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The project of world trade liberalization undertaken by the WTO is subject to heavy criticism from many different international actors. This paper suggests a way to analyze a problem of many widely differing subjects opposing a complex, ambitious & far-reaching project. First the conflict over the trade liberalization project is introduced, the most relevant subjects of international politics identified & selected subjects' most relevant interests & goals are discussed. The analysis then focuses on the common belief that the main divide over the trade liberalization project lies between WTO officials, developed countries, their pressure groups & multinational corporations on one side, & nongovernmental organizations & developing countries' representatives on the other. This hypothesis is tested according to definitions of stakeholders' interests, & a subsequent prediction of likely coalitions on each key issue. Finally, an alternative division is suggested. Adapted from the source document.

The Doha round of negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) constitutes one of the prime cases of current multilateral negotiations. But in the more than twelve years of the negotiations, little progress has been achieved. 'Given this, I ask whether there is at all any zone of possible agreement in the Doha round. To answer the question, I present a large new dataset on the negotiation positions of the almost fifty largest WTO members. The dataset is based on a manual coding of the statements by the member states' ministers at the ministerial conferences in the years 1996-2011. After the aggregation and quantification of these data, a game-theoretical analysis is performed on them. On the basis of this analysis, I find a relatively large zone of agreement among the states and the Nash bargaining solution of their negotiations. Adapted from the source document.

The main goal of the article is to analyze the basic problems regarding the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. The negotiations so far have been controversial, and discussions about them have been inconclusive. In the first section of the article, the negotiations are set within the context of global politics and are especially examined in the context of new regionalism/inter-regionalism and international trade relations to clarify the motives behind the EPAs. Then the negotiation parties are introduced and a brief overview of the ACP economies follows, since they all have a considerable impact on the EPA discussions. Next, an analysis of possible positive and negative impacts of the EPAs on the development of ACP countries follows. Adapted from the source document.

Unter dem Einfluß ethnischer Säuberungen auf dem Balkankönne der Westen nicht mehr die staatliche Souverenitätsolcher Länder voll akzeptieren, die vor der Liquidierungder Rechte ihrer Bürger nicht zurückschrecken. Dieentwickelten Länder unseres Kontinents müßten dieeuropäische Angelegenheiten fest in ihre Hände nehmen unddas Werk der Vereinigung des Kontinents zum gedeihlichenEnde führen. Die größte Bedeutung des historischen Werkesder europäischen Integration läge darin, dass sie ausEuropa ein Erdteil des Friedens macht. Hier müßten dieMoslems den Anspruch auf dieselben Rechte haben wie alleandere ethnische Gruppen. Den Balkanvölkern müsse man diePerspektive des Anschlußes an Europa öffnen. Dies setzeaber ihrerseits voraus, daß sie jegliche Träume überethnisch saubere Nationalstaaten aufgeben. (BIOst-Hrs)