Foreign Policy

causes of conflict within countries, enables mediation and dialogue to take place, sets standards of conduct that avoid violence, helps to develop the skills necessary to resolve conflict non-violently, and advocates policy changes to promote sustainable peace. The International Alert Policy and Advocacy department has three programmes on security and peacebuilding: light weapons, the privatisation of security, and security sector reform. Each promotes the development and implementation…

corporations, and hegemony. This problématique has been broadened in recent years as many scholars have sought to establish a New IPE that is less centered on International Politics and the problems of the nation-state and less focused on economic policy issues. These scholars seek to create a new discipline of IPE that would transcend the perceived limits International Politics and International Economics as fields of study and research. International Economics and International…

of Brazilians themselves, confer legitimacy on the country’s recent diplomatic assertiveness. Brazil’s policy makers already actively participate in and shape international institutions at both the regional and global levels. Curiously, Brazil may achieve major-power status almost accidentally. Despite the country’s long history of dreaming of being a great power, relatively few Brazilian policy makers and opinion leaders yet have fully thought through the implications of playing an…

na Política Externa dos Estados, usando a relação entre a Câmara dos Lordes e a Política Externa do Reino Unido. Palavras-chave: Política Externa, Influência, Grupos Domésticos, Câmara dos Lordes, Reino Unido. ABSTRACT The foreign policy of a state can be influenced by several groups. By creating the concept of "two-level games," Robert Putnam proposes to explain how domestic politics and international relations are connected, using examples to understand the…

influência econômica no mundo. Custo de vida. Número de bilionários. Índice de Cidades Globais Em 2008, a revista estadunidense Foreign Policy, em conjunto com empresa de consultoria A.T. Kearney e pelo Conselho de Chicago sobre Assuntos Globais, publicou um ranking de cidades globais, com base em entrevistas com Saskia Sassen, Witold Rybczynski e outros. A Foreign Policy observou que "as maiores e mais interconectadas cidades do mundo ajudam a definir as agendas globais, perigos…

rates, restrictions on capital movements) ad 2 b : Organising principle for discussion is the impossible triangle/ the trilemma (and why has the combination changed over time): • Free movements of capital • Fixed exchange rates • Independent monetary policy financial markets and exchange rate system is interrelated 1 Some financial history: (Renaissance: developments of banks (Venice, Amsterdam, Antwerp, London The industrial revolution in 18th century: London Interwar period…

Presentation by André Filipe The Arab Spring and the Changing Security Landscape in the Middle East Istanbul, 26-27 November 2012 EDAM (Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies) Conference, W Hotel 9:15 – 11:00 AM I would like to thank EDAM for inviting me back to Istanbul, the bridge between east and west, to speak in my professional and academic capacity on the Arab Spring and the changing security landscape including the establishment of a Middle East Zone…

population, rising per capita disposable income and entry of foreign players. Infant formula milk powder, cereals and bottled baby food constitute the major percentage of the total industry demand. Rising number of working mothers has a big role in surging demand for formula milk. Baby formula demand is expected to grow at a steady rate due to low birth rate in the country. The driving factor for this segment will be growing number of foreign workers. Falling birth rate has become a…

influência econômica no mundo. * Custo de vida; número de bilionários. Índice de Cidades Globais Em 2008, a revista estadunidense Foreign Policy, em conjunto com empresa de consultoria A.T. Kearney e pelo Conselho de Chicago sobre Assuntos Globais, publicou um ranking de cidades globais, com base em entrevistas com Saskia Sassen, Witold Rybczynski e outros. A Foreign Policy observou que "as maiores e mais interconectadas cidades do mundo ajudam a definir as agendas globais,…

De acordo com Munhoz, receoso de que este novo documento pudesse dificultar ainda mais a relação entre Estados Unidos e União Soviética por conta das críticas ao regime do último, Kennan teria publicado o mesmo sob um pseudônimo, Mr. X, na revista Foreign Affairs. Porém, por suas ideias já serem conhecidas pelo Longo Telegrama, Kennan não passou muito tempo até ser descoberto como o autor deste novo texto, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”. A contenção, então, foi norteadora da política…