Conversations on Vietnam Development
Biển Quảng Ninh nổi sóng – [Bài 1]: Quả phao nổi, đời người chìm
Nông nghiệp – Thứ Tư 19/04/2023
Trên mặt biển Quảng Ninh sóng chỉ lăn tăn nhưng ẩn sâu là những ‘cơn sóng lớn’ của việc chuyển đổi phao xốp sang nhựa, của sự tha thiết muốn có sổ đỏ mặt nước.
Người dân Vân Đồn đang thay phao xốp bằng phao nhựa. Ảnh: Dương Đình Tường.
In an interview, Petr Pavel — a former general with NATO — argued China is benefiting too much from the war to play peacemaker.
BY LILI BAYER AND KETRIN JOCHECOVÁ
APRIL 25, 2023 4:03 AM CET, Politico.eu
China cannot be trusted to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine, Czech President Petr Pavel is warning, telling POLITICO that Beijing benefits from prolonging the war.
His comments come as China is trying to position itself as a peacemaker in Ukraine, recently floating a vague roadmap to ending the conflict. And while most Western allies have been skeptical of the overtures, some countries like France insist China could play a major role in peace talks.
Tiếp tục đọc “China doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, Czech president warns”Bao giờ gạo Việt sánh ngang với gạo Campuchia, Thái Lan?
Trần Mạnh – 28/12/2017 13:56 GMT+7
TTO – Xét về lượng, Việt Nam là cường quốc xuất khẩu gạo, nhưng về chất và giá bán lại không thể sánh với Campuchia, Thái Lan.
“Việt Nam cần sớm thay đổi cách trồng lúa để tăng lượng gạo chất lượng lên để cạnh tranh với gạo Thái, gạo Campuchia”, câu nói của ông Bruce J. Tolentino, Phó tổng giám đốc Viện Nghiên cứu lúa quốc tế (IRRI), làm tôi nhớ mãi trong chuyến thăm IRRI tại Philippines vừa qua.
The UK and EU are beginning to secure supply of critical raw materials necessary for the twin transitions to a digital and net-zero economy.
EXPERT COMMENT
4 APRIL 2023 5 MINUTE READ
It was possibly a coincidence when both the UK and the EU published their updated strategy documents on critical raw materials in the same week. The UK government published the Critical Minerals Refresh on 13 March 2023 which reinforces the government’s commitment to the Critical Minerals Strategy. Three days later, the European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act and the EU Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) were released alongside each other on 16 March 2023.
10 per cent of domestic demand for mining and extraction and at least 40 per cent for processing and refining is outlined in the EU CRM Act.
These different policies aim to ensure the sustainable supply of critical raw materials which are vital to the digital economy and net-zero transition. The key issues addressed in the strategies include the dependency on imports of critical materials – such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and rare earth metals – and key technologies – such as batteries and solar photovoltaics – as well as increased vulnerability to price volatility and potential supply disruptions.
Tiếp tục đọc “Europe’s pursuit of securing critical raw materials for the green transition”
Georgette Almeida
Executive Assistant
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There is a growing acceptance among countries in the Indo-Pacific region that strategic competition between the United States and China is changing perceptions about security and the adequacy of the existing security architecture. While some have characterized the competition between the two as a new Cold War, it is clear that what is happening in the region is far more complex than the competition that characterized the original Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. First, the economic integration that has taken place since the early 1990s makes it much more difficult to draw bright ideological lines between the two sides. Further, the Asian context of the emerging competition is one where the two competitors have grown to share power. As the dominant military power, the United States has been the primary security guarantor in Asia and beyond. China, on the other hand, has emerged over the past decades as the primary economic catalyst in Asia and beyond. Currently, each side seems increasingly unwilling to accept that arrangement.
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Introduction
Carl Baker
Chapter 1 | Southeast Asia Faces Its Boogeyman – Great Power Competition Returns to Southeast Asia in the 21st Century
Drew Thompson
Chapter 2 | Geoeconomics and Geopolitics in Southeast Asia
Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Chapter 3 | Economic Aspects of National Security
Brad Glosserman
Chapter 4 | China as a technological power: Chinese perspectives and the quantum case
Hoo Tiang Boon
Chapter 5 | Minilateral groupings as an alternative to multilateralism in an era of strategic competition
Thomas Wilkins
Chapter 6 | The Role of Indo-Pacific Economic Institutions in Shaping Security Competition
Prashanth Parameswaran
Chapter 7 | Economic Development Cooperation amid Indo-Pacific Strategic Competition
Gong Xue
Chapter 8 | Regional Security Cooperation in the US-China Strategic Competition
Kei Koga
Chapter 9 | Strategic Competition and Security Cooperation
Raymund Jose Quilop
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