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This exciting book is the first systematic study of how international environmental agreements are transformed into political action in Russia. Using three illuminating case studies on the implementation process in the fields of fisheries management, nuclear safety and air pollution control, this book fills an important gap in existing literature. While the focus in current social science debate on international environmental regimes is accumulating knowledge on 'implementing activities' at both national and international level, this book goes one step further and examines implementation at national and regional level. This topic is of great theoretical relevance to the study of environmental politics since some of the main sources of environmental degradation in Europe are to be found in the Russian Federation. It is also of relevance to the more general debate on contemporary Russian politics and offers valuable new material on regional politics in Russia. With its emphasis on the politics of environmental and resource management, it continues the description and discussion of political processes where most accounts of Russian politics tend to stop. This book will be invaluable for undergraduates, postgraduates and academics studying environmental politics and Russian politics at regional and national level.

This exciting book is the first systematic study of how international environmental agreements are transformed into political action in Russia. Using three illuminating case studies on the implementation process in the fields of fisheries management, nuclear safety and air pollution control, this book fills an important gap in existing literature. While the focus in current social science debate on international environmental regimes is accumulating knowledge on 'implementing activities' at both national and international level, this book goes one step further and examines implementation at national and regional level. This topic is of great theoretical relevance to the study of environmental politics since some of the main sources of environmental degradation in Europe are to be found in the Russian Federation. It is also of relevance to the more general debate on contemporary Russian politics and offers valuable new material on regional politics in Russia. With its emphasis on the politics of environmental and resource management, it continues the description and discussion of political processes where most accounts of Russian politics tend to stop. This book will be invaluable for undergraduates, postgraduates and academics studying environmental politics and Russian politics at regional and national level.

The international order, denoting in a very general sense the manner of the organization and functioning of the international environment in a given period of time, is a dynamic construction that evolves. e feature of the present stage is a transition from its earlier form called the Westphalian order to the future form with qualitatively new features, sometimes called the post-Westphalian order. This process does however mean that the "parameters" of the Westphalian international order are to be replaced by the parameters of the post-Westphalian order. The qualitatively new features of the organization and functioning of the international environment "coexist" with those characteristic of the Westphalian system of international relations. This "coexistence" determines the distinctive feature of the present stage of international relations, which is a hybridity or combining of solutions, o!en opposing in their logic, relating to the organization and functioning of the international environment. Hence it seems appropriate to term the present stage of dynamics of and change in international relations as the late Westphalian order.

Once unquestionably the world's leading economic and industrial power, the United States now views with growing dismay the impressive industrial efficiency, vigorous work ethics, and large American holdings of various other nations. Is the United States truly lagging in its ability to compete effectively in world markets? Concern over this question has been voiced in both the business and government sectors, as well as by academic economists. A recent conference, sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research, explored the effects of trade policies on a nation's ability to compete in in

This evaluation examines the history and work of Conference Committee on the Application of Standards, a permanent tripartite body of the International Labour Conference and an essential component of the ILO supervisory system.

Hans Schippers and Dick Leurdijk look at the possibilities of forming an international military force for the West Bank in the final phase of the Annapolis peace initiative. The main task of this mission would be to maintain security and prevent a coup by the fundamentalist Hamas movement after an Israeli withdrawal. In November 2007, General James Jones, former commander of the NATO forces in Europe, was appointed security adviser for the region. Part of his task is to investigate whether such a mission, as a supplement to the US trained Palestinian National Security brigades, would be a viable option. The West Bank force would be modelled after UNIFIL-II, which was established after the Israel-Hezbollah war in the summer of 2006. Unlike other international missions in the Middle East, which have a classical peacekeeping task with lightly armed personnel, UNIFIL-II has a robust peacekeeping mandate giving the military conditional authority for the use of force. Contributions for the stabilisation mission might come from Jordan, especially the Jordan led and Palestinian manned Badr Brigade, as well as from Egypt and several NATO countries. The idea of a West Bank force has led to sharp debates in Israel. Critics have pointed out that the international mission might hamper Israeli security operations. Palestinian president Abbas and king Abdullah of Jordan have expressed cautious support for the initiative. A positive reaction came from the Dutch government, which has made a solution of the Israel-Palestine conflict a key issue in its foreign policy. Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Verhagen, declared in January that after an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement had been signed, he would do his utmost to ensure a Dutch contribution to such an international force, led, e.g., by NATO.