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The region of Southeast Asia is faced with a complex set of challenges stemming from political, economic and religious developments at the national, regional and global level. This paper sets out to examine trade-, foreign- and security policy implications of the issues confronting the region. In ASEAN, the Southeast Asian countries are continuing their ambitious attempts at further integration. Plans outlining deeper security and economic communities have been adopted. However, huge differences in political systems, economic development and ethnic/religious structures are hampering prospects of closer cooperation. The highly controversial conflict case of Burma/Myanmar is testing the much adhered-to principle of non-interference and at the same time complicating relations with external powers. Among these, the United States and China are dramatically strengthening their interests in the region. American influence is not least manifesting itself in light of the war against terrorism, which the region is adapting to in different ways and at different speeds. By contrast, the European Union does not seem to answer Southeast Asian calls for further engagement. A flurry of bilateral and regional trade agreements is another prominent feature of the economic landscape of the region. This is to a certain degree a reflex ion of impatience with trade liberalization in the WTO and within ASEAN itself. Structures of economic cooperation are under rapid alteration in Southeast Asia. The paper analyses the above-mentioned developments with a view to assessing the prospects of future stability, economic development and integration in and among ASEAN countries. It is concluded that although the scope for increased economic benefit and political harmonization through ASEAN integration alone is limited, the organization could still prove useful as a common regional point of reference in tackling more important policy determinants at national and global level.

»Sein Gesicht war eigentlich sehr ebenmäßig geschnitten. Er hatte aber zugleich etwas (…) von einem Tier, das in seinen Backen Vorräte sammelt.« (Adorno über Benjamin) In seinen Schriften unternimmt Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) eine Standortbestimmung innerhalb einer als Kräftefeld verstandenen Gegenwart. Philosophie, so könnte man mit Benjamin sagen, ist ihre Zeit in »Denkbildern« gefasst. Sein Werk lässt den Leser nicht nur durch die »Eiswüste der Abstraktion« wandern, sondern auch durch Städte, Kaufhäuser oder Passagen, neben eigenartigen Figuren wie dem Flaneur, dem Lumpensammler, dem Wartenden. Durch seine Texte richten wir den Blick gleichzeitig auf die vermeintlich hochwertigen Bildungsgüter und auf die flüchtigsten Kulturphänomene, um die implizite Gewalt, aber auch die unausgesprochenen Hoffnungen der Moderne in den Fokus zu rücken. Die vorliegende Einführung nähert sich durch eine Betrachtung dieser Orte, Bilder und Figuren dem Leben und Denken Benjamins – und dies für jedermann verständlich. Eine leichte Sprache, sowie die Kombination von Zeichnung und Text sorgen für hohe Anschaulichkeit, sodass sich auch Leser ohne akademische Vorkenntnisse an eine der wichtigsten Philosophien des 20. Jahrhunderts herantrauen dürfen

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The treaties and the regulations of the Council of Europe offered greater protection to minors against the attacks on their lives and health. However, the effective implementation of this is carried out through national criminal laws. In the European countries, the criminal laws set certain infringements against the minor's life and health including aggravating offenses, which are committed by a certain person against minors. Some of them are similar, others, though, differ from one state to another, which consequently requires their unification to ensure a minimum of protection.