Comparing Conditions for Quality Peace:Contemporary East Asia v. Post-WarWestern Europe *

: This article deals with two of the strongest conclusions from generalstudies on the causes as well as absence of interstate war: the importance of territorialdisputes and the significance of regime type. The first is termed the “territorial peace”hypothesis; the second is known in the literature as the “democratic peace” proposition.This article discusses if these two issues have to be settled prior to the building ofquality peace between states that have a history of war among them. These findingsare used to analyze the actual Western European experience since World War II andthen relating this to the East Asian situation today. In this way this article also points toimportant differences. Still, the territorial issues take on particular role if the East Asianregion is to move towards more durable and positive conditions, what might constituteingredients of quality peace. At that moment, also Real politik concerns enter theequation.     

Impacts of displacement on urban livelihoods: a railway project in Metro Manila

This article seeks to understand the ways in which urban livelihoods are affected by development-induced displacement, with a particular focus on residents remaining in the locality. Through an empirical case study of a railway upgrading project in Metro Manila, the article investigates livelihood impacts of large-scale demolition and displacement, which varied depending on whether the physical capital of remaining residents declined due to land clearance and the extent to which they relied on the local livelihood network established with displaced settlers. In comparison, households remained intact when they had little engagement with the local informal economy.     

试析当前“东突”暴力恐怖犯罪的新特点及其防范对策

我国当前面临最大的恐怖主义威胁是具有恐怖主义、宗教极端主义及民族分裂主义特征的“三股势力”,影响新疆社会稳定的因素主要是“东突”等恐怖组织策动的以民族分裂为宗旨的暴力恐怖犯罪活动.暴力恐怖犯罪危害极大,反恐防暴斗争形势十分严峻,打击和遏制新疆地区暴力恐怖犯罪活动,是一项长期而艰巨的任务.本文着重阐述“东突”暴力恐怖犯罪的新特点,分析其发展态势,并在此基础上提出防范此类暴力恐怖犯罪的对策.     

道义朝鲜与征兵制度——二战时期“尾高法哲学”的一个侧面

尾高朝雄是20世纪日本法哲学史上一位有着重大影响的学者。随着日本战后民主化改革和民主主义法学的强固,曾经扮演了迎合日本军国主义并从法哲学角度对其进行理论包装的尾高在二战时期任职朝鲜京城大学(现在的首尔大学)教授期间的著作,作为尾高法哲学的一个侧面,在当今的日本法哲学界,已经被打入历史冷宫而鲜有能够问津之人了。但法律实证主义何以会与纳粹、帝国主义等带来人类惨重悲剧的国家行为相关联、法哲学家本应有的独立思考和学术批判精神何以会丧失,在这些问题意识的拷问之下,尾高和其他著名的使法哲学沦为政治的御用哲学、从而应当深刻反思和忏悔的学者一样,毫无疑问是一个有着特殊研究价值的学术个案。