... technological obstacles; the region may be at the forefront of the global energy revolution;
Global economic and, consequently, political ... ... disputed territories in Israel or new development projects in Jerusalem);
Persistent political instability in the region may hinder ... ... chains, particularly if this coincides with a broader dynamism of Africa and the implementation of the Chinese “Belt and Road Initiative”; ... ... only reliable guarantee of ensuring their national security.
8. China: Primus Inter Pares
By 2050 China is likely to be the world’s ...
... by expanding its sphere of interests to Africa whose incredibly fast urbanization rate already accounts for a greater proportion of middle class than in India or China
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, opening up wide opportunities for America-African strategic cooperation in energy field.
Today the African region is being targeted through the policy of economic statecraft from both the West and the East, i.e. by the USA and European member states as well as China, respectively. Chinese neo-colonial strategy is mainly driven by profit-maximization principle: there is already about a billion of potential consumers ready to accept Chinese goods as a default choice, while the US wants to promote regional stability ...
... for now is growing but the market is considered “slow.” As a result spot uranium prices do not impact the broad energy market like spot oil prices do. But the market remains a target of opportunity for “pump and dump” specialists,... ... Hollande sitting at 18 percent popularity in the polls France has conducted 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 ...
