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"coercive diplomacy",... is there another kind?
« on: August 12, 2007, 11:32:13 PM »
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070812/ap_on_bi_ge/russia_s_metal_giants


The rise of the industry has delighted investors but has caused disquiet among foreign security analysts. Some fear Moscow might use its vast mineral wealth as a tool for coercive diplomacy, the way many believe the Kremlin has used oil and gas supplies to punish western-leaning former Soviet nations.
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