The November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai are analysed through six changing equations in India–Pakistan relations. The balance between military response and inaction is shifting towards the former. India has a vested but no longer critical interest in a strong and stable Pakistan....

Es gibt in den neun nuklear bewaffneten Staaten immer noch fast 18.000 Atomwaffen (Tabelle 1), von denen knapp 2.000 kurzfristig einsatzbereit sind. Mit Glück bleiben wir von ihrem erneuten Einsatz weitere sechs bis sieben Jahrzehnte verschont. Wahrscheinlicher ist jedoch, dass die Zahl der...

An economic trade agreement between Australia and New Zealand has cemented international relations between them and aided their development. A t the center of that trade agreement is agriculture commodities. This study examines the motives to the agreement, i t s difficulties, political and...

Many developing countries assert a claim to the privilege of managing world order on a shared basis but exhibit a strong reluctance to accept the responsibility flowing from such privilege, for example with respect to protecting the victims of humanitarian atrocities. Some powerful countries...

In this paper, Ramesh Thakur examines the implications of the Iraq War for the UN, shows how the goals being pursued in Iraq have been undermined by the means, and argues that the liberation of the people from Saddam Hussein's brutal regime was a collateral benefit amidst much damage to...