Critical Documents: China in Africa

Question of the Week: China in Africa Development Channel Staff, Council on Foreign Relations Chinese aid in Africa replaces the perception that developing countries require assistance from the global North with a “South-South” philosophy. Criticism that China is benefitting more from their economic intervention than Africa has surfaced. However, China insists their aid has been […]

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General James Jones Transcript

The intervention in Libya has widely been considered a success.  What made it work? I think it’s very difficult- people want a blueprint, a template if you will that you can apply to most incidents, but unfortunately that’s not possible. The correct thing to do is diagnose what are the main elements of whatever it […]

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The Facts: Iran and the Bomb

The Persian Gulf holds 60% of the world’s oil reserves. Iran alone has reserves of 125 billion barrels of oil, or 10% of the world’s total reserves. Iran pumps nearly 4 million barrels of oil each day. Fast, April. Iran: The Land (Lands, Peoples, & Cultures). New York: Crabtree Publishing Company, 2005. To refute Iran’s President […]

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Government Spending: Why Do We Spend the Way We Do?

The following link is to the student version of this lesson for students to follow online: http://econedlink.org/547 LESSON DETAILS Grades: 9-12 Author: Council for Economic Education Technology Staff Posted: March 15, 2004 Updated: January 4, 2007   Students look at definitions for the three categories of federal spending and using the internet locate examples of […]

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