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Global economic and political systems have been facing serious threats from different terrorist groups for the last few decades, and the implications of these incidences are increasing rapidly. This edited collection seeks to address and analyse the ramifications of terrorism and terrorist activities on economic and political systems in terms of the decline in GDP levels, increase in unnecessary military expenditure at the cost of social and economic developments, disincentives to the foreign in...

In this collection of essays, 12 outstanding scholars address the strategic importance of economic integration.

This publication provides insight into the agricultural sector. It illustrates new tendencies in agricultural economics and dynamics (interrelationship with other sectors in rural zones and multifunctionality) and the implications of the World Trade Organization negotiations in the international trade of agricultural products. Due to environmental problems, availability of budget, consumer preferences for food safety and pressure from the World Trade Organization, there are many changes in the...

A critical look at the challenges facing international policy cooperation in the new postcrisis environment. The global financial crisis of 2007-09 highlighted the economic interdependencies between all major countries, raising the issues of international cooperation. Managing Complexity looks at how, following the global financial crisis, countries have changed the way they cooperate with each other on matters of economic policy. In this volume, the result of a joint research project of Chat...

En dehors des echos a l'etranger que provoquerent les evenements de mai-juin 1968, l'actualite internationale du premier semestre 1968 est riche de nombreux faits: la visite de De Gaulle en Roumanie, l'activite de la diplomatie francaise au Proche-Orient, l'appel a l'aide des pays africains en proie a la guerre ou aux problemes economiques, enfin, et surtout, les negociations pour mettre fin a la guerre du Vietnam qui s'ouvrent a Paris. Apres avoir visite l'URSS (du 20 juin au 1er juillet 1966),...

Vo examines the key role of oil in economic relations between the United States and the nations of the Persian Gulf, providing a useful historical perspective. The work focuses on the evolution and significance of investment and trade relations between the U.S. and the Gulf Cooperation Council states (G.C.C.) since the 1930's, when American commercial interests in the Arabian peninsula began, through recent decades and the 1991 Gulf war. This is the most comprehensive study to date of U.S.-G.C.C...

This impressive new edition builds and improves upon the popular style and structure of the original. With new data, improved pedagogy, and coverage of all of the main developments in international finance over the last few years.

This is the fourth volume of papers from the tenth World Economic Congress held in Moscow in 1992 under the auspices of the International Economic Association. It considers various aspects of economic policy and development, and issues in developing countries of domestic economic management and policy reform, under conditions of increased economic openness. Part 1 deals with trade theory and multinational firms, environmental policy interdependence, the coping strategies of the rural poor and th...

The global scope of the changes in the international financial and monetary systems ensured that no nation-state could protect itself from their effects. The quarter-century, 1970-95, included the most extensive legislative overhaul of financial services policy since the Great Depression, if not the greatest set of changes ever. This book examines how five such states - Canada, France, Germany, UK, USA - adapted by reforming their financial services policies.