The past quarter century has witnessed many developments in the research and practice of managing human resources in the United States. In this article, we briefly describe two major areas in which these developments have been unfolding: strategic human resource management and international...

Starting with the Lisbon Treaty, which establishes the new European diplomatic landscape structure, this paper analyses the difference between the objectives expressed in the treaties governing the European Union's foreign policy, and the diplomatic European and international reality. The main...

This article introduces the concept of indirect speech and shows what it can contribute to understanding ‘legitimacy talk’ regarding international institutions. Indirect speech occurs when one kind of illocutionary act is used to communicate another. Examples include euphemism, some forms of...

Im Jahr 2015 werden die BRIC-Staaten ein höheres weltwirtschaftliches Gewicht als die Euroländer haben. Im Zeitraum 2002 bis 2010 waren Brasilien, Russland, Indien und vor allem China eine globale Konjunkturlokomotive. Die Importzuwächse dieser vier Länder waren in diesem Zeitraum mit...