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This book advances our understanding of security and its intricate
interactions with geopolitics and the environment in Eurasia.
Norman A. Graham and Şuhnaz Yılmaz focus on Eurasia, where the
energy-water-food nexus has emerged as a vital aspect of political
economy and increasingly as a decisive factor for human security.
As clearly revealed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this
nexus rests on a precarious balance. Graham and Yilmaz argue that
Central Eurasia is currently ‘Running on Empty’ and highlight
the key environmental challenges, including water quantity and
quality and food security. The authors draw on their extensive
fieldwork in countries including Azerbaijan, China, Georgia
Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Uzbekistan to assess
the interests and impact of pivotal actors and evaluate the
competition and complementarities of these actors regarding water,
energy, food security and foreign policy imperatives. They also
examine the broader interaction and implications of security at
multiple levels by analysing the local, national and international
factors in light of geopolitical and environmental challenges.
Taking a novel and highly interdisciplinary approach, this book
will be an important resource for students and scholars of energy
and food security, political economy, international conflict and
cooperation and natural resource politics.
This book advances our understanding of security and its intricate
interactions with geopolitics and the environment in Eurasia.
Norman A. Graham and Şuhnaz Yılmaz focus on Eurasia, where the
energy-water-food nexus has emerged as a vital aspect of political
economy and increasingly as a decisive factor for human security.
As clearly revealed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this
nexus rests on a precarious balance. Graham and Yilmaz argue that
Central Eurasia is currently ‘Running on Empty’ and highlight
the key environmental challenges, including water quantity and
quality and food security. The authors draw on their extensive
fieldwork in countries including Azerbaijan, China, Georgia
Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Uzbekistan to assess
the interests and impact of pivotal actors and evaluate the
competition and complementarities of these actors regarding water,
energy, food security and foreign policy imperatives. They also
examine the broader interaction and implications of security at
multiple levels by analysing the local, national and international
factors in light of geopolitical and environmental challenges.
Taking a novel and highly interdisciplinary approach, this book
will be an important resource for students and scholars of energy
and food security, political economy, international conflict and
cooperation and natural resource politics.
First published in 1986, the research for this book was originally
undertaken by the authors at The Futures Group for the Office of
Technology Assessment. This study assesses technology trade from
the perspective of the competing supplier countries. This group was
defined to include the United States, Japan, and Western Europe.
Six Middle Eastern countries were selected for detailed review:
Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.
This book analyzes long-term demographic, economic, and
resource-use trends in seventeen Caribbean basin countries. It
points to the potentially destabilizing role of rapid population
growth incorporating forecasting techniques to examine the impact
of the factors for each country to the year 2000.
This book assesses the politics and programs of the U.S.
Export-Import Bank and their relevance to U.S. trade policy.
Focusing on the direct loan program for large credits with
maturities of more than five years, the authors evaluate the broad
criteria employed by the Bank in its decision-making process and
the resulting allocation of Bank resources. They also examine the
distribution of Bank loans and subsidies across industries and
relate this to key industry characteristics such as comparative
advantage and export dependence. The problems faced by the Eximbank
in recent years-high borrowing costs, intensified export credit
competition, limited resources, increased risks, conflicting
mandates to be competitive yet self-sustaining --have given
tremendous importance to the careful articulation of policy and
administration of programs. The authors find Bank policies to be
broadly supportive of the U.S. trade policy goals, but also
identify several areas of inconsistency and lack of definition and
offer alternative means of specifying criteria to overcome these
problems.
First published in 1986, the research for this book was originally
undertaken by the authors at The Futures Group for the Office of
Technology Assessment. This study assesses technology trade from
the perspective of the competing supplier countries. This group was
defined to include the United States, Japan, and Western Europe.
Six Middle Eastern countries were selected for detailed review:
Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.
This book assesses the politics and programs of the U.S.
Export-Import Bank and their relevance to U.S. trade policy.
Focusing on the direct loan program for large credits with
maturities of more than five years, the authors evaluate the broad
criteria employed by the Bank in its decision-making process and
the resulting allocation of Bank resources. They also examine the
distribution of Bank loans and subsidies across industries and
relate this to key industry characteristics such as comparative
advantage and export dependence. The problems faced by the Eximbank
in recent years-high borrowing costs, intensified export credit
competition, limited resources, increased risks, conflicting
mandates to be competitive yet self-sustaining --have given
tremendous importance to the careful articulation of policy and
administration of programs. The authors find Bank policies to be
broadly supportive of the U.S. trade policy goals, but also
identify several areas of inconsistency and lack of definition and
offer alternative means of specifying criteria to overcome these
problems.
An east-west axis of Azerbaijan and Turkey has grown into
prominence within the broader structure of regional dynamics in
Eurasia over the past two decades. Yet few, including among policy
advisors and policy makers in either of the two states, have
attempted to look deeper into the forces that lie behind the
workings of this important regional nexus, a reality that resulted
in a dual crisis in bilateral relations towards the end of the
second decade of interaction. This volume investigates the
underlying causes that shaped the dynamics within the structure of
the bilateral relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkey. It
features chapters by both scholars from the region and
international experts in the field, and therefore provides both
in-house and outside perspectives on developments within the
complex structure of the relationship. With its analysis portfolio
including historical, political, economic, socio-cultural,
ideological, and international underpinnings of this regional
alliance, the volume offers the most systematic and broad ranged
analysis of the matter available to date. The book will serve as an
important resource for students and scholars of post-Soviet
Studies, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and the Middle East, while
also being of interest to those of International Relations and
political science disciplines.
This book analyzes long-term demographic, economic, and
resource-use trends in seventeen Caribbean basin countries. It
points to the potentially destabilizing role of rapid population
growth incorporating forecasting techniques to examine the impact
of the factors for each country to the year 2000.
An east-west axis of Azerbaijan and Turkey has grown into
prominence within the broader structure of regional dynamics in
Eurasia over the past two decades. Yet few, including among policy
advisors and policy makers in either of the two states, have
attempted to look deeper into the forces that lie behind the
workings of this important regional nexus, a reality that resulted
in a dual crisis in bilateral relations towards the end of the
second decade of interaction. This volume investigates the
underlying causes that shaped the dynamics within the structure of
the bilateral relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkey. It
features chapters by both scholars from the region and
international experts in the field, and therefore provides both
in-house and outside perspectives on developments within the
complex structure of the relationship. With its analysis portfolio
including historical, political, economic, socio-cultural,
ideological, and international underpinnings of this regional
alliance, the volume offers the most systematic and broad ranged
analysis of the matter available to date. The book will serve as an
important resource for students and scholars of post-Soviet
Studies, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and the Middle East, while
also being of interest to those of International Relations and
political science disciplines.
This is the subjective story of one man's journey through life, the
obstacles he encountered and the methods he used to forge two,
successful, thirty-year careers. Circumstances caused Norman Graham
to leave school and enter the workforce at the age of fourteen. At
seventeen he enlisted in the Canadian army in the rank of boy. He
chronicles his climb up the ranks, rung by rung, and his service in
various parts of Canada, the UK, Europe and Africa. When Norman
retired from the army in 1974 he embarked on a career in business.
Again, using determination and perseverance, he succeeded in
building a successful McDonald's restaurant franchise in Brantford
and Paris, Ontario. He also served on the board of directors of
several large companies and made a valuable contribution to many
charitable institutions in his adopted city of Brantford. "From the
Barrack Room to the Boardroom" is a truly inspiring read.
This is the subjective story of one man's journey through life, the
obstacles he encountered and the methods he used to forge two,
successful, thirty-year careers. Circumstances caused Norman Graham
to leave school and enter the workforce at the age of fourteen. At
seventeen he enlisted in the Canadian army in the rank of boy. He
chronicles his climb up the ranks, rung by rung, and his service in
various parts of Canada, the UK, Europe and Africa. When Norman
retired from the army in 1974 he embarked on a career in business.
Again, using determination and perseverance, he succeeded in
building a successful McDonald's restaurant franchise in Brantford
and Paris, Ontario. He also served on the board of directors of
several large companies and made a valuable contribution to many
charitable institutions in his adopted city of Brantford. "From the
Barrack Room to the Boardroom" is a truly inspiring read.
Do military expenditures retard economic growth and development,
enhance the development process, or neither? How effective are
military and military-dominated regimes in promoting economic
development? What is the impact of military expenditures and arms
acquisitions on conflict patterns? Exploring the causal links
between military expenditures and economic development in the Third
World, the authors address the concept of security in the Third
World context. They trace historical trends in arms transfers and
technology diffusion, analyse the relationships between military
spending and economic development in several newly industrialising
and developing countries, and assess the impact of military regimes
in the search for security and development.
This study analyzes theoretically and empirically the background of
the rise to power of Vladimir Putin in Russia and Recip Tayyip
Erdogan in Turkey. It situates this analysis in the contexts of the
historical assessment of the fragility of liberal democracy and the
persistence and growth of authoritarianism, populism, and
dictatorship in many parts of the world. The authors argue that the
question whether Putin and Erdogan can make Russia and Turkey great
again is hard to confirm; personal ambition for power and wealth is
certainly key to an understanding of both rulers. They each
squandered opportunities to build from free and fair democratic
electoral legitimacy and economic progress. The prospect for
restored national greatness depends on how they can handle the
economic and political challenges they now face and will continue
to face in the near future, in a climate of global pandemic and
economic recession. Both rulers so far have succeeded in
maintaining and increasing their powers and influence in their
respective regions, but neither has made real contributions to
regional stability and order. Chaos seems to be growing, and the EU
and the U.S. thus far seem unable to provide coherent responses to
mitigate the impact of their adventurism and disruption.
This study analyzes theoretically and empirically the background of
the rise to power of Vladimir Putin in Russia and Recip Tayyip
Erdogan in Turkey. It situates this analysis in the contexts of the
historical assessment of the fragility of liberal democracy and the
persistence and growth of authoritarianism, populism, and
dictatorship in many parts of the world. The authors argue that the
question whether Putin and Erdogan can make Russia and Turkey great
again is hard to confirm; personal ambition for power and wealth is
certainly key to an understanding of both rulers. They each
squandered opportunities to build from free and fair democratic
electoral legitimacy and economic progress. The prospect for
restored national greatness depends on how they can handle the
economic and political challenges they now face and will continue
to face in the near future, in a climate of global pandemic and
economic recession. Both rulers so far have succeeded in
maintaining and increasing their powers and influence in their
respective regions, but neither has made real contributions to
regional stability and order. Chaos seems to be growing, and the EU
and the U.S. thus far seem unable to provide coherent responses to
mitigate the impact of their adventurism and disruption.
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