Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament

Although the political salience of nuclear disarmament has fallen dramatically since the end of the Cold War, the threat posed by nuclear weapons today remains at least as great as it was before 1989. The growing number of states either armed with or actively developing nuclear weapons programmes has placed existing control and monitoring frameworks under strain. In this article, Baroness Williams, a long time campaigner for multilateral nuclear disarmament, discusses the nature of today's nuclear threat and particularly the political challenge presented by states whose behaviour is not predictable. If further proliferation is to be prevented, the international community must renew its efforts at implementing a robust regime of control. The IAEA must be given the authority and the resources necessary to conduct inspections anywhere in the world without prior warning. At the same time, the world's nuclear states powers must begin genuine efforts at disarmament.     

西伯利亚大铁路修建中的外国因素

俄国在修筑西伯利亚大铁路时,无论在建设方法、铁路选址方面,还是在铁路沿线开发方面,都广泛吸取了北美铁路的经验。在铁路建设过程中也不可避免地有外国公司参与,尤其是炸药、水泥、钢轨和其他建筑材料的供应商中都可见到外国公司的身影。     

中国第一所女子大学概览——记华北协和女子大学

通过对华北协和女子大学的建校背景、学校前身、学校校长、建校时间、学校名称、规模概况、课程设置、学生运动及学校最终走向等方面的叙述，可以勾勒出中国第一所女子大学的基本面貌。该校填补了中国女子高等教育的空白，为培养中国近代第一批知识女性做出了贡献，在中国女子教育史上有着不可忽略的历史作用。另外，通过对史料的考证，可以发现燕...     

明清时期晋商与华北区域经济的发展

明清时期,晋商与华北区域经济发展的关系主要表现为:晋商在全国范围内从事多种商品的长途贩运活动,充当华北地区与其他地区经济交流的中介,使该地区突破区域市场的限制,融入了全国性大市场之中;晋商在华北地区各城市设立各种经营项目的商号,对该地区新兴商业城市的兴起和繁荣起了积极的推动作用;晋商在华北地区各城市设立的当铺、印局、钱庄、账局和票号等金融机构,满足了当地农民、手工业者、工商业铺户、官员等不同阶层对货币的不同需求,在调节金融流通方面发挥了一定的作用。     

近代江南淮北社会文化的差异

江南淮北分属于两个文化圈,无论文武之尚、衣食习惯,还是住行方式、语言风格等方面,都存在着巨大的反差,形成各具特色的乡土文化。这种反差的形成,有物质生活条件因素,有地理环境因素,有社会文化自身的传承性因素,而城市的近代化与乡土文化变迁也存在着莫大的关系。     

Cultural encounters: learning from cross-disciplinary science and development practice in ecosystem health

Overcoming challenges to ecosystem health calls for breaking down disciplinary and professional barriers. Through reflection on a research and development project to address pesticide-related concerns in northern Ecuador, this article presents challenges encountered and accommodations made, ranging from staff recruitment, through baseline assessments and community education activities, to mobilising for policy change. In so doing, it exposes underlying problems of paradigm and process inherent in bringing researchers and development practitioners together, in addition to the problematic role of advocacy that is associated with joint research and development initiatives in the fields of agriculture and health.     

Embracing marginality: place-making vs development in Gardenton,Manitoba

Based on a two-year, multi-method study of ‘development’ in one small community in rural Manitoba, Canada, the article examines how the community and people's reasons for living there have both changed and remained consistent since the beginning of the area's settlement by Ukrainian immigrants in the late nineteenth century. The community has much in common with marginalised areas of the global South, in terms of its treatment at the hands of those in the centre and those who promote ‘development’. The author argues that the concept of ‘place-making’ allows for both a greater understanding of the dynamics in the community and greater possibilities for building sustainable, liveable places, than does the concept or practice of ‘development’.     

特朗普政府对朝核问题的危机管理及前景研判

2017年的朝核危机实质上是特朗普政府实施边缘政策而带来的一场危机,即,通过极限施压迫使朝鲜在战争和让步之间做出选择,以推动半岛无核化进程。然而,特朗普政府对朝核问题的危机管理因朝鲜的外交对冲、美国国内政治因素的制约以及国际合作的缺失使双方谈判陷入僵局,美国国内甚至出现是否会默认朝鲜有核的争论。若要真正推动朝鲜半岛无核化取得实质性进展,特朗普政府的现实方案仍是设定有限目标,并由联合国安理会制定可逆条款,约束美朝不信守承诺的行为,以国际社会的担保减少美朝互信缺失带来的消极影响,加快推进半岛无核化的和平进程。     

Exporting ‘active citizenship’: foreign support for citizenship education in the Arab world

What explains the rise in support for active citizenship programs in the Arab region? How has active citizenship been envisioned and taught with support by foreign states? How do participants understand the usefulness and impact of such programs? In this paper, we examine the contexts in which citizenship programs that embody the political aspirations of foreign states, are implemented. Embedded in local political realities, participants in these programs routinely question the ef?cacy and applicability of training modules focused on active citizenship and civic engagement. We argue that the proliferation of active citizenship programs for civil society organizations in practice serves to both bolster state legitimacy and discourage community leaders and activists from expressing political dissent. By submerging con?icting values, practices, and perspectives while encouraging civic participation based on conformity rather than dissent, active citizenship programs risk fostering a depoliticized civil society that is detached from the local political context.     

泰北山地民族文化的变迁与延续

泰国北部诸多山地民族在漫长的历史发展进程中创造了独特的物质文化、制度文化和精神文化。在外部世界的冲击和各种异文化的影响下，泰北山地民族文化发生了一些变化，但其的主要文化却得以传承和延续，成为其作为民族的重要标志，为世界民族文化多样性作出了重要贡献。