2011 will be a momentous year for Sudan, North and South alike. The forthcoming referendum in the South, scheduled for January 9th, must be considered a watershed in Sudan’s history. If the secession option wins and the North accepts the vote outcome, Southern Sudan will go ahead with its independence process. But the challenges an independent Government of South Sudan will have to answer are many and multifaceted.
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Japanese foreign policy is based on two linchpins – Japan’s alliance with the USA and regional cooperation.
15 Dicembre 2010
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While independence seems to be the foregone outcome of the January referendum on Southern Sudan’s self-determination, the real question is whether the country’s separation will be violent or pacific in nature. The level of trust between the parties stands at its lowest level since 2005, and while the NCP has embarked on a dangerous policy of brinkmanship, the SPLM/A fears that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement could become the latest in a long list of dishonoured agreements.
15 Dicembre 2010
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In 2010, 17 African nations celebrated the 50th anniversary of their independence. Africa’s records in economic progress and political stability, demography (an ambivalent issue) and education etc. have steadily improved, although the threat of future violence and disruption remains for vast regions. National crises increasingly interact with global affairs, in the Horn and elsewhere. As suggested in the recent book by V.S.
15 Dicembre 2010
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From September 2009 to May 2010, Japan-US relations were dominated by a controversy regarding a 2006 base relocation agreement – the so-called “Futenma issue”. Whereas Japan’s newly-elected government led by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) requested a re-negotiation of the agreement, Washington wanted to keep the current accord unchanged.
After months of US pressure and US policymakers and scholars presenting the controversy as a “life-or-death” issue for the Japan-US alliance, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned.
15 Dicembre 2010
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This analysis looks at the recent internal and external developments in Belarus in the light of the incumbent presidential elections.
Although current President Lukashenka is likely to be reconfirmed there slight signs of more liberalisation: 10 opposition candidates will take part in the elections while the government is about to engage in a program of privatization in order to face up the consequences of the economic crisis.
15 Dicembre 2010
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Verso la fine di novembre, alla vigilia di una visita in Germania, Vladimir Putin ha scritto un articolo per la «Sueddeutsche Zeitung» proponendo all’Europa di lanciare insieme alla Russia «una nuova ondata di industrializzazione»: alleanze strategiche dal settore dell’auto al nucleare, un’infinita area di libero scambio tra Lisbona e Vladivostok.
30 novembre 2010
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The paper takes into account the trajectory of the Indian economic growth since the start neoliberal reforms (1991). By adopting a political economy perspective, the paper aims to highlight the uneven social impact of the reform process. In doing so, the paper summarizes specifically a) the nature of the contemporary agrarian crisis and its social implications; b) the impact of neoliberal reforms on labour generation, with specific attention to the secondary and tertiary sectors’ growth trajectories; c) the poverty and food insecurity questions.
15 novembre 2010
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In order to attempt to consolidate its power status in Asia, India has chosen to adopt an international policy that looks to both the continent and the ocean. Firstly Delhi is working to clinch a prominent role in the long-lasting and intricate Afghan crisis and to prevent political and economic repercussions in a three-way game with China and Pakistan.
15 novembre 2010
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The recent Senkaku/Diaoyu incident in the East China Sea was a reminder that relations between China and its neighbours remain subject to friction and that the longstanding maritime territorial disputes will continue to be the most likely source of tensions and crisis in East Asia. Consequently, it is crucially important to understand the relation between the maritime refocusing in China’s security policies (as signalled by the recent evolution of Chinese military doctrine and operations) and Beijing’s regional policy.
15 novembre 2010