... scholarly standards A second issue concerns the way in which the terms internationalrelationsandinternationalrelations theory” are used in this book Internationalrelations consist of the political, ... action At The Theory-Practice Gap in InternationalRelationsthe same time, a deep and continuing concern for the substance and stakes involved in real-world issues can help prevent theorists’ ... two-way street 26 The Theory-Practice Gap in InternationalRelations Not only can good theory influence practice by shaping the questions people ask andthe hypotheses they consider; a careful...
... Despite these and other opposing views and concerns, the CBD was adopted in 1992 The implications and underlying assumptions contained in the above factors, however, continued to permeate the debate ... our understanding of institutions and their effects on the economy andthe consequences of economic policies Longer-term dynamic considerations associated with technological change, the diffusion ... colleagues at the Directorate of Tourism in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism andthe other Ministry Staff for their support and continuous encouragement I am indebted to my good friends and fellow...
... of the North and a new juridical standard of the South The biases in the constitutive rules of the sovereignty game today and for the first time in modern international history arguably favor the ... transgovernmental relations, they create demand for their own continuance, even if the structural conditions (such as hegemony) under which they were first supplied change Analysis of the demand for international ... intentionally left blank International Law andInternationalRelations This volume is intended to help readers understand the relationship between international law andinternationalrelations (IL/IR)...
... grounds Second, the Conclusion tracks the evolution of the concept of the ‘responsibility to protect’, first enunciated by the 2001 International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty and ... justice (and other normative matters).21 On the contrary, the coming together around shared convictions— often, convictions about what the main issues are, not agreement about the answers—is ... entirely) on shared understandings of history, of the permissible andthe outrageous, of the trivial andthe significant, of the fair division of labour, and of the other matters taken to be important...
... Timor, andthe former Yugoslavia, and then, at the dawn of the new millennium, 9/11 andthe subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, all illustrated the continuing vitality of state power andthe ... Williams, The Realist Tradition andthe Limits of International Relations, p Nicholas Rengger, International Relations, Political Theory, andthe Problem of Order: Beyond InternationalRelations Theory? ... beneath the city of Athens Although the trilogy is ostensibly about the house of Atreus andthe regulation of family and civic con ict, it is also about internationalrelations Many of the major...
... 0.05) on the concentrations of N, P, K, Ca, Mg and Mn in the leaves Irrigation did not influence the concentration of N in the leaves of either genotype during the season (fig 3) but the concentrations ... ence Early in the season the concentrations of N and Ca in the stems and shoots of ’Colt’ were greater than in P avium From May until the end of July the concentration of K, Mg and Mn were significantly ... stress in the nursery and had a positive influence on P and K concentration and a negative influence on Ca and Mg concentration in the leaves Trickle irrigation has been shown to increase the concentration...
... for victims of armed conictand regulation of the means and methods of warfare – questions of application of the various legal regimes for the conduct of armed conict – issues relating to the ... University and Professor of Military Law at the University of Amsterdam andthe Netherlands Defence Academy He is a member of the editorial board of the Netherlands International Law Review, the Journal ... Chesterman, Franck and others are right, there is a glaring contradiction between the law and morality which can be resolved only at the political level Nevertheless, the theory of mitigation...
... members; contribute to improve the transaction standards andthe quality of business activities for enhancing the efficiency of export and import activities, expanding the external economic relations ... pressure The development of material-distribution modal is the main outside pressure on the industry It can be divided into kinds: + The change of consumer-demand modal, market andthe attitude to the ... protect the interests of the members and improve the position of Vietnam in theinternational freight forwarding industry Namely, VIFFAS establish the co-operative, associative and assisting relationship...
... where the Z-score is defined as the difference between the child’s height andthe mean height of the same-aged international reference population, divided by the standard deviation of the reference ... displaced from their homes, as is the case for many conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa Our identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in the conflict’s geographic extent and timing andthe subsequent ... remainder of the paper is organized as follows Section provides an overview of the history of the Eritrea-Ethiopia conflict and sketches the spatial and temporal event data for the most recent...
... regions andthe fuelling of armed conflicts and […] condemns categorically the illegal exploitation of the natural resources and other sources of wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ... are conflict-sensitive and consider potential risks from the mismanagement of natural resources andthe environment Improve oversight and protection of natural resources during con icts Theinternational ... and post-conflict reconstruction can be more persistent and widespread than the direct impacts of war 15 Impacts of conict on natural resources andthe environment Case study 6: Kosovo con ict...
... impacts on the society and customers So, “improving the competition and business monopoly control policy in Vietnam in the context of international economic integration is the topic to promote the ... creating the environment and regulates the behaviors of the economic agents through legal regulations on competition and monopoly control Reasonably solve the relationship the level of the State’s ... that in the contemporary economy and globalization which contains the development of the “Digital economy” and of “flat world” whose key element is establishment of the global supply chain and changes...
... 1980 for Germany, the Netherlands andthe UK; from December 1980 for Switzerland; and from January 1982 for Japan The Chi Square is reported on the vertical axis Germany The Netherlands 150 150 125 ... both the domestic country andthe US for bonds Standard errors are reported in parenthesis J-Stat denotes the p-value of the Jstatistic to test the null hypothesis that the overidentifying restrictions ... domestic country andthe US for bonds Standard errors are reported in parenthesis J-Stat denotes the p-value of the Jstatistic to test the null hypothesis that the overidentifying restrictions are...
... the contradictions with the basic principles of this Convention, in order to define their mutual relationsand conduct regarding the prevention, control and reduction of transboundary impact The ... information and education to the public and to users about the environmental consequences of the choice of particular activities and products, their use and ultimate disposal; (b) The development and ... meetings; (e) At their first meeting, consider and by consensus adopt rules of procedure for their Consider and adopt proposals for amendments to this Convention; (f) Consider and undertake any...
... colonial problems The Mandate System andthe construction of the non-European state Government, sovereignty and economy The mandate andthe dissolution of sovereignty The legacies of the Mandate System: ... System of the League of Nations Introduction The creation of the Mandate System 115 115 119 vii 32 32 40 52 viii contents The League of Nations andthe new international law The Mandate System and ... problem, andthe critiques of these attempts have, on the whole, constituted the central theoretical debate of the discipline.6 The defining character of this problem to the whole discipline of international...
... institutionalism The ‘English School’ Law andinternationalrelations 24 31 Power andinternational law Power andthe debate about whether resolutions and declarations constitute State practice Power andthe ... jurisdiction and full international legal personality, the combination of which gives them the competence to control their territory and to represent themselves and their nationals in international ... power between the violator of the law andthe victim of the violation It makes it easy for the strong both to violate the law and to enforce it, and consequently puts the rights of the weak in...
... fundamental fault lines in international law The decision to invade, the conduct of the war and occupation, andthe mechanisms used to administer the country all challenge theinternational legal community, ... the legality of the war before the conflict, by Ruth Wedgwood in the USA16 and Christopher Greenwood in the UK, as well as the UK Attorney-General’s opinion17 accompanied by the moulding of international ... understand the role of international law in the affairs of states.2 In particular, authors, variously, point to the Treaty of Westphalia, the end of the First World War, the devastation of the Second...
... at the medial side of the orbit, and is the smallest andthe innermost part of the orbicularis oculi The palpebral portion raises the eyelid and controls the involuntary action of blinking The ... zygomatic arch and inserts into the ramus of the mandible andthe side of the mandibular angle Its deep portion originates from the bottom or inside of the zygomatic arch and inserts ª 2010 The Authors ... part, whereas the two lower parts of the muscle are vertical and run down each side of the nose Contraction of the nasalis moves the nose and controls the size of the nostrils Figure Treatment of...
... take the lead? The Contents Introduction The Fountain of Energy The Mother of Tomorrow The Nations of the Occident The Nations of the Orient The Alaskan The Lama The Genius of Creation The Rising ... wisdom and eternity At the rear of the group their hands meet as if in mutual dependence, while above appear the Alpha and Omega - "I am the beginning andthe end." The Rising Sun Adolph Alexander ... representing the types of men that form the Orientals From left to right - the Arab Sheik, the Negro Servitor, the Egyptian Warrior, the Arab Falconer, the Indian Prince and Spirit of the East, the Lama,...
... order to keep the positively charged protons together, andthe larger andthe heavier the nucleus, the more difficult it is to keep them together, andthe easier it becomes to split them The reaction ... in the context of the implementation of the principles and rules of the law applicable in armed con ict. ’ The present work analyses this conclusion, focusing on the question of whether or not the ... applicable in armed con ict. 23 The present study means to elaborate on the last conclusion focusing on the question whether or not the use of nuclear weapons during international armed con ict2 4 would...