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What are the resources and capacities for political mobilisation of those concerned with local / global connections and global issues ? CSIS and the U.S. - Saudi Arabian Business Council hosted a one-day conference on U.S. - Saudi relations and global energy security , with high-level speakers from the United States and Saudi Arabia . OBSERVATION of the day : Computer Models and global warming - Dan Cipra writes in Science ( Feb. 11 ) , " Computer simulations give the impression of precision , but they are founded on a raft of assumptions . In his book The Lexus and the Olive Tree , Friedman argues that two great democratising forces - global communications and global finance - will sweep away any regime which is not open , transparent and democratic . It is not often that the two elements of today 's topic — global imbalances and global poverty — are discussed together .