United States’ energy problem
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