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[Economistsview.typepad.com] Economist's View: In addition to the long-term challenges of poverty, the environment, nuclear proliferation, and UN reform, the new secretary general will inherit a long list of hotspots: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Myanmar, Sudan, North Korea, and others. Recent attempts to influence developments in these countries through threats and sanctions, and sometimes war, have failed.

[Ablogistan.com] Ablogistan: With the United States and Great Britain’s involvement in Iraq, NATO’s deployment in Afghanistan, and the short-term reliance on Russian gas in continental Europe, China and Russia have built a viable economic partnership as both continually support undemocratic and rogue states. While this has not manifested into a full-fledged political partnership, both China and Russia are increasingly agreeing on international issues that demand multilateral efforts.

[Oilposter.org] ASPO-5 Live: Frequently these countries - like Indonesia and Iraq - subsidize gasoline to their citizens with a resulting ridiculously cheap price of fuel. If the benefits of this oil largesse are somewhat democratically distributed (rather than going to a few elites) you get a natural tendency for rapid growth of a middle class, which wishes to emulate that middle-class lifestyle and accompanying energy consumption.

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