Choosing to stop sourcing gold from conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs) may be the easy option for refiners seeking to de-risk their supply chains, but it is not the responsible option.
The Special Economic Zone of Thilawa epitomizes the essence of Japan’s new ‘infrastructural means for strategic ends’ approach to ODA policy, inaugurated by Abe.
The Tatmadaw may still be satisfied enough with the semi-democratic regime it created and may want to return to it at some point – just after securing a suitable Commander-in-Chief and fixing some issues it is not entirely happy about.
“Nel conflitto russo-ucraino si è visto che la Russia usa un sistema logistico ancora molto labour-intensive. L’Ucraina è in qualche modo riuscita ad adeguarsi a standard della Nato che sono molto più capital-intensive: laddove i trasporti sono standardizzati, i pezzi di artiglieria sono autocaricanti. Oggi serve effettivamente meno gente per fare la guerra.”