SOONER OR LATER, EVERYONE AGREES, CHINA SHOULD BE REUNIFIED. HOW? THE AUTHOR PROBES THIS QUESTION & FINDS NO ANSWERS ARE COMING FROM TAIWAN. THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA SEES THE RECENT REUNIFICATION OFFER OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS PURE PROPAGANDA. MISTRUST FOR THE COMMUNISTS IS ENDEMIC ON TAIWAN. POLITICAL & CULTURAL DIFFERENCES WOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM SEPARATED; ECONOMIC ONES ARE THE MAIN ARGUMENT.
"As the economies of East Asia grow ever stronger, their need for energy resources increases, which in turn compels closer relations with the countries of the Middle East. This book examines the developing relations between the countries of East Asia with the countries of the Middle East. It looks at various key bilateral relationships, discusses the impact on the United States' hegemony in both regions, considers whether the new relations represent a contribution to, or a threat to, peace and stability, and assesses the implications of the changes for patterns of regional and global international relations systems"--
As the Slovenian art collective Neue Slowenische Kunst appropriates artefacts from different sources, the following paper attempts to clarify the significance of appropriation in relation to Russia. Three different artistic moments from different decades are chosen as starting points and key moments in order to examine nsk's artistic approach.
In: UNIDIR newsletter / United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research: Lettre de l'UNIDIR / Institut des Nations Unies pour la Recherche sur le Désarmement, Heft 21, S. 3-63
ISSN: 1012-4934
Research institutes and projects in the Middle East and recent publications from and on the region; 3 articles. Prepared in conjunction with the Regional Conference of Research Institutes in the Middle East, held in Cairo Apr. 18-19, 1993.
In this expanded edition of "Revolutions in Eastern Europe", the authors include a new chapter on the Baltic states. The coverage of East Germany has been revised to include notification, the restructuring of the Eastern economy within a united Germany and the treatment of the former communist leaders. The chapter on Czechoslovakia includes separate treatment of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993-94. Also included is a brief account of Croatia and Slovenia in 1992-94, the Bosnian conflict, and the rump Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Macedonia. The accounts are taken to the end of 1994. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on how states are dealing with their communist past, with the experience of political pluralism and with external relations and alignments in the new Europe. The chapter on organizations has been significantly expanded and there is a greater number of maps.
India's "Look East" policy was launched in the early 1990s as part of a concerted effort to elevate the strategic importance of Southeast Asia in the country's foreign policy agenda. The policy has been described as going through various phases, with an accelerated pace and process of interaction in moving from one phase to the next, marked by a broadening and deepening of India's interaction with the region. This has culminated in the most recent "phase" under the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has rebranded the policy as "Act East" to signify a more pro-active and action-oriented approach towards the region. However, has there been any real and substantive change in India's engagement with Southeast Asia in moving from one "phase" to the next? Does this narrative of phases in India's post-Cold War engagement with Southeast Asia hold any substance? This article deconstructs the narrative of phases in India's Look East and now Act East policy and argues that India's eastward engagement has not been a process of simple linear progression. As such, while the concept of phases in India's Look East policy serves as a useful narrative device, it does not capture the nuances of India's post-Cold War re-engagement with Southeast Asia, which has been far more complex than this narrative suggests.
Weakening Washington's Middle East influence / Lee Smtih. - S. 3-10 Tunisia's morning after / Bruce Maddy-Weitzman. - S. 11-17 Egypt's Islamist shadow / Cynthia Farahat. - S. 19-24 The view from Syria and Lebanon / Hilal Khashan. - S. 25-30 Iraq weathers the political strom / Sterling Jensen. - S. 31-34 Mixed response in Iran / Ali ALfoneh. - S. 35-39
