The Significance of the Conflict in Algeria

The following address by the former assistant head of the B.B.C'sEastern Service was given at a joint meeting of the Royal AfricanSociety and the Royal Empire Society on October 4, 1956. SirOlaf Caroe, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., was in the Chair.     

Reassessing the power of regional security providers: the case of Algeria and Morocco

Abstract

The concept of power and the ways to measure it are central to the literature on regional security providers. The predominant model has power rooted in material capabilities. This article recognizes that such capabilities are important but contends that for a state to be become a regional security provider, it must meet certain preconditions, foremost amongst them: possession of necessary material and ideational capacity; judicious employment of such power resources; and regional recognition of its leadership. Obvious as it may sound, effective leadership is also heavily contingent upon the domestic performance of regional powers. In this regard, the choice of Algeria and Morocco provides an interesting comparative case to broaden the traditional determinants of how to categorize regional security providers. Surprisingly, Morocco has been neglected in studies on regional security in the Maghreb and Sahel despite its rising ideational and economic influence in the region. Even Algeria has seen few studies use an integral approach to analyze its roles, orientations and performance as a regional security provider.     

"2003年青年论坛"综述

20 0 3年 7月 2 3- 2 5日 ,中国社会科学院美国研究所主办的“2 0 0 3年青年论坛”在北京举行。来自外交部、中共中央对外联络部、中国社会科学院世界经济与政治研究所、北京大学、复旦大学、北京师范大学、北京外国语大学、北京广播学院、上海人民出版社、解放军洛阳外国语学院、国防大学等单位从事国际问题研究的青年学者参加了此次学术研讨活动。研讨会上 ,与会者主要围绕国际社会的合法性和治理、单极霸权与多极化 ,以及世界经济格局等问题展开了热烈的讨论。(一 )国际社会的合法性和治理问题北京师范大学法律和政治研究所的张胜军博士…     

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2007年11月15～18日,由中国社会科学院美国研究所和麦肯锡全球研究院联合举办的首届“对话与交流:中美合作论坛”在北京钓鱼台国宾馆举行。陈佳贵副院长代表中国社会科学院致欢迎辞。与会者来自中美两国政界、商界、学术界和媒体。近30名美方与会者来自24个机构,包括美国能源部助理部长亚历山大.卡斯勒(Alexander Karsner)、前北约总司令克拉克(Wesley Clark)将军、李敦白(Sidney Ritten-berg)等。中方与会者来自外交部、文化部、商务部、财政部、国务院新闻办、中国国际问题研究所、现代国际关系研究院、中国国际战略学会、国防大学、军…     

Australia,New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Forum: a critical review

The relationship between the Pacific islands and the region’s ‘bigger brothers’ – Australia and New Zealand – is often seen in two-dimensional terms with the latter appearing to act in concert and in terms characterised by underlying neo-colonial attitudes and a determination to dominate the regional agenda. Given that both are former colonial powers with considerable political and economic resources and are the major aid donors in the region as well as being members of the powerful geopolitical entity known as ‘the West’, it is not difficult to sustain an image of neo-colonial dominance. But to do so also requires casting Pacific island countries in a certain role, not only lacking agency but also cohering around a common identity and set of interests. This article examines key aspects of regional relations as played out through the region’s premier organisation, the Pacific Islands Forum, and assesses the extent to which a simple political divide between Australia and New Zealand on the one hand, and the island states on the other, can be maintained.     

亚洲论坛与亚洲区域经济合作

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