We live in peculiar times: on the one hand, many people — mainly in Western countries — enjoy an unprecedentedly high standard of living from a historical perspective. On the other hand, a considerable part of the population has a feeling that something went wrong, which is underscored by...

The ongoing economic instability in several countries and regions throughout the world, along with the volatility of the market and job losses, has lead to an increase in protests that are currently reaching the highest possible levels of conflict against the so-called establishment....

This chapter discusses the basic obligations for national product safety regulations imposed by the TBT Agreement, and gives a general picture of the rules on technical standards that are applicable in the relations between China and its trading partners. The first section defines the scope of...

“Preventing future calamity requires not only agreement but action. Governments and other responsible groups are usually accused of reacting to crises rather than foreseeing and preventing them. We have an opportunity here to show that experts, scientists, lawyers, and governments can foresee...

The ongoing economic instability in several countries and regions throughout the world, along with the volatility of the market and job losses, has lead to an increase in protests that are currently reaching the highest possible levels of conflict against the so-called establishment....

Globalization is a phenomenon of inherent complexity. As such, it is defined by a number of positive, as well as negative, traits. The seemingly inextricable links between countries - created by international trade and membership in a variety of international organizations - are seen as a...

Italian Abstract: Le posizioni di avversione contro la globalizzazione, a partire dagli scontri di Seattle del 1999 nati durante le manifestazioni di protesta contro la conferenza ministeriale dell'Organizzazione Mondiale del Commercio (OMC) fino ad arrivare al movimento “Occupy Wall...

Spanish Abstract: China se unió a la comunidad internacional de Naciones Unidas (ONU) poco después del establecimiento de la organización en 1945. Aunque China era tratada hasta cierto punto como un paria internacional durante los tiempos turbulentos que siguieron a la guerra civil ganada por...

This book, through various differently oriented chapters, tries to give an insight on how the European Union and its multilevel model of governance must try to strike a balance between diverging interests and priorities. In particular, the EU and the European states (including the CoE's Members)...

Considering the fact that its existence is abundant while maintaining the ability to generate freshwater while burning, methane hydrates have been classified as sources of sustainable energy. China currently maintains an international role in developing technology meant to explore offshore...