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16 October 2006
GPPi fellow presents at China-Africa conference in Lisbon
GPPi fellow Ricardo Soares de Oliveira presented at a conference on "Strategy and Security in Southern Africa" in Lisbon on October 12 and October 13 2006. The conference was jointly organized by the Luso-American Foundation and the Portuguese Council on Foreign Relations (IPRI).
The conference was opened by the Portuguese Foreign Minister, Luis Amado. Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, who is also a Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, presented a paper on "National Security, International Markets, and the Calculus of Chinese oil Investment in Africa". A revised version of this paper will appear in a volume on China’s role in Africa co-edited by Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, Daniel Large (SOAS) and Chris Alden (LSE). The book is scheduled for publication in early 2007.
Please click here for the full program of the event.