The Difficulties and Dilemmas of International Intelligence Cooperation

Stéphane Lefebvre is a former Strategic Analyst at the Canadian Department of National Defence and a former Marcel Cadieux Policy Planning Fellow at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The views expressed here are the author's and do not necessarily reflect the views of any governmental or nongovernmental organizations with which he is or has been affiliated. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Colloque Renseignement et Sécurité internationale, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, on 20 March 2003.     

国际核不扩散机制的现状、挑战与前景

国际核不扩散机制是国际社会为减少因核武器的横向扩散和纵向扩散带来的核战争风险，促进核能的和平利用和推进核裁军，从政治安排和技术手段两方面对核武器及其技术、材料、设施以及相关的核活动进行管理和控制的组织系统和工作制度。尽管它是冷战时期核大国在军备控制领域相互斗争与妥协的产物，但仍对防止核扩散发挥了积极作用。     

建立维护海上战略通道安全的国际合作机制

维护海上通道及运输线的安全,需要建立一整套促进国际合作的体制机制。世界各国只有加强相互信任与合作,才能有效地处理一些突发事件,应对各种非传统安全威胁的挑战。开展海上安全合作正在成为一种不可抗拒的潮流。     

从南京峰会看中欧合作的战略基础

2009年11月30日,中国政府总理与欧洲理事会主席以及欧盟委员会主席在中国的南京市举行了第12次中欧领导人会晤。南京峰会取得哪些具体成果？它反映出中欧关系中的什么元素？向外界传递出中欧合作的何种信号？这些话题受到国际社会的普遍关注。     

A Coalition of Coalitions: International Cooperation Against Terrorism

The term “coalition against terror” is commonly used, but is fundamentally misleading. Multiple coalitions against terror exist in different issue areasincluding military, financial, law enforcement, intelligence, and reconstruction. These coalitions are independent of each other, and yet inextricably linked, both enabling and constraining each other's actions. Actions taken by the military coalition can undermine the intelligence coalition, for example, by destroying documents and other information during attacks. Overlapping membership may also cause challenges, for countries who disagree with the approach of one coalition many restrict their cooperation with the others. A successful counterterror strategy must account for the interactions of the various coalitions, understanding how actions taken in one area may cause tradeoffs and unintended consequences in others.     

一部研究国际战略通道问题的力作——评李兵《国际战略通道问题研究》

在读世界近现代历史时,知道像直布罗陀海峡、黑海海峡这样的海上通道非常重要,列强为了争夺这些通道进行过一场又一场战争。到了20世纪末,随着国际局势的缓和,以及空中、管道等交通运输方式的发展,这些海上战略通道逐渐被淡忘。然而,进入21世纪后,随着中国经济的快速发展,能源需求持续增长,对外贸易不断扩大,     

The Challenges for Developing Countries in International Tax Justice

Developing countries face three main challenges in international tax cooperation. The most widely known are the twin problems of tax avoidance by foreign investors and tax evasion by domestic actors, which have become a major focus of debate in international organisations and of civil society activism in recent years. The second problem, tax competition, incorporates a range of issues from the ‘prisoners’ dilemma’ facing countries competing for inward direct investment through to the harmful tax rules used by tax havens that enable tax avoidance and evasion. This article reviews four recent monographs that analyse these problems at an international level. While they contain much useful discussion of the problems and potential technical solutions, there remains a need for political economy research to understand why certain technical solutions have not been adopted by governments. A third challenge faced by developing countries, barely considered in the tax and development literature up to now, leads to a note of caution: international tax institutions tend to be designed in ways that place disproportionate restrictions on capital-importing countries’ ability to tax foreign investors.     

中俄战略协作伙伴关系的新拓展

2007年3月底,中国国家主席胡锦涛对俄罗斯进行了正式友好访问,访俄期间,胡锦涛主席和普京总统举行会谈并签署了《中俄联合声明》,共同出席"中国年"开幕式和"中国国家展"开幕式并发表致辞.     

Energy Security and Climate Change in the European Union,China and Latin American Relationships:Major Challenges and Areas of International Cooperation

The author discusses the subject in both ecological and political perspectives based on a most comprehensive,authoritative and updated bibliography.Hence,Latin America and the Caribbean(LAC) is as much diversified as there are sub-regions and regional organizations in geopolitical and geo-economical terms and often dialectic regarding energy security,climate change and LAC ties with Europeans and China and so is the tripartite relations with the rest of the world so far as energy security and climate cha...     

中亚地区安全与中俄战略协作

苏联解体后,中亚成为欧亚大陆新的地缘政治中心,各大国和各种国际势力纷纷进入,对该地区事务主导权展开激烈争夺,加上中亚五国内部严峻的政治、经济和社会形势,使冷战结束以来的中亚地区安全动荡不定、前景未卜.中俄两国作为中亚最大的邻国,其战略协作对于稳定中亚局势,巩固地区安全,促进地区繁荣具有极其重大的意义.     

Peace and Security in Africa:Opportunities and Challenges for China-Africa Cooperation

This paper seeks to explore some of the security and conflict dimensions of the China-Africa relationship, illustrating what the challenges are, why they are important and what has been done to meet them. Section one provides a brief overview of the different manifestations of conflict and insecurity on the African continent, highlighting that Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) proliferation is a problem that links them all. Section two explores the reasons why China has a stake in the peace and security o...