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    Soft Power? The Means and Ends of Russian Influence

    Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2012
    Different countries possess soft power for different reasons. This is a summary of an event held at Chatham House on 31 March 2011. Participants from the EU and US considered the mechanisms that Russia has devised to influence and attract countries in the 'near-abroad', Western Europe and the US.
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    U.S. Assistance to the Former Soviet Union - Congressional Research Service Report for Congress Report

    Federation of American Scientists, 2007
    Since 1992, the United States has provided more than $28 billion in assistance to the 12 states of the former Soviet Union (FSU). It continues to provide nearly $2 billion annually. This report describes the broad framework of U.S.
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    Russia’s Participation in International Development Assistance - concept

    2007
    The Concept of Russia’s participation in international development assistance presents a strategic vision of the substance and priorities of Russia’s policy concerning the provision of international financial, technical, humanitarian and other aid to facilitate socioeconomic development of recipient countries, help resolve crisis situations caused by natural disasters and/or internatio
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    National Human Development Report in the Russian Federation 2010. Millennium Development Goals in Russia. Looking into the Future

    United Nations Development Programme, 2010
    Using the MDG concept, the authors determine targets and priorities, which are specific to the present stage of Russia’s development, and propose scenarios and indicators for achieving the MDGs in Russia by 2015 and 2020. The report analyzes current issues and trends in reforms related to human development in Russia and to the country’s recovery from the recent global crisis.
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    The Transformative Power of Partnerships: Africa Progress Report 2011

    Africa Progress Panel, 2011
    Every year, the Africa Progress Panel draws on the expertise of a wide range of institutions and actors to compile a concise overview of the progress Africa has made over the previous year. The report is divided into two sections.
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    Emerging Donors in International Development Assistance: The South Africa Case

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    South Africa has become an emerging donor that is increasingly involved in Africa as a development partner – largely via peacekeeping, post-conflict
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    South Africa as a Development Partner in Africa

    European Development Cooperation, 2011
    Engagement for Africa’s development has become a raison d’état for South African foreign policy since the end of Apartheid. The new South Africa claims to be a voice for the continent in multilateral forums like the G20 and, from April 2011 on, in the BRICS grouping (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).
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    The African Standby Force External Support to an ‘African Solution to African Problems’?

    Climate Change and Disasters Group, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, 2011
    International donors and African leaders share a belief in the need for ‘African solutions to African problems’ in the field of peace and security. As this research summary argues, their goal is to lessen Africa’s dependence on international support in preventing conflict escalation and establishing lasting peace.
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    The good multilateralists: Brazil and South Africa in the new area of multilateralism

    2010
    This article examines the instrumental nature of South African and Brazilian foreign policy within the framework of both countries’ commitment to multilateralism and if this has been rising as part of a new form of shallow multilateralism or a regenerated regionalism of the South.
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    Unlocking South Africa’s Green Growth Potential

    South African Renewables initiative, 2010
    The South African Renewables Initiative (SARi), established in 2010 under the South African Government’s Industrial Policy Action Plan, is tasked to design and establish a viable financing mechanism that would catalyse the critical mass of renewables needed to deliver economic and broader social benefits.

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