China's shift in energy policies has been broader, deeper and more successful than that of most other emerging economies, although the economic costs of this transition are tremendous because China is an over-industrialized country whose production is highly energy-intense and it depends on...

India has long been regarded as a deal-breaker in international climate negotiations; it was at the summit in Copenhagen that India first abandoned its old strategic line and made a commitment to reduce carbon emissions voluntarily. This shift was accompanied by a proliferation of domestic...

Indische Parteien und das indische Parteiensystem als Ganzes können nach den gängigen, aus der Diskussion westlicher Vorbilder gewonnenen Kriterien nur als teilweise konsolidiert bzw. institutionalisiert gelten. Dieser Befund ergibt sich, obwohl die indischen Parteien auf eine lange...

China's shift in energy policies has been broader, deeper and more successful than that of most other emerging economies, although the economic costs of this transition are tremendous because China is an over-industrialized country whose production is highly energy-intense and it depends on...

Despite being a consolidated democracy with free and fair elections and having a political system with intense party competition, a relatively vibrant civil society, and a functioning federal set-up, India still ranks poorly in terms of the coverage, generosity, efficiency, and quality of its...

Indische Parteien und das indische Parteiensystem als Ganzes können nach den gängigen, aus der Diskussion westlicher Vorbilder gewonnenen Kriterien nur als teilweise konsolidiert bzw. institutionalisiert gelten. Dieser Befund ergibt sich, obwohl die indischen Parteien auf eine lange...

This paper examines the formation of India's energy-policy strategy as an act of doubleedged diplomacy. After developing an analytical framework based on the two-level game approach to international relations (IR), it focuses on the domestic context of policy preference formation. India's energy...

It has been evident for some time that the proportion of the public development aid which is distributed through multilateral channels is increasing. The causes of this process are examined in the following article which is based on the author's doctor thesis.