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This paper discusses the critical factors for the success of an international research project, some personal experiences of the author with his participation in two international projects, and some potential human resources management research themes which could be carried out using an international team.

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES WASHINGTON'S RESPONSE TO THE BOMBING OF THE U.S. EMBASSIES IN KENYA AND TANZANIA ON AUGUST 7, 1998. HE ARGUES THAT THE USA'S ATTACKS ON TERRORIST CAMPS AND FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND SUDAN ON AUGUST 20 WERE A PROPER REACTION.

In this first part of the article, the author outlines and highlights the reasons for the financial crisis in Asia and IMF programmes for overcoming the financial crisis. He does so from the angle of Russian economic problems and foreign policy interests. (DÜI-Sen)

Article about the role of Protestantism in shaping the conditions for successful social and economic development of the state. The author compares the Orthodoxy in Russia and European Protestantism as the ideological foundation of ensuring social stability and social progress of the state.

Beginning with a simple explanation of the Internet the author discusses the advantages and disadvantages of classroom use of electronic media currently available. Specific strategies for applying tools, such as Listservs, are discussed along with teacher's responsibilities when using these media.

The author inquires whether Japan can change, how personalities dominate politics in this country, if deregulation and recovery are possible in the economy, and Japan's "welfare" security policy. According to him, in politics, Japan is stumbling back toward a one-party system. (DÜI-Sen)

The author examines the trends and factors affecting household income inequality in the Philippines from 1961 to 1991 paying attention to the rising proportion of urban households, age distribution changes, increasing number of highly educated households and wage rate inequality. (DÜI-Sen)

THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE ECONOMIES OF THE FORUM ISLAND COUNTRIES (FIC) AND DISCUSSES THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS FACING THE FIC GOVERNMENTS. ALTHOUGH THE FIC'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS ARE COMMON TO MANY DEVELOPING NATIONS, THEY ARE EXACERBATED BY THE ISLANDS' SMALLNESS AND GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION.

THE AUTHOR ASSESSES THE CONTRIBUTION MADE TO POLITICAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP BY "LEFT-RIGHT POLITICAL SCALES: SOME EXPERT JUDGMENTS," WRITTEN BY FRANCIS CASTLES AND PETER MAIR. IN THEIR ESSAY, CASTLES AND MAIR PROVIDED THE EMPIRICAL FOUNDATION FOR CROSS-NATIONAL LEFT-RIGHT POLITICAL SCALES.

IN "THE PRINCE," MACHIAVELLI CLAIMED THAT PRINCES SHOULD USE "FORCE AND FRAUD" TO ACHIEVE THEIR POLITICAL OBJECTIVES. IN THIS PAPER, THE AUTHOR CONTINUES MACHIAVELLI'S DISCUSSION, ARGUING THAT POLITICAL LIES ARE SOMETIMES JUSTIFIED. IN FACT, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE LIED TO!