Edexcel A2 Unit 3 (Contested Planet) Discussions :)

Hey, have any of you guys thought of any potential questions based on the booklet?

What is everyone's opinions with the views on the last page?
And how are you using the suggested websites?

Im struggling with the figures.
Figure 6?

The poorly managed quote is certainly quite interesting: more or less blames the military dictators that used to run places.
I've used the EAC site to gather a bit more information really... Like the fact that Sudan applied to join and was rejected South Sudan and Somalia both have pending applications, and this may be an extra reason for South Sudan to invest in LAPSSET

View 5?
I completely agree, the brevity determines bluntness depicting the matter is quite simple.
Corruption and terrorism does come out alot with the views.
Im surprised theres only 3 websites to be honest.

I'm pretty glad, because I reckon that it gives a hint as to what at least one question will be on
View 1 is quite interesting as well, and almost suggests that the development can never be closed because of how trade is set up

Figure 6 shows that all countries rely on fuel imports, which makes them reliant on other countries as well as being vulnerable to changes in the fuel market. It also shows that most exports are raw materials, which often fetch a poor price and (again) are quite vulnerable to market fluctuations

So maybe the idea of internal and external corruption? We can link it to the WTO favouring wealthier economies where we can use Ghana as a parallel example.

what is the example about WTO and Ghana?!
never heard of it.

Oh are you not familiar?
I am sorry, my own ignorance.
Depicts how contradictory the WTO is and how their policies prohibit the existence of subsidised farmers in Ghana but ironically due to the higher fees the likes of the EU pay to WTO they allow subsidised farmers there. However, Ghanian farmers fail to compete with EU commodities on a world and local market within Ghana.
Check the superpowers section in the Oxford University text book (parrot one).

No, I guessed it would be something based on the principals of neo-colonialism etc...

I've never heard of that textbook either- lol!

Thank you
How about figure 4??

The poorly managed quote is certainly quite interesting: more or less blames the military dictators that used to run places.
I've used the EAC site to gather a bit more information really... Like the fact that Sudan applied to join and was rejected South Sudan and Somalia both have pending applications, and this may be an extra reason for South Sudan to invest in LAPSSET

Hey,
It's pretty much my first attempt in looking at these views in great detail so I'm just getting my head around them.
With view 5, you know how Sudan was rejected from the EAC..Would you personally say it's a bias thing that this was the case, since south Sudan and Somalia are pending?
And the fact that south Sudan is pending, does it hint they may be successful and therefore have been encouraged to invest in LAPSSET?

Thank you in advance...btw my teacher suggested that this pre release is quite small in terms of content compared to past years

I think Sudan was rejected because of the authoritarian regime that Gadaffi has going on... South Sudan only came into being after he was overthrown and is more stable politically. The EAC site has a few criteria for countries set out on the website:


South Sudan's investment in LAPSSET makes sense as it will benefit them, but it may also be a chance to 'butter up' the EAC countries a little as it has a pending application

Ahh honestly thank you so much, you are beyond helpful. God bless you. Although In terms of the ghaddafi issue that's quite new to me so I'm guessing I need to go on the website and read.