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		<title>Democracy in the Arab world &#8211; Everyone&#8217;s a winner</title>
		<link>http://talkingbollocks.net/2011/02/02/time-to-end-support-for-dictators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonesxxx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine a middle east of modern democratic countries right on the border of the largest trading block in the world. I am talking of the European Union. While the world obsesses over whether China will supplant America as the largest economy in the world they overlook the fact that the EU has an economy larger than both.

With the Arab world modernising the trade would take off and this would be great news for Arabs and Europeans. There was speculation in The Economist in 2009 of solar powered electricity generation in the Sahara with the electricity transported to Europe across the Mediterranean.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingbollocks.net&amp;blog=2000120&amp;post=3606&amp;subd=talkingbollocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China in Who&#8217;s hands?</title>
		<link>http://talkingbollocks.net/2009/12/20/china-in-whos-hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonesxxx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both China and the West have gained from the flow of trade but we should consider that, having now allowed so much industry to move to China, we have become reliant on an authoritarian regime which cares for nothing but perpetuating it's own existence. We should also keep this in mind when businessmen and political leaders talk of the necessity of allowing the free flow of trade to countries where there is “competitive advantage”. This competitive advantage is, very often, the absence of political rights,  civil rights and the rule of law.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingbollocks.net&amp;blog=2000120&amp;post=1818&amp;subd=talkingbollocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Where is his mandate?</media:title>
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		<title>Slaughter Of The Innocents</title>
		<link>http://talkingbollocks.net/2009/09/03/slaughter-of-the-innocents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the Afghans are not prepared to put their lives on the line for democracy then why should foreign soldiers?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingbollocks.net&amp;blog=2000120&amp;post=1072&amp;subd=talkingbollocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Invasion without Representation &#8211; The Absence of Democracy in Western Foriegn Policy</title>
		<link>http://talkingbollocks.net/2008/10/25/no-invasion-without-representation-the-absence-of-democracy-in-western-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All this rests on the premise that citizens guide policy in democracies. Citizens notice when something is not to their liking and vote in such a way as to force the government out of office or into a U-turn. In domestic policy this is undoubtedly true. If the price of petrol is increased or if the police attempt to intimidate citizens then people will notice and react. But what if the people don't notice? What if the people don't react?

It is in the arena of foreign policy where the link to democracy becomes tenuous.
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