Tag Archive: trade

Der Staat als Super Super Nanny

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Kurzbeschreibung Dass der Staat uns übel gesonnen sein kann, ist als Bedrohung der Freiheit allgemein anerkannt. Was aber ist, wenn er es zu gut meint? Ein neuer Sammelband geht der Frage auf die… Read More →

Vielfalt im Stadtparlament? Noch große Defizite

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Inwieweit spiegeln die Institutionen unserer Demokratie die zunehmende Vielfalt der Gesellschaft? Erstmals untersucht das Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung multireligiöser und multiethnischer Gesellschaften – in Kooperation mit der Heinrich Böll Stiftung und unterstützt durch die… Read More →

Reform des deutschen Länderfinanzausgleichs – eine unendliche Geschichte?

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Kurzbeschreibung Diese Publikation beschreibt die Funktionsweise, Komplexität und nivellierende Wirkung des deutschen Länderfinanzausgleichs. Ferner wird die finanzwirtschaftliche Entwicklung der letzten Jahrzehnte skizziert. Beschreibung Diese Publikation beschreibt die Funktionsweise, Komplexität und nivellierende Wirkung des… Read More →

Perspektiven und Grenzen “direkter Demokratie”

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Es gibt verschiedene Formen der „direkten Demokratie“, die sich unterschiedlich auf die politischen Systeme auswirken. So ziehen Referenden über Verfassungsänderungen andere Folgen nach sich als die sogenannte Volksgesetzgebung. In Deutschland sind bei der… Read More →

Logistik-Indikator im dritten Quartal 2012:Markanter Dämpfer für die Logistikkonjunktur in Deutschland

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Das Konjunkturklima in der deutschen Logistikwirtschaft hat sich im Sommerquartal deutlich abgekühlt. Dies geht aus der jüngsten Erhebung (August-Befragung) für den Logistik-Indikator hervor, den das Institut für Weltwirtschaft im Auftrag der Bundesverbeinigung Logistik… Read More →

Cairo – Bengasi: cronaca di un dramma annunciato

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L’11 settembre, mentre l’America si raccoglieva nel ricordo delle tremila vittime degli attentati di 11 anni fa,  folle irose si raccoglievano davanti all’ambasciata americana al Cairo e al consolato di Bengasi, in Libia.… Read More →

House Republican Tax Bill Leaves Some Military Families Behind

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The House of Representatives today is scheduled to vote on a House Republican proposal (H.R. 8) that purportedly extends all tax cuts but actually raises taxes on about 25 million families by reducing… Read More →

Report: V4 Trade and FDI Observer

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The Polish Institute of International Affairs participates in a project supported by a “Small Grant” awarded by the International Visegrad Fund (www.visegradfund.org) “V4 Trade and FDI Observer” for February 2012 – July 2012.… Read More →

China’s culinary crossroads

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China’s increasing appetite for meat poses a significant policy conundrum for leaders in Beijing. Chinese meat consumption has quadrupled since 1978 leading to a 5 million tonne a year increase in maize imports… Read More →

What’s at stake in the South China Sea?

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The territorial disputes in the South China Sea get much less attention than other crisis points, in the Taiwan Straits and the Korean Peninsula, but are arguably more unpredictable and dangerous. It is… Read More →

Extract from ‘The China choice: why America should share power’

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This is an extract from The China choice: why America should share power by Hugh White   http://lowyinstitute.cachefly.net/files/lowy_institute_extract_-_the_china_choice.pdf   ©2012 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE AUTHOR(S) AND THE PUBLISHER —————————————————————————————————————————– Dear Readers We invite… Read More →

How Global Watchdogs Missed a World of Trouble

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Little is known about the Financial Stability Forum (FSF), created after the emerging-market crises in the late 1990s to coordinate efforts in preventing and mitigating future crises, with a membership that included top-ranking… Read More →

Offshoring, Domestic Outsourcing, and Productivity: Evidence for a Number of European Countries

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The economic effects of offshoring have been subject to extensive empirical analysis in the past, but many studies have not accurately distinguished between offshoring, domestic outsourcing, and the substitution of domestic by foreign… Read More →

The South China Sea: Oil, Maritime Claims, and U.S.—China Strategic Rivalry

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The risk of conflict escalating from relatively minor events has increased in the South China Sea over the past two years with disputes now less open to negotiation or resolution. Originally, the disputes… Read More →

The Visegrad Group and the FDI in Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary

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The Polish Institute of International Affairs recommends you the report: V4 Trade and FDI Observer prepared under the project: V4 Trade and FDI Observer, financed by the International Visegrad Fund. PISM was represented… Read More →

Asia Pacific Security Conference 2012

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    Please click to download full report in PDF format. http://issuu.com/rsisntu/docs/apsec2012?mode=embed&layout=http%3A//skin.issuu.com/v/light/layout.xml&showFlipBtn=true

How economic regions face up to the storm

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1)      Are economic regions effective? Even though US foreign trade is anchored in NAFTA, and the trade interdependence of Canada and the US is quite large, US economic  policy is seldom based on… Read More →

Reforming the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy Less WTO influence on the post-2013 CAP than previously

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As a contribution to the DIIS seminar on the Danish EU Presidency and the Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on April 12 2012, Professor Carsten Daugbjerg, who is also the main… Read More →

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Tactical Warning : WAR 2012 (as Prosumerzen is telling since ever) by Paolo Dealberti

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According to a Panel of  76  among the top world class specialists run by Foreign Policy , ( Vol 192 April/May 2012) : a) Al Qaeda is a yesterday´s terrorism problem ,(Erik Dahl), that has… Read More →

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