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International Arbitration in the Energy Sector puts disputes in the energy and natural resources sector into a global context, providing broad coverage of different forms and systems of dispute across both renewable and non-renewable sectors

While the proportion of Luxembourgish nationals among the resident working population was above 50.3% in 2015, it dropped below 50% in the first quarter of 2017. Some 44% of the working population were EU28 nationals and 6% non-EU nationals. Luxembourg's economy is reliant on its employment of cross-border workers. In 2016, French nationals maintained and increased their proportion of over 50% of the cross-border working population, reaching 51.4% in Q1 2017, at the expense of both Belgian (24.4%) and German (24.2%) cross-border workers. They mainly work in sectors such as construction, administrative/support service, accommodation/food service, as well as in the financial/insurance sector or professional, scientific and technical activities. Between 2010 and 2017, the number of foreign salaried workers showed the greatest continuous increase in sectors such as professional, scientific and technical activities, administrative and support services, and financial and insurance services. Regarding specific permits, nationals of China (119 permits), India (70 permits) and Montenegro (40 permits) accounted for 31% of all first issues of residence permits for salaried workers. Indian nationals were the single largest nationality group receiving their first issue of EU Blue Cards, with 90 issued during 2016. This was followed by US nationals (58 permits) and Russian nationals (36 permits). After reaching a peak in 2015, the number of applications for international protection slightly decreased in 2016, from 2447 in 2015 to 2035 in 2016 (decrease of 16.8%). Even if the trend slowed down, it remains higher than the levels of 2013-2015. Syrian nationals remain the first nationality of applicants for international protection (14.3%), Iraqi nationals dropping to 4th place (7.9%) after Albanian nationals (11.2%) and Kosovars (10.2%). Luxembourg remains the Member State hosting the 4th highest number of applicants for international protection applicants in relation to the national population. The international protection recognition rate increased from 228 (200 refugee status and 28 subsidiary protection) in 2015 to 790 (764 refugee status and 26 subsidiary protection) in 2016. This represents an increase of 246.5% of positive decisions year-on-year. Luxembourg continues to demonstrate its solidarity in respect of the relocation and resettlement of international protection applicants. In 2015, Luxembourg pledged to relocate 557 individuals to Luxembourg in the framework of the EU Council decision to relocate 160,000 international protection applicants from Greece and Italy. Within this framework, 197 refugees had been relocated by the end of 2016. From January 2017 to 18 August 2017, Luxembourg relocated 186 people. With regards to resettlement, 52 refugees were resettled from Turkey in 2016 as a result of Luxembourg's pledge to resettle 194 refugees from Turkey in the context of the EU-Turkey agreement of March 2016. 115 people were resettled between 1st January 2017 and 18th August 2017. New pieces of legislation were enacted during 2016/2017 to assist with the specific migration situation in Luxembourg. Major policy developments related to the implementation of changes to asylum legislation and procedures, education and language reform, and revised integration measures in response to changing migration profiles within Luxembourg. A focus on economic migration took place to promote economic diversification, start-ups and the repositioning of the financial centre.

Die internationalen Beziehungen werden durch verschiedene Faktoren bestimmt - Kriege, Revolutionen, wirtschaftliche Depressionen und andere Zusammenhänge bestimmen die internationale Struktur. Trotz allem wird diesen Faktoren jedoch in der Theorie der internationalen Beziehungen zu wenig Bedeutung beigemessen. Der Artikel macht deutlich, warum diese Ereignisse trotz allem von Wichtigkeit sind und unterstreicht diese Aussage vor allem anhand von statisischem Material sowie bedeutender Variablen, die bisher zu wenig beachtet wurden und entwickelt Lösungsansätze und methodische Vorgaben (SWP-Fnk)

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Foundations -- 3. Life Force as the Underlying Motivation -- 4. Understanding the Operational Context -- 5. Purpose, Capabilities, and Strength of Motive -- 6. Perseverance and Determination -- 7. Passion and Sacrifice -- 8. Value of Goals and Objectives -- 9. Constraints, Pressure Points, Decisive Points, and Centers of Gravity -- 10. That Which Truly Matters -- 11. The Influences of Alternatives and Pressures on Will -- 12. Balancing Advantages, Disadvantages, and the Marvelous Trinity -- 13. Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) and Will -- 14. The Thinking Adversary -- 15. How to Think Critically about Will -- 16. Conclusion: A State of Continuity -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

First Published in 1993, this is part of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva series.This study which looks at whether scholars of international politics attempt to understand cooperative behavior in the light of the theories developed by the observers of both conflict and of cooperation. This volume expands the short list of such works and does so with insight, a wide range of scholarship and a willingness to test particular cases against existing theory. The author has written a book which expands the knowledge of, but also a thoughtful improvement of existing theoretical approaches. Uvin's universe of enquiry excludes military power and its application. It concentrates on the long-term, complex organization of cooperative transnational behavior and its rationale. Its focusses on functional issues involving world hunger, a haunting background and result, and perhaps even one cause, of the dreadful violence that characterizes our world even as the threat of catastrophic nuclear warfare has declined.

'Abuse of Rights in International Arbitration' examines the legal basis and core elements of abuse of rights. El Far expertly analyses relevant case law to address how the principle may affect the administration of arbitral justice in more international commercial and investment arbitration.

1. Russia and the Changing International System: An Introduction -- 2. Stasis and Change: Russia and the Emergence of an Anti-Hegemonic World Order -- 3. Russia's European Policies in a Post-liberal World -- 4. Russia as a Regional Actor: Goals and Motivations -- 5. (Mis)interpreting the Eurasian Economic Union? Images of the EAEU in Russia and the West -- 6. Russia and China in Global Governance -- 7. Geopolitical Economy of Russia's Foreign Policy Duality in the Eurasian Landmass -- 8. Russia's Strategies Towards BRICS: Theory and Practice -- 9. Ukraine Between Russia and the West: Russian Challenge to Euro-Atlantic Security -- 10. Russia's Power Politics Towards Ukraine: Social Status Concerns and the Role of Emotions -- 11. Russia's New Policy Towards Aspiring Political Movements and Unrecognized States -- 12. Russia's "Modern" Foreign Policy Tools in Crimea and Syria -- 13. Assessing Russia's Middle East Policy After the Arab Uprisings: Prospects and Limitations