Unter dem Eindruck der Vereinigung Deutschlands und des Umbruchs in Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa behandelt der Sammelband die europäische Gemeinschaft und den Prozeß der politischen und wirtschaftlichen Öffnung nach Osteuropa. Der Wandel der Staatsordnung in Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa im...

Machine generated contents note: Introduction * PART I: A CONTEMPORARY HISTORY * Origins of the South * The Rise of the 'New South' * Globalization and the South * PART II: STATES AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE SOUTH * Pivotal states of the South * Regionalism and the South * PART III:...

The policy of containment -- How the sanctions worked -- The influence of the United States -- The problem of holds -- The magnitude of the catastrophe -- Tensions at the United Nations -- The role of the Iraqi government -- Congress and the sanctions -- The oil for food scandal -- Inside the...

We live in a world increasingly shaped by the forces of globalization or interdependence as all the world's countries and individuals, in varying degrees and ways, are drawn into an ever more complex economic, political, technological, ethical, communications, transportation, and cultural web....