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Chairship system and decision making by consensus in international agreements : the case of ASEAN

Suzuki, Sanae - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

How are different positions reconciled under decision making by consensus in international agreements? This article aims to answer this question. Consensus rule provides each participant a veto, which risks resulting in non-agreement. Taking ASEAN as a case study of international organizations...

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The effects of international politics on oil-exporting developing countries

Kashcheeva, Mila; Tsui, Kevin K. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

International politics affects oil trade. But does it affect the oil-exporting developing countries more? We construct a firm-level dataset for all U.S. oil-importing companies over 1986-2008 to examine how these firms respond to changes in "political distance" between the U.S. and her trading...

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The Nature of the State in Afghanistan and Its Relations with Neighboring Countries

Suzuki, Hitoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

Since the formation of Afghanistan, its nature as a Pashtun state has affected all its international relations. On the other hand, the fact that it was originally established as a buffer state between Britain and Russia still governs its national integration. In this article I examine...

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The Study of International Cultural Relations of Postwar Japan

Aoki-Okabe, Maki; Kawamura, Yoko; Makita, Toichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

The paper examines policies and activities of cultural exchange carried out by Japanese national, local and private agents since the end of WWII. Methodologically, we distinctively use the notion culture as a tool and as an object of study, and to synthesize the two in full intention, based on...

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The Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1954-55 and U.S.-R.O.C Relations

Matsumoto I., Haruka - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

On September 3, 1954, Chinese artillery began shelling Quemoy (Jinmen), one of the Kuomintang-held offshore islands, setting off the first Taiwan Strait Crisis. This paper focuses on the crisis and analyzes the following three questions: (1) What was the policy the U.S. took towards the Republic...

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Political limits on the world oil trade : firm-level evidence from US firms

Kashcheeva, Mila - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

International politics affect trade patterns, especially for firms in extractive industries. We construct the firm-level dataset for the U.S. oil-importing companies over 1986-2010 to test whether the state of international relations with the trading partners of the U.S. affect importing...

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Constitutional Review and Democratic Consolidation: A Literature Review

Hazama, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

-enforcing function? In sum, the literature shows that constitutional review can make democracy self-enforcing if there is sufficient …

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The Political Economy of Growth: A Review

Hazama, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

This cursory literature review discusses the direct and indirect effects of institutions, governance, and democracy on …. Even reforms that are less than comprehensive can stimulate, though not sustain, growth. Second, democracy neither promotes … but not democracy does not. The difference may be partly due to negative effects on investment and labor supply as well as …

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Political conditions for fair elections

Kawanaka, Takeshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

Democracy is not necessarily consolidated simply by the introduction of formal democratic institutions. It is often …

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The First Universal Suffrage Election, at County (Gewog) Level, in Bhutan

Ura, Karma - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004

His Majesty the King of Bhutan has introduced steadily to deepen democracy. Beginning with a glance at the territorial …

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