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Food security is one of the most complex problems that the world is facing today. This paper discusses the role of international trade in food security and analyzes whether there is a real option to promote or attract land investments, alongside domestic production and international trade for the nations touched by food insecurity. Considering food security as a common purpose for all nations, independently of their level of development or political ideologies, the research concludes that serious cooperation within international agricultural trade negotiations represents the main step towards resolving the most important world challenges such as achieving global food security alongside "Green Growth". International trade is connected with economic development: free trade brings on medium and long term economic growth. Fighting against poverty requires efficient economic policies and, due to the high degree of economic integration reached by the international economy, this is possible only if governments cooperate with each other and with international organizations, avoiding protectionism.

International norms are, by definition, a factor of stability in the international system. Nevertheless empirical evidence shows that norms are constantly changing, which raises questions on the ability of norms to regulate inter-states relations & prevent conflicts. This article analyses the cycle of norm diffusion, tracing the origin of norms, their diffusion, contestation & change. It investigates the relationship between interests & identity & between structure & agency in the process of norm diffusion, & discusses the implications of this process on international cooperation. Adapted from the source document.

This article assesses the legal status of the INCE by comparing its characteristics with determining factors set forth by other international agencies to see if it meets the proper requirements. The author then goes on to criticize these general requirements of all international organizations as being too ambiguous or difficult to apply. The article then describes the organization & decides if by its analysis, it should be subject to international rights & laws. E. Miller

The debate between realists and liberals in the field of International Relations concerning the causes and effects of economic interdependence among states has led to a remarkable branch of empirical literature, but hardly any research has studied such dynamics in the period following the Cold War, which is so often defined "the age of globalization". This article is based on a quantitative analysis of the influence of international politics on commercial flows in the post-bipolar period and it performs such analysis on two datasets: the first one including all countries of the system for which data are available and the second one focused on the countries that previous similar studies have identified as great powers. The results show that the contemporary international system is marked by a high degree of complexity and by the simultaneous action of different and even contrasting logics. Liberal variables such as democracy and economic international institutions exert a remarkable effect on international trade, especially at the global level, but international security and even power politics issues are still relevant, particularly for the great powers in their reciprocal relationships. Adapted from the source document.

Du point de vue militaire la question cambodgienne se presente comme une crise regionale ayant pour sujet l'expansionnisme du Vietnam, la lutte des forces de resistance cambodgienne et la dichotomie Cambodge reel (regime de Heng Samrin) - Cambodge du Gouvernement de coalition tripartite. Au plan politique, la question cambodgienne prend les dimensions d'une crise globale, car elle touche aux relations entre URSS, Chine et Etats-Unis: a present, Moscou et Pekin cherchent a poursuivre une politique de rapprochement, tandis que Washington, tout en soutenant la position de l'ASEAN, hesite a prendre un engagement precis. (Internat. Political Science Assoc.)

Auswirkungen des anhaltenden Afghanistan-Konflikts auf die Nachbarländer: verstärkte Polarisierung in Länder, die eine Ausbreitung des sowjetischen Machtbereichs verurteilen (Pakistan, China) und solche, die sich auf die Seite der Sowjetunion stellen (Iran, Indien)