吉林省参与图们江区域国际合作开发的问题与对策

以多国合作为特征的图们江区域经济合作开发项目近几年有了实质性的进展,各成员国加强了务实开发的力度。中朝“路港区”工程、中俄“路港关”工程、中蒙“两山”工程等开始启动,并有了一个较好的开端。但对于吉林省来讲,当前又遇到了对外通道未能真正顺利打开、跨国边境经济合作区没有形成完整的互动机制、市场贸易主体也未得到真正确立等问题。为此应加快推进图们江区域国际经济合作。     

关于东北亚国际航运中心竞争策略

研究国际航运中心的发展历史,从中发现它的发展变化规律,对于我们正确认识现代国际航运中心的本质特征有着十分重要的意义。目前青岛、天津、大连在认定国际航运中心竞争对手问题上就需要调整思路,从长期考虑,在竞争中如何处理这三个大港,以及各自临近较小港口的发展关系问题。根据国际经验,港口联盟是一个很好的合作途径。为应对船舶大型化及航运公司的全球联盟,并避免港口之间对同一腹地的过度竞争而导致设施过剩,世界上许多港口都实行了战略联盟、兼并等多种合作。     

电子商务对国际税法的挑战

网络促进了全球化电子商务的迅速发展。电子商务的出现,无疑为人们提供了新的商贸空间和商机,但它所引发的税收问题也是不容忽视的。电子商务的新特点使税收的传统控管手段失灵。我国应建立新的税收征管体制,以应对电子商务带来的新挑战。     

习近平法治思想中的全球治理观

中国始终是世界和平的建设者、全球发展的贡献者、国际秩序的维护者,在"百年未有之大变局"中,中国前所未有地靠近世界舞台中心.习近平总书记在新的历史起点上,准确把握国际国内两个大局,针对全球治理这一重大课题,提出了以"构建人类命运共同体"理念为指引,以"走和平发展道路"和"中国走向世界,以负责任大国参与国际事务""构建以合...     

网络银行法律监管的国际实践

随着世界经济全球化趋势的迅速发展,金融业中出现了一种全新的银行——网络银行。它利用国际互联网,设立面向客户的虚拟银行柜台,为客户提供高效、便捷的服务。但是,网络银行在给人们带来了无尽便利的同时,也带来了巨大的风险。因此,对网络银行进行有效的法律监管,规避各种风险,也便具有了必要性和紧迫性。通过借鉴国际上先进的网络银行法律监管理念和措施,可以为改善和健全我国的网络银行法律监管体系及相应运作模式提供有益的帮助,能够促进我国网络银行的快速发展。     

合并仲裁比较研究及我国合并仲裁制度的立法设计

随着经济全球化的发展,国际商事仲裁领域出现了合并仲裁的问题。不同的价值取向导致对待合并仲裁的态度并不一致。我国应当建立起合并仲裁制度,但出于尊重当事人的意思自治和便于裁决执行的考虑,合并仲裁应当仅仅包括合意合并仲裁。     

Challenges of research in rural poverty: lessons from large field surveys

This practical note highlights lessons learnt during the data collection of two large field surveys as part of the ongoing “Sindh Union Council and Economic Strengthening Support” (SUCCESS) programme in southern Pakistan. The experience is discussed in terms of language barriers, the educational status of households, dealing with people’s expectations and non-cooperation, and the weather conditions. The note also highlights the practice of public sharing of data in real-time to improve the design and implementation of future surveys, especially those measuring poverty and quality of life.     

Investing in multi-stakeholder dialogue to address natural resource competition and conflict

How can multi-stakeholder dialogue help assess and address the roots of environmental resource competition and conflict? This article summarises the outcomes and lessons from action research in large lake systems in Uganda, Zambia, and Cambodia. Dialogues linking community groups, NGOs and government agencies have reduced local conflict, produced agreements with private investors, and influenced government priorities in ways that respond to the needs of marginalised fishing communities. The article details policy guidance in four areas: building stakeholder commitment, understanding the institutional and governance context, involving local groups in the policy reform process, and embracing adaptability in programme implementation.     

“Gendering” European security: policy changes,reform coalitions and opposition in the OSCE

The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has rarely been considered in scholarship on gender and security, even though it was one of the regional security organisations whose gender policy predated the United Nations Security Council’s call for more international attention to issues related to women, peace and security in October 2000. Based on an analysis of official OSCE documents and on semi-structured interviews, we trace the integration of gender issues in the OSCE and explore the rationale behind and the challenges associated with it. We identify two phases of gender policy change in the OSCE and show how the integration of UNSCR 1325 brought about an expansion of OSCE gender policy from an exclusive focus on “soft” security issues towards increased inclusion of gender in the area of “hard” security. Drawing on historical and feminist institutionalism, we argue that reform coalitions were crucial for the policy changes in the OSCE but that they encountered institutional and ideational barriers, which hampered implementation of the gender policy. In light of rising opposition, our analysis warns of a backlash that might jeopardise current achievements.     

On our terms! How domestic elites localised the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala

Abstract

In summer 2004, an UN-sponsored international rule of law commission based on an initiative of the Guatemalan human rights community was rejected by Guatemalan political elites. In 2007, a new version, the International Commission against Impunity (CICIG), was approved by the Guatemalan Congress and has since been active in the country, supporting the modernisation of the Guatemalan judicial system and the investigation and prosecution of criminal networks. The CICIG has been hailed as part of a new generation of rule of law promotion that addresses the problems of post-conflict states. How did this change in elite support come about? Neither increased pressure from the international community nor changes in the elite groups in power can fully explain this shift. Rather, Guatemalan elites actively reshaped the commission; in addition, the human rights community reframed it to better fit the risk perceptions of the general public.