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Tensions in the Mediterranean area have survived the end of the cold war and have if anything grown in seriousness. The balance of power in the Persian Gulf and the security of Israel remain immensely important to the United States. Europe for its part is mesmerized by the prospect of the establishment of culturally and possibly politically hostile regimes on the south side of the Mediterranean. In Maelstrom, a group of distinguished experts examine the policy issues for the United States and Southern Europe raised by the challenges of the Mediterranean area

Introduction: Law, violence and peace -- 1. Law and Activism in Conflict -- 2. Inside the Justice System: Domination and Resistance -- 3. Makeshift Courts -- 4. Legal contestations at the Margins -- 5. Citizens for Justice -- 6. Brokering Survival -- Conclusion.

Millions of people, particularly in Africa, face daily the prospect of death at the hands of state or state-linked forces. Although officially both the United Nations and the African Union have adopted "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) principles, atrocities continue. The tenets of R2P, recently cited in a UN Outcomes Document, make it clear that states have a primary responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. When states cannotor will notprotect their citizens, however, the international community must step into the bre

"Paper prepared for the project "The Role of Political Parties in the Return to Democracy in the Southern Cone," sponsored by the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the World Peace Foundation." ; Bibliography: p. [29]-[31] ; Mode of access: Internet.

1.Why does tax matter? --2.A new tax era in Africa? --3.Is Africa the victim of global forces? --4.What can Africa do in the face of international tax challenges? --5.Extractives and extraction: taxing oil, gas and minerals --6.Taxing at national level: rising to the challenge? --7.Small taxes and large burdens: informal and subnational revenues --8.Does taxation lead to improved governance? --9.The way forward.

"Discusses global ramifications of deeply embedded corruption by criminals and criminalized states. Explores trafficking issues--how nuclear/WMD smugglers coexist with other traffickers. Examines how corruption deprives citizens of fundamental human rights, assesses the connection between corruption and the spread of terror, and proposes remedies to reduce and contain corruption"--Provided by publisher