The Turnaround of the DPRK Nuclear Issue and the Prospect of the Six-Party Talks

The Korean nuclear issue has entered a phase of substantive settlement. Neither the DPRK nor the United States wanted the     

The Effects of Asia＇s Overall Rise

Since the beginning of the 21st century, progress in economic globalization and regional integration has developedsustainably, and the shift of international forces has evolved constantly. Tremendous changes in global patterns have continued to grow more pronouncedly,     

Mechanisation and cropping intensification: Economics of machinery use in low‐wage economies

Farm mechanisation in less developed countries was expected to increase output and cropping intensity by enabling greater ‘timeliness’ of crucial farm operations. However, empirical evidence shows no such effects. It is demonstrated that in low‐wage economies only a small number of machines can be economically viable in a given area; this number is generally inadequate to improve timeliness of operations.     

Western Pacific Naval Symposium and Asia-Paciflc Multilateral Cooperation on Maritime Security

The Western Pacific Naval Symposium （WPNS） was founded in 1988 and is the only multilateral mechanism in the Asia Pacific region that pushes forward cooperation among naval forces.1 Even though it already has a 26-year history, the WPNS has not attracted enough attention, and very little information has been released on its activities among naval forces,     

European national news

The regular article tracking developments at the national level in key European countries in the area of IT and communications – co-ordinated by Herbert Smith LLP and contributed to by firms across Europe. This column provides a concise alerting service of important national developments in key European countries. Part of its purpose is to compliment the Journal's feature articles and briefing notes by keeping readers abreast of what is currently happening “on the ground” at a national level in implementing EU level legislation and international conventions and treaties. Where an item of European National News is of particular significance, CLSR may also cover it in more detail in the current or a subsequent edition.     

loring Pathways for China-Latin America All-round Cooperation

In modern international relations, all-round cooperation marks an important component of external cooperation and multilateral diplomacy. It is characterized by collective discussion, joint communication that creates the effect of scale, and collectivity, effectiveness and uniqueness, which are becoming increasingly common cooperation shortcuts and diplomatic tools.     

Asia-Pacific news

This column provides a country by country analysis of the latest legal developments, cases and issues relevant to the IT, media and telecommunications' industries in key jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific region. The articles appearing in this column are intended to serve as ‘alerts’ and are not submitted as detailed analyses of cases or legal developments.