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Record 1 2012-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Foreign Trade
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

In international politics, food power is the use of agriculture as a means of political control whereby one nation or group of nations offers or withholds commodities from another nation or group of nations in order to manipulate behaviour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

Ce concept du pouvoir alimentaire connut une popularité croissante auxÉtats-Unis, à la suite de l'étude de la C.I.A. qui prédisait des avantages politiquesextraordinaires et une hégémonie encore plus grande des États-Unis dans lesaffaires mondiales à cause des pénuries futures de nourriture.

Spanish

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