十年争吵终有"说法"--俄罗斯从格鲁吉亚撤军述评

俄罗斯、格鲁吉亚两国外长5月29日在莫斯科签署联合声明,商定俄将在2008年内自格分阶段撤除军事基地,格则承诺不在其领土部署他国军事基地或军队.至此,困扰两国关系近十年之久的俄驻格军事基地问题,终于在争吵和讨价还价声中落幕,有了一个令双方均能接受的初步"说法".     

走出危机艰难前行的意大利政府

今年2月21日,意大利参议院就扩大意大利北部维琴察的美军基地和维持意大利在阿富汗的驻军问题进行对政府的信任投票,执政的中左联盟获得318票中的158票,差两票而未能达到法定通过票数,总理普罗迪被迫宣布辞职.由此爆发了中左联盟上台9个月以来的首次政府危机.     

Risk, Gender, and Development in the 21st Century

Globalization creates wealth but also financial crises. Although these systemic risks are generated by all participants in the world economy, their costs are disproportionately borne by the poor, especially women, who live in developing nations, with irrevocable damage to their capabilities. Since current reform proposals do not address inequities in the distribution of the costs of financial crises, we suggest changes in the design, implementation, content, and funding of policies that could provide security to women during crises. We argue that our suggestions will not succeed without women's participation in the debate on the reform of international financial architecture.     

Fifty years of creativity,crisis, and cancer in Uganda

Abstract

This article tells the story of the Uganda Cancer Institute over the past 50 years. I discuss the fundamental dynamism of research collaborations and the ways in which they bring vital yet partial investments in improving the capacity of medical facilities in sub-Saharan Africa. I explore the ways in which patient populations and the needs of caretakers themselves shape research collaborations. I also show how extreme oscillations in the capacity to conduct oncology research and provide care were (and are) tied not only to shifting international research priorities, but also to broader upheaval and periods of stability in Uganda since independence in 1962. Rather than dwelling on the debris, ruins, or an emptying of capacity in the health sector in Africa, this article highlights how this experimental infrastructure in East Africa not only survived, but also fundamentally shaped a culture of care and oncology practice that lived on.     

Europeanisation Before and After Accession: Conditionality,Legacies and Compliance

This introductory essay reviews the literature on historical legacies in the post-communist area and relates it to the study of enlargement and Europeanisation. The authors develop a framework for the special section, specify various ways in which historical legacies can be conceived of affecting conditionality and compliance, give an overview of the contributions and summarise the findings.