The quality of institutions is considerable worse in Central Asia than in other transition countries. Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2005, this paper shows that oil and aid exert a negative influence on institutional development. At the same time,...

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Vorwort -- Nino Tchirakadze: Die geopolitische Interessenpolitik im Kaspischen Raum: Die Rolle interner und externer Akteure -- Nona Mikhelidze: Georgien als Transitland in den Interessen des Westens -- Andrea Weiss: Probleme der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung in den...

Der Beitrag zeichnet den in den letzten Jahren zu beobachtenden Bedeutungsgewinn Chinas in der Weltwirtschaft und Weltpolitik nach. Es werden die zentralen historischen Weichenstellungen aufgezeigt, Eckdaten der weltwirtschaftlichen Integration präsentiert und die zentralen Politikparameter...

Energy market liberalization and international economic interdependence have affected governments' ability to react to security of supply challenges. On the other side, whereas in the past security of supply was largely seen as a national responsibility, the frame of reference has increasingly...

China is the leading exporter of rare earths, elements which are crucial to the development of high-tech products and new green technologies. In recent years, however, China has begun imposing export restraints on these elements in order to benefi t its domestic economic development. This...

This paper sketches the very first research hypotheses and methodological framework for exploring the puzzle why at the peaceful end of the Cold War, more militarist versions of realism and decidedly geopolitical thought have known a comeback in different European countries while not in others....