GLOBAL LAND GRAB AS A NEW TRENDIN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS (on the example of the GCC States` Investments)
Abstract
The article considers the policy of the monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula on investing in foreign land resources. The dynamics of land grab policy, geographical distribution of investments and investor relations with recipient countries, interaction with international institutions, and problematic aspects of investments are disclosed. The leading role of the state in the investment process and the existence of a strategy for spreading the influence being realized in parallel with the land grab are shown. The problem of land grab is at the intersection of such problems as food security, geopolitical influence, international institutions and global governance, interaction of state elites, human rights, control over water resources.
About the Author
E. S. Biryukov
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PhD, Associate Professor, Chair of International Economic Relations
76 Vernadskiy Av., Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation
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Biryukov E.S. GLOBAL LAND GRAB AS A NEW TRENDIN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS (on the example of the GCC States` Investments). International Trade and Trade Policy. 2017;(4):38-52. (In Russ.)
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