Article on Somali Piracy in World Affairs
Piracy off the coast of Somalia seized the world’s imagination a couple of years back when it provided dramatic footage of a kind of criminal activity unfamiliar to many Westerners. It may be...
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Deep-Water Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons
This, at least, is how Wang Yilin, Chairman of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), chooses to view them. He reportedly told an audience at CNOOC’s headquarters in Beijing in May that...
View ArticleFurther Thoughts on Deep-Water Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons
I have been prompted to return to this theme because Canada has decided – obviously with great reluctance – to approve the take-over of Nexen by CNOOC. The depth of this reluctance has been made clear...
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