Der Nahostkonflikt ist ein wiederkehrendes Thema bei den Sitzungen der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen. Besonders dem Staat Israel kommt große Aufmerksamkeit zu. In einer neuen Studie wird anhand verschiedener Indikatoren untersucht, inwiefern sich diese Fokussierung erklären lässt.

Chinas Außenpolitik und internationale Beziehungen haben sich seit den 1980er Jahren stark verändert. Eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Akteure nimmt inzwischen Einfluss auf die Gestaltung der chinesischen Außenbeziehungen. Außerdem ist parallel zur erfolgreichen ökonomischen Entwicklung auch...

Dieses Arbeitspapier ist das Ergebnis eines ostasienwissenschaftlichen Seminars der Universität Duisburg zu den deutschen/europäischen außenpolitischen und außenwirtschaftspolitischen Beziehungen mit Japan, dessen Zielsetzung die Erstellung eines Gutachtens für das Auswärtige Amt war...

Working paper on the commercialization of solar energy technology in developing countries. Discusses theoretical issues and energy policy implications, factors affecting supply and demand, incl. Investment and profitability, costs and the level of state intervention. Analyses in detail (1) water...

This article tests theories, elaborated by rationalists, constructivists, and network theorists, that explain the ratification of international environmental treaties. Rationalists argue that countries’ material self-interest and political and economic conditions affect the likelihood of...

The burgeoning literature on informal governance has shed new light on the workings of international organizations and the hidden rules of the game. The common thrust of these studies is that informal governance is the result of an implicit agreement among states that, in order to sustain...

Limited data on regional and preferential trade agreements prevent social scientists from testing some of the international cooperation literature’s most important claims. Expert surveys—a technique that is widely used in the field of comparative politics but thus far underutilized in...

In this paper, the structure of Colombia’s financial sector is analyzed and various risks of the financial sector are studied. Supervision of the financial system can be performed by supervisory architecture, banking supervision, various securities, and insurance policies. Systemic...

The article is an account of the assessment of implementation of IOSCO principles of securities and regulations in Malaysia. This assessment was conducted by the International Monetary fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The Securities Commission Malaysia has developed its supervisory network. The...

This report is an assessment of the state of compliance with the Basel Core Principles (BCPs) in Malaysia. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) employs a well-developed risk-focused regulatory and supervisory system, consisting of a hands-on and comprehensive program of onsite supervision and extensive...