Among the big powers Russia has chosen to use its position as a major supplier of oil and gas to reassert herself on the world stage as a revived power after having lost her position of equality with the US which she held during the Cold War. Five of the big powers, dependent on Russian deliveries to different degrees for parts of their energy supply and have to adjust their relationship with Russia accordingly.
However, when it comes to dependence on energy and raw material imports, China heads the list, followed by India in the near future. The required volume is growing steadily towards gigantic social and political stability, depends on the continuous flow of imports. No wonder that China increasingly has subordinated it foreign policy to the requirements of an almost neocolonial approach to securing energy and raw material supply from Africa.
Whereas Brazil is in the happy position of approximate self-sufficiency, the US is a major importer of energy and raw material. But given its own significant resources (notably coal) and its enormous potential for savings - should it ever choose to pursue such a course - the US is in a somewhat more advantageous position than its European and Japanese allies.
Among the big powers Russia has chosen to use its position as a major supplier of oil and gas to reassert herself on the world stage as a revived power after having lost her position of equality with the US which she held during the Cold War. Five of the big powers, dependent on Russian deliveries to different degrees for parts of their energy supply and have to adjust their relationship with Russia accordingly.
However, when it comes to dependence on energy and raw material imports, China heads the list, followed by India in the near future. The required volume is growing steadily towards gigantic social and political stability, depends on the continuous flow of imports. No wonder that China increasingly has subordinated it foreign policy to the requirements of an almost neocolonial approach to securing energy and raw material supply from Africa.
Whereas Brazil is in the happy position of approximate self-sufficiency, the US is a major importer of energy and raw material. But given its own significant resources (notably coal) and its enormous potential for savings - should it ever choose to pursue such a course - the US is in a somewhat more advantageous position than its European and Japanese allies.
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..
