Meet the think tank that maps our foreign policy direction

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and shows why Obama just chose Robert Work to be next deputy defense secretary -

Bush had PNAC.

Obama has CNAS, The Center for a New American Security.
Of which Robert Work is the CEO.

In the 21st century, the security of nations will increasingly depend on the security of natural resources, or “natural security.” The modern global economy depends on access to energy, minerals, potable water, and arable land to meet the rising expectations of a growing world population, and that access is by no means assured. At the same time, increasing consumption of these resources has consequences, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, which will challenge the security of the United States and nations all over the world.
Natural security ultimately means sufficient, reliable, affordable, and sustainable supplies of natural resources for the modern global economy. This will require the United States to both shape and respond to emerging natural resources challenges in a changing strategic environment.

More info, thanks to Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_a_New_American_Security#Natural_security_program

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1. respond to emerging natural resources

They'll be able to busy themselves figuring out where to frack in Ukraine.

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2. Apparently Ukraine has marvelous farmlands

and now that the IMF is invovled, there are lots of Ukraine resources to privatize.

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3. That's what the EU is after.

The farmlands and use of Ukraine's gas storage tanks in the summer months when gas prices tend to be lower.

They'll get the farmlands when Ukraine defaults on EU loans - that's if Ukraine hasn't been forced to sell them before that anyway in which case China would outbid the EU.