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Australia's foreign and security policy debate has become focused on how to manage the fundamental change in strategic and economic circumstances brought about by China s rise. For the first time in the nation s history, Australia's chief trading partner is neither an ally, nor the ally of an ally, and does not share its democratic outlook and values. This change comes against the backdrop of an increasingly contested Indo-Pacific Asia. This article addresses two questions. First, how does Australia perceive a rising and increasingly powerful China? Second, how is Australia responding? /t is argued that Australia possesses a discernable China strategy, although questions remain about its implementation, effectiveness and sustainability. That strategy has two broad strands-engagement and hedging- and the hedging strand contains several important sub-strands, namely, internal balancing (modernizing Australia's own military) and external balancing (especially strengthening the US alliance). Each of these hedging approaches carries its own problems and questions, particularly regarding Australia's willingness to fund an advanced military and whether the net effect of a strengthened US alliance can be stabilizing. (Issues Stud/GIGA)

Der Artikel versucht, den internationalen Handel mit afrikanischen Kunstgegenständen (und vor allem den Schmuggel) zu analysieren. Nach einem Exkurs in die Kolonialgeschichte schildert der Autor die Mechanismen des Handels und (juristische) Versuche, ihn zu verhindern. Breiten Raum nimmt eine allgemeine Kapitalismuskritik ein; der Autor begreift das herrschende Weltwirtschaftssystem als ursächlich für den Ausverkauf afrikanischer Kunstgegenstände. (DÜI-Sbd)

Spätestens seit den siebziger Jahren ist eine Entkoppelung vom Güter- und Produktionsmarkt auf der einen und dem Finanz- und Kapitalmarkt auf der anderen Seite zu beobachten. Ausgehend von der zunehmenden Konzentration im Bank- und Kreditwesen wird aus marxistischer Sicht der quantitativ und qualitativ veränderte Charakter von Kapitaleigentum diskutiert. Die besondere Rolle des Staates bei internationalen Monopolisierungsprozessen wird thematisiert. (AuD-Pls)

In response to these questions, contributors trace changes in Canada's demographic make-up, explore the relationship between domestic politics and Canadian foreign policy across the fields of diplomacy, development, defense and security, and immigration, and determine the extent to which Quebec's sensibilities to international issues differ from those of the rest of the country. The World in Canada argues that, under certain conditions, the motivation to pursue certain policy choices arises as much from domestic considerations as from the international conditions associated with them.