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Vor dem Hintergrund ihrer institutionellen und rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen wird die Rolle der 'Organisation for African Unity' (OAU) bei der Beilegung innerafrikanischer Konflikte untersucht. (DÜI-Ker)

This paper complements the limited scholarly interest in the case of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s consistent practice of word-deed gaps, or "hypocrisy" according to some scholars, by employing the insights of organisational sociology. Specifically, it introduces a claim that the gap between ASEAN's words and deeds can be understood as an organisational response to its material and political vulnerability in relation to its major external stakeholders, aiming to ensure its survival and adaptability. Accommodating multiple, or sometimes even conflicting, demands from various external actors, ASEAN may be able to secure its material and diplomatic engagement in developmental and political regionalism within Southeast Asia. However, ASEAN also wants to protect its local identity and practices; or it may want to avoid forced internal reforms at an undesirable scale and pace. In this context, organised hypocrisy would likely become a vital consideration for the complex institution. For ASEAN, this paper notes, these word-deed gaps reflect the way it wants to manage conflicting external demands as an international social agency.

"How does China reconstruct its participation in the global order? What is the theoretical framework of global governance? What are the new challenges for China? What is China's diplomatic strategy in the transformation of the international structure? How will China and the US evolve under 'Two Orders'? How does China deal with the South China Sea and North Korea nuclear issues? What is the reform of RMB exchange rate regime? Will the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank be a watershed of power transition between China and the United States in the Asia Pacific? This volume gathers a collection of translations of influential essays, speeches, and papers on Chinese foreign policy, national security, and foreign economic relations written by Chinese scholars. Many papers have also served as propositions for policy prescriptions to China's leaders, the vast majority of which have, to date, only been available in Chinese"--

Barry Buzan proposes a new approach to making International Relations a truly global discipline that transcends both Eurocentrism and comparative civilisations. He narrates the story of humankind as a whole across three eras, using its material conditions and social structures to show how global society has evolved. Deploying the English School's idea of primary institutions and setting their story across three domains - interpolity, transnational and interhuman - this book conveys a living historical sense of the human story whilst avoiding the overabstraction of many social science grand theories. Buzan sharpens the familiar story of three main eras in human history with the novel idea that these eras are separated by turbulent periods of transition. This device enables a radical retelling of how modernity emerged from the late 18th century. He shows how the concept of 'global society' can build bridges connecting International Relations, Global Historical Sociology and Global/World History.

' Through a combination of narrative and key historical documents, this Special Edition of the Yearbook offers a picture of the United Nations' extraordinary achievements over the past fifty years ', observes Secretary-General of the UN, Dr Boutros Boutros-Ghali in his Foreword to the book. Fully indexed, this Special Edition of the Yearbook recounts the early initiatives that led to the adoption of the Charter of the UN on 25 June 1945 at San Francisco. It captures the major issues and more, and highlights the lasting milestones of the 50 years of UN history, projecting the imperatives of the organization into the next century

Rezension von: Gocevski, Trajan: A neutral Macedonia - from a vision to reality. - Kumanovo : Prosveta, 1995

Zwar sind die SADC-Länder Mitglieder einer Reihe Multilateraler Umweltabkommen, in internationalen Verhandlungen haben sie ihre Belange jedoch bisher nur begrenzt eingebracht. Die Publikation formuliert eine Zusammenschau der Herausforderungen, die im Zusammenhang mit Umweltabkommen für die SADC-Länder entstehen, wertet die bisherigen Erfahrungen in internationalen Verhandlungen um die Biodiversitätskonvention aus und entwickelt mögliche Positionen der SADC in internationalen Verhandlungen. (GIGA-Sbd)