€œstrategic relations†with both Israel and Iran, as part of its Greater Middle East policy. A study of this paradox assumes significance … the Middle East and Central Asia since the late 1990s, with a specific focus on its relations with Israel, Iran and Iraq …

security, as a nuclear Iran would drastically alter the strategic balance in the geopolitical Gulf. …

Reform in the People's Republic of China has seen a dramatic change in the discourse of localism, which has now moved …

€“ and need – is for still more reform and more rapid growth. 8 percent is a good rate of growth, but many are destined …

The paper seeks to analyse and discuss the impact of financial reform and related institutional change on the process …

important industry groups who revised their positions, and new NGOs that promoted reform. The preferences of actors and their … changing interests are important factors in the reform process. Perceived benefits from the new regime partly explain the rise … of a pro-reform constituency among industry and NGOs. Yet preference formation is complex and depends on interpretation …

The record of different post reform governments in meeting their targets and improving both delivery and finances is …

reader through the empirical evidence on whether this is indeed the case since the reform process of 1991. The actual …