Comments on: Isolation and International Relations http://www.groundviews.org/2007/02/22/isolation-and-international-relations/ groundviews is an award winning Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:20:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chee Lanka http://www.groundviews.org/2007/02/22/isolation-and-international-relations/#comment-833 Chee Lanka Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:33:17 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/02/22/isolation-and-international-relations/#comment-833 See this Commentary that appeared in the International Herald Tribune only last week (Feb 15) for more insights on the rise of "Rogue aid". Foreign Policy magazine editor in chief Moises Naim warns of the dangers posed by what he calls "rogue aid" to developing countries from wealthy, nondemocratic regimes such as China, Venezuela and Iran. Like the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Naim writes, these regimes increasingly circumvent Western lending institutions and their efforts at transparency and accountability to win political and economic favors in the developing world. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/15/opinion/ednaim.php See this Commentary that appeared in the International Herald Tribune only last week (Feb 15) for more insights on the rise of “Rogue aid”.

Foreign Policy magazine editor in chief Moises Naim warns of the dangers posed by what he calls “rogue aid” to developing countries from wealthy, nondemocratic regimes such as China, Venezuela and Iran. Like the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Naim writes, these regimes increasingly circumvent Western lending institutions and their efforts at transparency and accountability to win political and economic favors in the developing world.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/15/opinion/ednaim.php

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