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Prof. Giovanni Palmerio
Professor
of Economics, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy
One important source of hostility is surely the need for energy,
especially oil. The proposal by Rev. Sun Myung Moon to build pipelines for gas
and oil as well as a tunnel or a bridge across the Bering Strait between
Siberia and Alaska represents an important contribution to meet the economic
needs of some big countries. One is Russia, which would benefit from selling
oil and gas to the United States and to the other countries on the continent;
these, in turn, would benefit from purchasing energy at lower prices than now.
Other countries standing to benefit from this project are Japan, China and
neighboring countries.
Moreover, this would release the pressure on the Middle East,
which is one of the regions with the highest risk for disharmony in the world.
On the other hand, to build a tunnel or bridge across the Bering Strait would
have a tremendous symbolic impact, as it would unite two continents that have
always led separate lives and encourage the transfer of people and goods in an
area that is still one of the most remote in the world.
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