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THIS WORK PRESENTS A CROSS-BOUNDARY INTERACTION MODEL DESIGNED TO SHED LIGHT ON THE WIDE VARIATION OBSERVED IN THE TRANSBORDER INTERACTION PRACTICES AMONG VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. PRECISE POSITIONING OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES ON THE MODELS' AXES AWAITS QUANTIFICATION OF THE VARIABLES INVOLVED. NEVERTHELESS, SOME OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE MODE ARE DEMONSTRATED BY ITS APPLICATION TO THE ISRAEL, EGYPT, GAZA STRIP TRI-BORDER AREA.

LANGUAGE POLITICS IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA HAS RESULTED IN "LANGUAGE DEATH" AND THE BIRTH OF 3 NEW STANDARD LANGUAGES SINCE 1991. SERBS AND CROATS SHARED A UNIFIED LANGUAGE TRADITION, BUT NEVER TRULY HAD A UNIFIED STANDARD LANGUAGE. IN ORDER TO MAKE SUCH A DETERMINATION, THREE MODELS OF LINGUISTIC UNITY ARE OFFERED: CENTRALLY-MONITORED UNITY; IMPOSED UNITY; AND TOLERANT UNITY. SERBS AND CROATS ATTEMPTED ALL THREE MODELS OF LANGUAGE UNITY BUT FAILED. REASONS FOR SUCH FAILURE ARE CONSIDERED. BY PERUSING RECENTLY PUBLISHED DICTIONARIES, GRAMMARS ORTHOGRAPHIC MANUALS, AND POLEMICAL ARTICLES ON CROATIAN, BOSNIAN AND SERBIAN, THE AUTHOR DRAWS CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THEIR FUTURE VIABILITY, MEANS BY WHICH THESE LANGUAGES ARE BEING DIFFERENTIATED AND PROSPECTS FOR THE EMERGENCE OF A FOURTH SUCCESSOR LANGUAGE - MONTENEGRIN.

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE NARRATIVE DISCOURSE ON EASTERN EUROPE CONSTRUCTED BY MAINSTREAM US MEDIA FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FACTORS INCLUDING OVERALL SCARCITY OF COVERAGE, CRISIS-DRIVEN COVERAGE, AND THE USE OF LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL STEREOTYPES, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS PRESENTED WITH THE CONSTRUCT OF EASTERN EUROPE AND THE EAST EUROPEAN AS THE PRIMITIVE, SOMETIMES VIOLENCE PRONE, SOMTIMES RIDICULOUS "OTHER."

THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THE GROWTH OF TRANSNATIONAL FORCES AND PROCESSES ARE RENDERING THE NATION-STATE INCREASINGLY PERMABLE TO ALL KINDS OF FLOWS, IDEAS, AND BEHAVIORS. THE PENETRATION OF MARKETS AND POLITICAL PARTICULARISMS OF VARIOUS SORTS ARE LEADING TO POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION AND ATOMISM WITHIN STATES, EVEN AS THE CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES THAT HAVE DEFINED CITIZENSHIP IN NATIONAL TERMS ARE BEING SUPERSEDED BY OTHER FORMS. AS THE NATION-STATE LOSES ITS AUTHORITY TO SUB- AND SUPRANATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, THE MECHANISMS FOR ESTABLISHING NEW MODES OF "CITIZENSHIP" WITHIN AND AMONG THESE NEW INSTITUTIONAL FORMS, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATION OF SUCH "CITIZENS," ARE WEAK OR NON-EXISTENT. THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE PROBLEMATICS OF CIVIC VIRTUE AND CITIZENSHIP UNDER GLOBALIZATION AND INCIPIENT GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, BASED ON BOTH TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURES, AS WELL AS RECENT WORK ON GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE.

NATIONALISM IS OFTEN REFLECTED ON THE LINGUISTIC LEVEL IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE PURISM. EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE FOREIGN ELEMENTS AND RETURN THE LANGUAGE TO AN EARLIER, "MORE AUTHENTIC" STATE HAVE BECOME ESPECIALLY PROMINENT IN CROATIA IN RECENT YEARS. HOWEVER, THE RISE OF CROATIAN LINGUISTIC PURISM CANNOT BE TRACED SOLELY TO THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA; RATHER, IT IS MOTIVATED BY A COMPLEX COMBINATION OF FACTORS REFLECTING THE UNIQUE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LANGUAGE. THE PRESENT PAPER IS AN ATTEMPT TO TRACE THE DEVELOPMENT AND SCOPE OF THE CURRENT TREND TOWARDS LANGUAGE PURISM IN CROATIA, FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON PUBLICATIONS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN RECENT YEARS WHICH PROMOTE CHANGES IN LEXICAL AND GRAMMATICAL USAGE AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH CHANGES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED IN THE LANGUAGE OF MEDIA.

THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS SEVERAL PAIRS OF META-LEVEL NARRATIVES DERIVED FROM THE STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOTS, BY PEACEKEEPERS IN THE UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CYPRUS (UNFICYP), AND BY INTERESTED EXTERNAL ACTORS AND SCHOLARS. EXPLORING UNFICYP IN NARRATIVES IS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THAT THE PRIMARY DISPUTANTS--THE GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOTS--REPRESENT THE CYPRUS PROBLEM IN NARRATIVE FORM. EXPLICATION OF THESE MULTIPLE AND CONTENDING NARRATIVES IS AN ESSENTIAL FIRST STEP TO BUILDING NEW NARRATIVES ON PEACEKEEPING IN CYPRUS THAT WOULD CONTAIN WITHIN THEIR PLOTS THE CONDITIONS FOR GENUINE PEACE. SUCH NEW NARRATIVES CANNOT BE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT FIRST FACING UP TO THE REALITIES OF THE MULTIPLE CONTENDING ACCOUNTS AND THEN MOVING BEYOND THEM.

THIS ARTICLE APPLIES GUILLERMO O'DONNELL'S CONCEPT OF "DELEGATIVE DEMOCRACY" TO THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN RUSSIA AND SOUTH KOREA. RUSSIAN AND KOREAN POLITICS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS HAVING WEAKLY DEVELOPED LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS. IN RECENT YEARS, HOWEVER, KOREA HAS DEMONSTRATED SOMEWHAT GREATER PROGRESS TOWARD REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. THIS DIFFERENT PACE OF DEVELOPMENT RAISES TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST, WHY DID COUNTRIES WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS DEVELOP SIMILAR INSTITUTIONAL PATTERNS AS THEY DEMOCRATIZED? SECOND, WHAT EXPLAINS KOREA'S RELATIVELY GREATER PROGRESS TOWARD REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY? THIS STUDY SUGGESTS THE INSTITUTIONAL FOCUS OF DELEGATIVE DEMOCRACY MUST BE COMPLEMENTED BY ATTENTION TO CULTURAL TRADITIONS IF WE ARE TO UNDERSTAND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS A NEW DEMOCRACY MIGHT EVOLVE BEYOND THE DELEGATIVE STAGE.

THIS PAPER TESTS TWO SETS OF EXPLANATIONS FOR THE AMOUNT OF BILATERAL AID PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) DONORS TO 22 EASTERN EUROPEAN AND FORMER SOVIET UNION (FSU) COUNTRIES FROM 1992-1995. THESE EXPLANATIONS INCLUDE THOSE WHICH CONCENTRATE ON RECIPIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND THOSE WHICH FOCUS ON DONOR CHARACTERISTICS TO EXPLAIN FOREIGN AID DONOR MOTIVATION. RECIPIENT CHARACTERISTICS, PARTICULARLY RECIPIENT NEED AND THE DEGREE OF DEMOCRATIZATION, ARE FOUND TO BE MOST STRONGLY RELATED TO THE RELATIVE AMOUNT OF AID PROVIDED.

WHAT IS THE LIKELY OUTCOME OF EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES CONCERNING THE EU'S COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY (CAP)? THIS HIGHLY CONTENTIOUS ISSUE IS APPROACHED HERE AS A CASE OF INTERSTATE BARGAINING AND NATIONAL PREFERENCE FORMATION. THREE OPTIONS ARE ANALYZED--FULL APPLICATION OF THE CAP, TOTAL EXCLUSION OF DIRECT AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES, AND A COMPROMISE THAT MIGHT INVOLVE PARTIAL RE-NATIONALIZATION AND REORIENTATION OF PAYMENTS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT. THE THIRD COMPROMISE VARIANT IS MOST LIKELY AND PREFERABLE--FACILITATED BY PRESSURE GROUPS AMONG RURAL /ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMERCIAL FARMING INTERESTS.

SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATIVE AND FRAGMENTING TENDENCIES CHARACTERIZE GLOBAL CHANGE AS WE ENTER THE 21ST CENTURY. WITHIN THE THREE EVOCATIVE HEADINGS OF PEOPLE, NATIONS, AND CREDIT CARDS, THIS ESSAY EXAMINES VARIABLES AT THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUALS (THE REVOLUTION IN SKILLS), NATIONS (THE FORMATION OF COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES), AND "CREDIT CARDS" (THAT IS, THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY AND ITS EFFECTS). THE COMPLEXITY AND INTERDEPENDENCE OF THESE CHANGES, AND THE ABSENCE THUS FAR OF DIPLOMATIC CAPACITIES OR POLICY INSIGHT TO HANDLE SUCH RAPID AND FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS, ARE ALSO CONSIDERED.

IN THE FIRST POST-COLD WAR DECADE, NORDIC STATES' POLICYMAKERS WERE CONFRONTED BY FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN THEIR SECURITY ENVIRONMENT. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES HOW ESTONIA, LATVIA AND LITHUANIA WERE VIEWED BY TOP FINNISH, SWEDISH, NORWEGIAN AND DANISH FOREIGN POLICYMAKERS. IT EXPLAINS SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG NORDIC PERSPECTIVES OF BALTIC SECURITY. SWEDISH AND FINNISH POSITIONS ON THE SECURITY OF THE BALTIC STATES ARE FOUND TO DIFFER IN SIGNIFICANT RESPECTS FROM NORWEGIAN AND DANISH ASSESSMENTS.