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This article examines the centrality of political activism in Iranian refugees' identity and investigates how they perform and incorporate it by considering the interlocked pressure of international politics, personal networks and civil society organisations' assistance. The case of Iranian political refugees in Italy and Turkey is of particular interest, due to the international visibility the Green movement enjoys, the Iranian people's historical experience of emigration and to the fact that Iran is a subject of great interest for a number of human rights NGOs. The article shows how the process of incorporation of "being a refugee" comes about not only through classical forms of institutional pressure but also through "unexpected" forms, such as NGOs' efforts of empowering the refugees politically. Despite the positive value attached to it, in this context political activism can force refugees into pre-established role, such as the one of "human rights defenders" or "Green movement activists." The article brings further evidence to the fact that refugees are merged in a context that dominates them, even when it paradoxically tries to empower them.

The progressive globalization of the financial and capital markets, the elimination of the national frontiers, the intensification and increase of the international transactions' number, the spreading of the global companies, the increase of the global economy's integration degree and the awareness of the fact that the values recorded in the financial statements are influenced by the accounting language adopted for expressing them are, altogether, the main factors that have determined the EU to choose the accounting harmonization way in making the financial statements of the communitarian companies. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the analogies and differences existent between the national accounting legislation and the international accounting practices, insisting on the implementing difficulties of these standards, varying with the economic culture of certain states, among which Greece and Romania. In the idea of the accounting unification Greece was also interested, in the same measure as the other member countries, but the authors will insist on the repercussions these accounting standards' adoption had on the stakeholders categories, which were interested in the financial reports. ; peer-reviewed

The consequences of US militaristic imperialism for globalization processes are studied. Rather than assert that globalization has cemented a global economic & political rivalry between the US & certain European & East Asian countries, it is asserted that European reliance upon US military forces & Japan's mediated control over the East Asian regional economy dismisses the delineation of Europe & Japan as true rivals to the US. Attention is subsequently dedicated to analyzing the various global problems produced by US imperialism, eg, the perpetuation of economic crises in several regions, the failure of neoliberalism to propel capitalist development in growing countries, & the difficulty of establishing an international environment in which the US system can flourish. Moreover, the problems created by the reduced status of the Department of the Treasury within the George W. Bush administration & the US's inability to direct the reconfiguration of growing nations in accordance with post-WWII model are discussed. Even with the impending succession of George W. Bush, it is concluded that US military imperialism will generate increased hostility from domestic & international sources. J. W. Parker

La mise sur agenda des enjeux forestiers (déforestation tropicale, changement climatique, biodiversité, eau, etc.) et la dynamique de ce processus (continuité des rencontres et déclarations, textes, acteurs, etc.) font de la forêt un objet de relations internationales (d'Antin, 2007). Le principe porté par cet agenda est gestion durable des forêts, c'est-à-dire des interactions durables entre les écosystèmes forestiers et les sociétés.

Das moderne Völkerrecht entwirft die Perspektive einer friedlichen, humanen Weltgesellschaft, und das heißt: unter der Herrschaft des modernen Völkerrechts ist Völkermord in allen Spielarten verboten. Der Beitrag verdeutlicht die Probleme bei der Durchsetzung dieser Normen im Zusammenhang mit der Konkurrenz von Internationalem Recht und nationaler Politik. In systematischer hinsicht entfaltet sich die Bekämpfung von Völkermord mit den Mitteln des Völkerrechts in drei Dimensionen: (1) Im Vorbeugen; (2) im Unterbinden unmittelbar bevorstehender oder bereits laufender Völkermord-Aktionen und (3) in Sanktionen gegen verübten Völkermord. Der Beitrag diskutiert abschließend die Wirkungsintensität der Sanktionen des völkerrechtlichen Instrumentariums zur Bekämpfung von kollektiven Menschenrechtsverletzungen. (pre)

Argues that the ideals behind US communitarianism can found a progressive movement in the Federal Republic of Germany for three basic reasons: (1) German reunification; (2) disruption of real socialist & anticommunist intellectual attachments; & (3) concern about the future of unified Germany (eg, welfare state & labor market structures in light of new demographic conditions). The political program of US communitarianism centers on the idea of a "remoralization" of politics. It is a critique of both liberal individualism & reform politics. Specific features include family & educational policy based on optimal child development & noncommercial values, a program of national service, efforts to revitalize communities, & a foreign policy cognizant of a post-Hobbesian international order. This program is argued to be progressive in that it seeks to revive democratic ideals, expand democratic participation & civil society, & resist unfettered individualism. It disrupts left-right splits by ending the unlucky liaison between old progressivism & a culture of individualistic permissiveness. 19 References. Adapted from the source document.

How conflicts among domestic interest groups weakened US support for UN policy, undermining international respect for the UN human rights regime; examines the defeated 1953 Bricker constitutional amendment to limit the president's treaty-making powers; US. The Bricker Amendment would have prevented the president from making treaties which would require social, economic, or legal changes in state law.