The Vietnamese don't want to be exposed internationally for letting the elephants go extinct".
Whereas well over 30percentnt of the UK economy is exposed internationally, less than 12percentnt of Euroland is exposed.
Bongo's own involvement in corruption was legendary, as was his wealth, but if it was occasionally exposed internationally from the Lockheed scandal of the 1970s, through the huge scandal of Elf, the French state-owned oil company, this had little effect on his domestic political position.
He says that both have relatively small populations, "large internationally exposed banking sectors," "a currency that is not a global reserve currency" and "limited fiscal capacities".
The fund is currently tilted towards domestically oriented sectors such as retailers, real estate, food and drink, media and financial services, and avoids more internationally exposed areas such as mining, oil and gas and manufacturing.
This might be the case if the internationally exposed sector takes the lead.
But it was also clear that the Kremlin's actions in recent weeks had triggered a deep shift in western perceptions of Putin that would see Russia increasingly isolated internationally and exposed to a spiralling trade war with the west, depending on his next moves.
Internationally, Satyam has exposed India's need for fraud and compliance solutions, while Japan is implementing its new legislative framework of internal controls over financial reporting known as J-SOX.
John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, said: "Having been exposed for destroying the rainforests and using internationally protected ramin wood in Indonesia, APP are now paying the price for their poor environmental policies.
"And we know from extensive research conducted here in Australia and internationally, that the more children are exposed to alcohol advertising, the greater the risk they will commence their drinking earlier and engage in more incidents of binge drinking".
Liberal and internationally-minded Burmese find themselves dangerously exposed, while Suu Kyi's enigmatic silence on the matter incurs the wrath even of her Nobel peace laureate friends.
