Early in the 1950s my parents tired of summer holidays mostly spent on chilly wind-swept
beaches and embarked, with hire car, tents, and four young children, on what was, in the …

In 1904 Sir Halford Mackinder published his seminal paper The Geographical Pivot of
History demonstrating the central position of political geography in the study of geography …

Most reformers don't invent completely new ideas-they buy or borrow management ideas
and techniques from elsewhere. They bring things from'there'to'here'. Merchants in this trade …

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States and the United Nations have both been
heavily engaged in nation-building and have developed their own distinct approaches to the …

As the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro approaches its fourth year, the promised
results of its fast progress toward European integration are lacking. The union dates to 14 …

Peace-building is now a commonly used term in international relations and an integral part
of conflict resolution initiatives from Europe to Africa to Central Asia. It describes the effort to …

This report presents the findings and conclusions from a desk study on the impacts of
agricultural liberalisation in sub Saharan Africa (SSA). The report provides a theoretical …

中国共产党十六届三中全会提出的科学发展观, 其核心是要坚持以人为本, 这使社会政策的意义
凸显. 社会政策和科学发展观的/接口0 是什么, 它在落实科学发展观中处于什么样的结构性位置 …

The change in international peace operations throughout the 1990s led to a broadening,
deepening and lengthening of the nature of international engagement in states emerging …