Waiting for the wolf to bite: Civil society's view of the new World Bank presidency

The European Union Training Mission (EUTM) in Somalia, the EU’s mission to contribute to the training of the Somali Security Forces, was deployed in April 2010 and extended for another 12-month period in July 2011. Despite the positive assessment of the outcome of the first training period, the overall feebleness of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government puts the political feasibility of the mission into question. EUTM Somalia can be subjected to many of the same criticisms as the liberal peacebuilding agenda in general for trying to contain rather than resolve conflict and maintaining a top-down perspective which ignores organic, indigenous local structures.     

American culpability: the Bush Administration and the Iranian nuclear impasse

Drawing on the memoirs of Hassan Rowhani, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator (2003–2005) and newly elected president, this paper considers the impact of the Bush Administration's Iran policy on the internal politics of the Islamic Republic and the dynamics of its nuclear negotiation strategy. It argues that the administration had a detrimental effect on international nuclear negotiations with Iran and should be considered at least partially responsible for the current nuclear impasse. Identifying three key areas, it focuses on the administration's rejection of constructive engagement with the relatively moderate government of President Mohammad Khatami; the negative influence of the USA during Iran's nuclear negotiations with the EU3; and the administration's refusal to provide the Iranians with confidence-building incentives, or countenance unconditional nuclear talks, despite a policy change in Washington that was ostensibly multilateralist and gave the impression of directly engaging with the Iranians.     

Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy in Colombia: Effects on the Real Exchange Rate in the 1990s

This article examines the causes and effects of the real exchange rate appreciation in Colombia during the 1990s. The substantial appreciation of the real exchange rate during the 1990s was an important factor contributing to the economic crisis of 1998-2000. While a number of Colombian economists have argued that the real appreciation was an equilibrating response to real shocks, such as rising fiscal deficits, petroleum discoveries, and increased productivity, this paper argues that nominal variables (including the nominal exchange rate, monetary policy and capital flows) also played an important role. These transitory shocks caused the real exchange rate to overshoot its long-run equilibrium, contributing to the recent economic crisis and the necessity for the large nominal depreciation of the peso in 1998-99.     

信息化环境下领导干部危机应对方式探析

在信息化环境下，各级领导干部的危机应对能力，正面临反应更快、决策更准及更善于和媒体与社会沟通等一系列严峻考验。但由于理念、意识、机构、人才、法制等原因，部分领导干部还存在传统管控思维未完全转变、不时消极被动、防抗不力，不善于与媒体沟通等问题。为此，信息化环境下领导干部危机应对能力，必须通过确立公仆意识、保持积极主动心态、熟练掌握网络技术、锤炼心理稳定性、加大培训力度、优化法制环境等途径加以提升。     

金融危机治理：以次贷危机引发的全球金融危机为例——中国角色的思考与探析

美国次贷危机引发的全球金融危机对世界各国影响巨大。鉴于此，对金融危机进行有效治理显得尤为重要。作为发展中大国的中国，更有责任对其进行认真研究，探寻危机治理的合理且有效的策略和方式，以此为其他国家应对和治理危机提供经验借鉴和策略支持，从而展现自身价值和角色作用。     

国际金融危机对广西凭祥市边境贸易的影响及对策

文章通过分析国际金融危机对广西凭祥市边境贸易的影响,同时对越南与广西凭祥市边境贸易进行个案研究,进一步探求在金融危机背景下广西凭祥市对越边境贸易的应对措施。     

Colonial Crisis and Spanish Diplomacy in the Caribbean During the Sexenio Revolucionario, 1868–1874

During the nineteenth century, the Caribbean was the stage for a complex geopolitical confrontation involving the United States, Spain, Great Britain, and France. The precarious balance of powers in that region was upset by the outbreak of the Cuban crisis in 1868 and by the dawn of the period of severe instability in Spain following the overthrow of Isabel II and the onset of the reformist period characterised by the Sexenio Revolucionario. The Cuban crisis strongly constrained the foreign policy of the new regime in Spain and turned the Caribbean Basin into a zone of vital interest for Spanish diplomacy.     

金融危机下促进女性就业的途径

女性就业不仅关系自身的发展与社会地位的提升,而且关乎社会的文明与进步。只有完善政策扶持体系、规范劳动力市场、建立有效的女性劳动力市场监督机制,才能更好地解决女性就业问题。     

民警心理危机的干预与组织支持

由于警察职业具有高强度、多应激、多风险等压力密集的特点,使民警个体可能较多地经历一些工作生活的创伤事件。民警暂时失去应对能力和心理失衡的心理危机状态一般要经历三个阶段,出现四种结果。为及时有效地为民警的心理危机状态提供组织支持,文章认为各地应在建立民警心理健康教育长效机制的同时,确立心理危机干预的组织保障机构,形成心理危机干预的实施预案,在民警深感孤独、痛苦和内心无助的特殊时期,及时给予心理疏导与组织关爱。     

论公安民警心理危机干预机制

公安民警心理危机干预机制是指由公安机关建立的一整套针对民警心理危机预防、预警、处理、评估和快速反应的制度和运行机制。各地在管理制度、干预模式、危机评估和队伍结构方面还存在着诸多问题和不足,包括心理危机干预制度尚不健全、心理危机预防和预警机制缺失、心理危机评估过程重视不足、心理危机干预力量薄弱等方面。建设公安民警心理危机干预机制需要资金、人力的全面投入,需要各方的广泛重视和参与,需要通畅的工作机制来运行。