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The former Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi was one of the great architects of European integration. His commitment after the Second World War to German-Italian friendship, the Coal and Steel Community and the idea of a federal Europe will be traced here. The motto of the European Union "united in diversity" will serve as the leitmotif of the observations, thereby examining its current significance in more detail.

The current general election may be about Brexit. However, it is probably one of the most important since the second world war. It will undoubtedly have a profound influence on the way in which British society develops over not just the period until the next national vote, whenever that may be (depending on whether there is a majority for any party), but future generations.

This article explores the rich legacy of Henry Mayer for the study of politics, and the media, in the Australian context and his influence on several generations of Australian intellectuals whom he taught. The article concludes that Henry Mayer remains 'inscrutable'; such is the complexity of his worldview and the unique circumstances of his upbringing in Germany under the shadows of the Second World War.

In the decades since her defeat in the Second World War, Japan has continued to loom large in the national imagination of many of her East Asian neighbours. While for many, Japan still conjures up images of rampant military brutality, at different times and in different communities, alternative images of the Japanese 'Other' have vied for predominance – in ways that remain poorly understood, not least within Japan itself.

In the decades since her defeat in the Second World War, Japan has continued to loom large in the national imagination of many of her East Asian neighbours. While for many, Japan still conjures up images of rampant military brutality, at different times and in different communities, alternative images of the Japanese 'Other' have vied for predominance – in ways that remain poorly understood, not least within Japan itself.

Study of how the Academic Karelia Society (AKS) understood Finland's national defense and foreign policy situations and tried to influence both during the period 1922-1939. The study is based on AKS original sources, including AKS personnel interviews and press clippings, as well as Finnish Defense Administration documents. AKS' most important archives disappeared without a trace immediately after the Second World War

Die Straße Unter den Linden gehört zu den bedeutendsten Prachtstraßen Europas. Im 2. Weltkrieg wurde sie fast völlig zerstört. Der Wiederaufbau der Straße unterlag dem Spannungsfeld zwischen einerseits staatlichem Repräsentationsbedürfnis der DDR und andererseits den wechselnden ideologischen und politischen Rahmenbedingungen. ; Unter den Linden is one of the most important boulevards in Europe. In the second World War it was almost completely destroyed. The reconstruction of the avenue was subject to both the public need for representation of the GDR and changing ideological and political frameworks.

Human rights — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Scoperatione materiaeandratione temporis— Prisoners of war — Canadian servicemen captured by Japan in Second World War — Whether Canada had violated Covenant in its treatment of claims to compensation — DiscriminationInternational tribunals — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Jurisdiction — Temporal jurisdiction — Domestic remedies rule210War and armed conflict — Prisoners of war — Entitlement to compensation for unlawful treatment — Peace Treaty with Japan

An interview with Alice Croke nee Hickey conducted in 1999 by Michelle Hickey for the Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum. Alice Croke talks about life in Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, including going to school, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Father Dan O'Callaghan, the beeline, the fishery, agriculture, the St. John's Regatta, and United States servicemen in the area during the Second World War.

The august solemnity of Latin confers on the terms jus ad helium and jus in bello the misleading appearance of being centuries old. In fact, these expressions were only coined at the time of the League of Nations and were rarely used in doctrine or practice until after the Second World War, in the late 1940s to be precise. This article seeks to chart their emergence.

The article seeks to provide a general survey of the multifaceted relationship between the United Nations (UN) and the South Pacific, the UN and the South Pacific regional systems as products of the Second World War, system-shaping influence of the UN in this region and the UN system as a significant contributor to meeting the national development aspirations of the South Pacific. (DÜI-Sen)

By shipping arms and providing military experts to Central American governments, Israel is repaying an historic debt to these nations for the role they played in the UN in promoting Israeli statehood in the wake of the Second World War. Yet, whereas the debt is owed to liberal Central American regimes, it is being repaid to military dictatorships and to rightist opposition forces like the Nicaraguan Contra rebels

This paper reviews the recent literature on the determinants of socioeconomic success among immigrants from Europe and East Asia. The survey focuses on the larger, better studied groups and gives particular attention to historically based investigations of their progress. The concluding section emphasizes the need for additional descriptive and explanatory research on the labor market outcomes of ethnic Americans since the Second World War.

After briefly narrating historical ties between India and the USA since 1776, the authors highlight some aspects of the economic and commercial-technical facets of American diplomacy towards India. Attempts by the USA, after Pearl Harbor, to industrialise India rapidly by providing economic assistance and technical know-how. Rapid expansion of the Indo-American trade during the Second World War. (DÜI-Sen)

An historical survey of the Swiss commitment to West European integration since the Second World War. It analyses the reasons for and the magnitude of recent debates among the public, the political parties, the pressure groups and the governmental elites, which are the main actors. Concludes by identifying the major constraints governing the Swiss position, as well as the way they operate. (PFB)