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Even the consumption of basic necessities like food (production of which can have major environmental consequences) and water (given limited supplies) is not exempt.
China’s New Latin BeatChina’s President Hu Jintao has just returned home from his first trip to Latin America, where he sought new long-term sources of
supplies
for his country’s booming economy.
The reasons for this have not changed: rising demand for energy, alongside concerns about climate change, volatile fossil-fuel prices, and the security of energy
supplies.
It will be difficult for the world to achieve the twin goals of ensuring sustainable energy
supplies
and curbing greenhouse gases unless nuclear power remains an important part of the global energy mix.
Moreover, the quality of medicines available at health facilities varies greatly, and
supplies
are not reliable.
A policy that entails draining America’s limited oil
supplies
– I call it “drain America first” – will leave the US even more dependent on foreign oil.
A ceasefire would initiate a shift in this dynamic, allowing humanitarian
supplies
to reach the areas where they are needed most urgently, while halting the country’s gradual “Somalization.”
The Norwegian Refugee Council and the International Rescue Committee, for example, are doing important work, delivering cross-border humanitarian
supplies
into Syria and helping refugees and host communities in four countries.
The EU should also launch a comprehensive study of all aspects of Europe’s reliance on Russian energy supplies, including transit, energy security and conservation, supply diversification, and the impact of “bypass” pipelines like Nord Stream and South Stream.
Mozambique, for example, imports 60% of its wheat consumption, and Egypt imports 50% of its food
supplies.
Second, food reserves should be established, not only for humanitarian
supplies
in disaster-prone, infrastructure-poor areas, as Zoellick proposes, but also as a means to support stable revenues for agricultural producers and ensure affordable food for the poor.
If train traffic on certain routes increased, it suggested that army food
supplies
were being delivered, thus hinting at impending military action.
The US established military bases throughout the region, and repeated failed operations by the CIA have left massive
supplies
of armaments in the hands of violent foes of the US and Europe.
Russia's European OccupationWhen Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas monopoly, cut off
supplies
to Ukraine and Georgia in January 2006, the move was widely seen as a clear warning of the Kremlin’s willingness to use its energy resources to exert political influence over Europe.
Twelve months later, Russia drummed home the significance of that act by shutting off oil
supplies
to Belarus for three days, causing a ripple effect on shipments to Western Europe.
The West European EU members have shown scant concern over Russian pressure tactics against the new members in Central and Eastern Europe, calling into question the extent of EU solidarity regarding energy
supplies.
Since the Kremlin interrupted energy
supplies
to the Baltic states in 1990 in a futile attempt to stifle their independence movements, it has continued to use pipeline politics against countries such as Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania – all new EU members.
Since January 2006, Moscow has negotiated separate deals with energy companies from Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia, and Denmark that could undercut Europe’s efforts to build additional pipelines aimed at bypassing Russia’s near monopoly of
supplies
from Central Asia.
Putin denies that Russia is using its energy resources to coerce European governments, arguing that the decrease in gas
supplies
to Western Europe during the cut-off of gas to Ukraine in January 2006 was the result of Ukrainian “theft.”
Chemical treatment means that processed bottled water may lack fluoride, which is naturally present in most groundwater or is added in tiny amounts to municipal water
supplies
to promote dental health.
Nor does NATO membership help in responding to the Kremlin’s exploitation of European dependence on Russian energy, such as when it uses natural-gas
supplies
as a geopolitical weapon.
For example, 66% of the respondents thought it unfair of flower-sellers to charge higher prices on holidays, when demand is much stronger and
supplies
may give out.
But now that competition has intensified, as it encompasses virtually all of Asia, where growing populations and rapid economic development over the last three decades have generated an insatiable appetite for severely limited
supplies
of key commodities.
China has managed to secure new hydrocarbon
supplies
through pipelines from Kazakhstan and Russia.
Mexico’s oil fields are diminishing, which means that it may need to look for external
supplies.
It is time to convene all concerned to raise awareness and to forge a global strategy for ensuring adequate
supplies
of talent.
America and Europe share an interest in the success of these efforts, particularly as they seek to diversify energy
supplies
away from Saudi Arabian and Persian Gulf oil.
Its decision to maintain output at current levels – effectively neutering the OPEC cartel – has already had a dampening effect on competing supplies; nearly $400 billion of fossil-fuel investments have been shelved.
China could crush North Korea in a day just by cutting off food and fuel
supplies.
In Ukraine, for example, billions of dollars of Russian gas
supplies
go unpaid every year.
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