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Australia: Populate and We Will PerishChina’s tough tone causing concern among western leaders
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said China’s tone had not changed.
“China’s positions on issues like arms sales to Taiwan and Tibet have been consistent and clear,” Wang Baodong said, “as these issues bear on sovereignty and territorial integrity, which are closely related to Chinese core national interests.” Read more
EU’s power in this new world order will be diminished
In order for this to happen, decisive action will be required,” the IIEA analysis says. “The EU will need to think strategically and tactically, with a cognisance of the realities in which it is operating” – specifically, the emergence of a “new world order” led by the US and China.
“Although the EU’s power in this new world order will be diminished, it still has many instruments at its disposal”, it says, adding that these should include proposals for carbon tariffs of up to 9 per cent on imports, as favoured by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The analysis argues that this would be compatible with the World Trade Organisation’s rules.
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A New World Order of Tough Lessons
EU dealmakers?
EU officials can at least claim that they initiated a process that saw 28 countries coming together in a final marathon of talks in a group that included France, Germany, the UK, the European Commission, Brazil, China, India, the US, Korea, Ethiopia, Sudan, and some tiny states on the frontline of climate change, including the Maldives. EU sources say that they were the first to propose this meeting, although, entertainingly, they differ as to whether the bright idea came from President Nicolas Sarkozy of France or the European Commission. Read more
North America and Europe will have to adjust to a new world order
That may have been true a few years ago, but it is no longer the case. Very quietly, China has become the world’s second-largest producer of scientific knowledge, surpassed only by the US, a status it has achieved at an awe-inspiring rate. If it continues on its current trajectory China will overtake the US before 2020 and the world will look very different as a result. The historical scientific dominance of North America and Europe will have to adjust to a new world order. Read more
The New World Order is Still in the Making
The 27 countries in the EU bloc are starting to speak with one voice.
TWENTY years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, the new world order is still in the making. But two ”mega-trends” seem clear: the broadest and deepest wave of globalisation the world has ever seen, and the rise of new world players from Asia and elsewhere. We also hear ever-louder calls for more effective global co-ordination in meeting the challenges of our times. As the Lisbon Treaty comes into force, the European Union is, I believe, uniquely suited to take on its leadership responsibilities. Read more