Growing dependency on imported energy and ores makes the Chinese economy (and the politically sensitive inflation index) highly vulnerable to global price fluctuations and drags Chinese leadership into messy foreign policy situations they'd rather avoid. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
And while there may be some dangers, it's hard to think of a climate policy situation in Australia that's any more problematic than what has come before. (theconversation.com)
NOTE: the bi-monthly meeting for February will feature the OSU Moritz College of Law's Divided Community Project, an effort to infuse ADR into contentious public policy situations. (mediateohio.org)