In this essay, I am going to focus my discussion upon the extra state, rather than intrastate aspect of peace and stability, with the view that this can be achieved through collective foreign policy of the states of Europe. ... Within the current infrastructure of the European Union, there are two possible developments for securing long-term peace in Europe: Western European Union-North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (WEU-NATO) alliance, and Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). ...

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They counted a current pension fund surplus as government income, thus reducing the calculated government deficit. Of course, just as in the United States, the current year's surplus did not take account of future obligations, when the flow of pension funds was really in deficit. ... The current head of the central bank of the Netherlands, Wim Duisenberg, is expected to become the first president of the ECB. (Santer, Jacques) Currently the Euro currency is in a three-year transition period until 2002. ...

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We hope that future research will focus more specifically one or more of these issues and explore different historical for first invaders to provide an event fuller understanding of immigration to Britain in 1960s.Any understanding of what is new about immigration in Britain must provide some sort of framework and we believe that our framework is good starting point even if more focused research is necessary to present the whole picture. ... Despite, difficulties, problems finding in this area immigration continued widely in Britain because of it appeal as a place of security and opportunity ...

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This chapter introduces the predominant means of thinking about globalization, from the historical experience of the developing world to provide the tools required for assessing the viable options developing countries currently face under globalization. ... Marxists concentrate less on efficiency gains (though many accept these may take place) and focus more on how changing production provides new kinds of economic power that can be used to extort profits from those that are weaker. ...

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It is for this reason that this paper focuses primarily on the costs. ... The first two charges are the stuff of current popular and populist analysis of the international political economy of globalisation qua economic liberalisation. ... It argues that in the absence of a social bond at the national level, we currently lack the institutions capable of substituting for them at the global level. ...

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The current study that follows has actually grown out of my personal observations and interactions with my students inside and outside the classrooms and also out of my continual effort to find the middle ground to deal with these practical concerns. ... I believe in focusing on individual needs, and involving students in the process of their learning. ... Remaining focused on mere academic content, educators lose sight of the issue of cultural difference, thus misreading or ignoring important dynamics in their classrooms. ...

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The focus of the literature on EU-Turkey relations is still concentrate by and large on other issues such as religion, Cyprus issue, military's involvement into politics and human rights concerns but not energy. ... As Nabucco is a grandiose project in terms of investment and politics involved, the study will try to show the extend of Turkey's ability to handle such a big project by taking a look at the currently running BTC pipeline as a case study where there is relatively more published work available such as Akiner, Starr and Cornell and Winrow21. ... Russia's share in Europ...

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But the central question of which peoples from Africa went to a given region of the Americas, and which group of Europeans or their descendants organized such a movement cannot be answered without an understanding of the wind and ocean currents of the North and South Atlantic. There are two systems of wind and ocean currents in the North and South Atlantic that follow the pattern of giant wheels - one lies north of the equator turns clockwise, while its counterpart to the south turns counterclockwise. ... Winds and currents thus ensured two major slave trades the first rooted in Europe, th...

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Continuing our focus on the interaction between France and Morocco, we can look at another literary work called, In Morocco, produced by French woman Edith Wharton who visited Morocco during the time of the French Protectorate. ... We have already established a foundation on an aspect of Said's Orientalism centered around early Western scholarly dominance of creating a reality for The Orient through literature, but now we will look more at the politics and economics behind Orientalism, colonialism, and postcolonial thought and how this influences current geopolitics. ...

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Homosexuality has been a part of the world since the beginning of time. It was practiced by ancient civilizations through modern times. It wasn't until the last several hundred years that it became a problem for certain members of society. During the mid to late 1800's, European public officials too...

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In the current challenging economic environment, our work is a critical reminder of the importance of sound structural economic fundamentals for sustained growth. ... Understanding the factors behind this process has occupied the minds of economists for hundreds of years, engendering theories ranging from Adam Smith's focus on specialization and the division of labor to neoclassical economists' emphasis on investment in physical capital and infrastructure, and, more recently, to interest in other mechanisms such as education and training, technological progress, macroeconomic stabili...

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Most accounts centre largely on change in the social scene across Western Europe during the 16th century with intense focus on colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade as the central feature to its inception some stating "slaves were the capital that made capitalism"2. ... Out of all of the European countries the one that holds the most evidence that points in favour of the slave trades contribution to the current capitalist state of the world are Britain. ...

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INTRODUCTION Telecommuting or Teleworking has been the subject of numerous debates, articles, and academic papers - and in my opinion, the difference is minimal. The term "telework" tends to be used more in Europe and some other countries, while "telecommuting" is used more in the U.S. Some peop...

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It may be argued however, that recruitment posters really weren't needed, that men would join up anyway, from a variety of reasons from boredom, hope that conditions in the army were better than their current situation et cetera. ...

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