It has also turned Niger into a bellwether for those who fear that the struggle to secure the continent's resources risks re-creating the ruinous brinkmanship of the cold war.

此外，对于那些担忧非洲大陆资源争夺战可能重新导致冷战时期灾难性的边缘政策的人而言，中国此举将尼日尔推到了领头羊的位置。

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Back in 1998, when the currency was crashing through the floor and riots were breaking out across the country, local banks entered a ruinous bidding war for depositors.

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John Allen, they can strengthen Afghanistan enough mainly by building up the indigenous security forces to prevent a Taliban takeover or a ruinous civil war even after U.S. forces finally start drawing down.

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It is also because, after a quarter of a century of ruinous war, Afghans are more willing to take help from any hand.

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