Interview: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

President Ben Ali came to power in Tunisia in November 1987. This interview was conducted in March 1998 by Georgie Anne Geyer, a nationally syndicated columnist for Universal Press Syndicate. It was originally published in The Washington Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4, 93-106.     

"说"与"不说"的辩证法 --也评普京总统的年度国情咨文及其反应

2006年5月10日,俄罗斯总统普京在克里姆林宫向议会及政府官员发表了年度国情咨文.不可否认,普京总统一年一度的国情咨文已经成为俄罗斯政坛的一件大事,同时也是国内外各界解读俄罗斯内外政策走向的重要依据.     

梅德韦杰夫“去斯大林化的现代化”评析

近来,面对世界金融危机的严重冲击,俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫连续发表文章,就俄罗斯的未来发展提出新的战略思考,其核心是建立新型的现代化国家。除了继续强调创新发展、确定优先目标等内容之外,梅德韦杰夫突出强调了去斯大林化的现代化思想。去斯大林化指的是什么?去斯大林化的现代化对于俄罗斯具有怎样的现实意义?这一新的战略目标能否实现?有必要对这些问题进行系统的归纳与分析。     

被遗忘的角落--评赵和曼教授新著《少数民族华侨华人研究》

改革开放以来,虽然中国的华侨华人研究取得了令人瞩目的成就,但是少数民族华侨华人研究却属于一个被遗忘的角落.事实上,任何学科的研究有热门也有冷门,而且冷门研究的成果往往真正具有填补空白的意义.广西社会科学院赵和曼教授新著<少数民族华侨华人研究>就是这类研究成果.     

Forgotten brigade of the forgotten war: Turkey's participation in the Korean War

This study is an attempt to shed light on the issue of Cretan Muslim emigration from Crete to the Ottoman Empire in order to analyse the multiple connections among the Ottoman state, immigrants and different localities in the Eastern Mediterranean in the late nineteenth century. Following the Cretan revolts of 1896 and 1897, the establishment of autonomous government on the island of Crete and the withdrawal of Ottoman armies from the island, Cretan Muslims began to emigrate from Crete to various places in the Ottoman Empire. Specifically, this article aims to deal with the migration of Cretan Muslims and to focus mainly on the year 1899, during which large numbers of Muslims were forced to leave their homes. The article suggests that Cretan Muslim emigration provides a good case for understanding the attitudes and policies of the Ottoman state towards migration, and the relationship between the state and immigrants, as well as for analysing the broader connections between Crete and the other localities of the Eastern Mediterranean. The working hypothesis is that in order to understand certain socio-political and demographic changes and transformations experienced within the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth century, it is important to study the issue of Cretan Muslim immigration to Ottoman Anatolia. This presents an opportunity to investigate certain questions with regard to the dynamics of migration and also to discuss certain facts associated with migration within the late imperial context.