... interventions in its former colonies; the Central African Republic, Mali and Niger all of which contain uranium deposits.
China has become the new player in the club and its presence is being felt along Africa’s Uranium Road, the meridian that ... ... where most of Africa’s major uranium producers are located. Sudan has been a long been a nation that has looked askance at unregulated uranium deals. Namibia and South Africa are also important producers but operate in a different sphere of geopolitical ...
... a regular basis, while Russia is a member of the Contact Group on Piracy and allocates its ships for patrolling the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Peacekeepers' Training
The BRICS states are devoting increasingly more attention to training peacekeepers. China runs several facilities to train civilian policemen for peacekeeping operations; while in 2010 Beijing launched a joint Chinese-African research program and hosted a conference on peace and development in Africa organized by the
Chinese Foreign Ministry ...
... new American counterpart, John Kerry, sat for a wide-ranging interview in March with
Foreign Policy
Editor in Chief Susan B. Glasser in Moscow, holding forth on everything from why Americans can no longer adopt Russian babies to how come Russia and China team up so much at the United Nations.
Susan Glasser,
Foreign Policy
editor in chief:
Minister Lavrov, thank you so much for taking the time. It's a pleasure to speak with you. We are doing a special issue of
Foreign Policy
magazine that will come out in May and dedicated ...