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China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment And International Investment Law, Karl P. Sauvant, Michael D. Nolan Nov 2015

China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment And International Investment Law, Karl P. Sauvant, Michael D. Nolan

Karl P. Sauvant

As China’s outward foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown, its approach to international investment agreements (IIAs) has changed. China is now one of the world’s most important outward investors, with Chinese FDI facing widespread criticism. The challenge for China is to adapt to this new configuration of interests stemming from these developments, both in terms of its national policies and the contents of its IIAs. In so doing, it is likely to influence, perhaps significantly, the further evolution of international investment law. This article deals briefly with the salient features of China’s outward FDI and the policies that support it; …


App Newsletter 7, Riccardo Pelizzo Oct 2015

App Newsletter 7, Riccardo Pelizzo

riccardo pelizzo

The seventh issue of the APP newsletter, with contributions by Michele Croce, founder and President of Verona Pulita, and Abel Kinyondo, Senior Researcher at REPOA.


Katskiļu Atskaņas #3, Maira Bundza Aug 2015

Katskiļu Atskaņas #3, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the third of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Catskills at the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.


Katskiļu Atskaņas #2, Maira Bundza Aug 2015

Katskiļu Atskaņas #2, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the second of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Catskills at the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.


Katskiļu Atskaņas #1, Maira Bundza Aug 2015

Katskiļu Atskaņas #1, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the first of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Catskills at the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.


Lauztās Priedes #2, Maira Bundza Aug 2015

Lauztās Priedes #2, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the second of two newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Center Garezers in Three Rivers, MI. Bundza was the co-editor with Sams Knochs and wrote the articles without a tagline.


Lauztās Priedes #1, Maira Bundza Aug 2015

Lauztās Priedes #1, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the first of two newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Center Garezers in Three Rivers, MI. Bundza was the co-editor with Sams Knochs and wrote the articles without a tagline.


Two Debates In American Politics, Muqtedar Khan Jul 2015

Two Debates In American Politics, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The article summarized debates around same-sex Marriage and the Iran nuclear deal.


Racism In America And Islam: Remembering Bilal, Muqtedar Khan Jul 2015

Racism In America And Islam: Remembering Bilal, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article reflects on Bilal, the African companion of Prophet Muhammad and its relevance to race relations in America.


App Newsletter 5, Riccardo Pelizzo Jul 2015

App Newsletter 5, Riccardo Pelizzo

riccardo pelizzo

Fifth issue of APP Newsletter


Egypt’S Coup & Future Of Democracy In Post Arab Spring Middle East (2015), Shams Uz Zaman Mr. Jul 2015

Egypt’S Coup & Future Of Democracy In Post Arab Spring Middle East (2015), Shams Uz Zaman Mr.

Mr. Shams uz Zaman

The initial optimism that a democratic regional order would emerge as a consequence to the sweeping Arab Spring in Middle East and Africa has gradually faded away. The revolutionary, but generally peaceful and smooth, changeover from long autocracy of Mubarak was again quickly reversed by the Egyptian military and lately been been endorsed by the US and EU. The reaction from the Brotherhood, which had been a mainstream political party, was mixed. As the violence and terrorism take over the Egyptian political landscape, there is little hope that Egypt would return to normal. Military takeover in Egypt marks marks the …


How Modern India Looks At Its Premodernity, Ananya Vajpeyi Jul 2015

How Modern India Looks At Its Premodernity, Ananya Vajpeyi

Ananya Vajpeyi

No abstract provided.


Realism And Pm Narendra Modi’S Foreign Policy: Identification Of Gaps, Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr. Jun 2015

Realism And Pm Narendra Modi’S Foreign Policy: Identification Of Gaps, Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr.

Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr.

Indian PM Narendra Modi is a dynamic leader. There are several discussions on his foreign policy, most of these have not studied it with a realist perspective. The present paper uses realist theoretical framework to identify the gaps in foreign policy.


Navigating The Life Cycle Of Trust In Developing Economies: One-Size Solutions Do Not Fit All, Laura Hartman, Julie Gedro, Courtney Masterson Jun 2015

Navigating The Life Cycle Of Trust In Developing Economies: One-Size Solutions Do Not Fit All, Laura Hartman, Julie Gedro, Courtney Masterson

Laura Hartman

Trust is critical to the development and maintenance of collaborative and cohesive relationships in societies, broadly, and in organizations, specifically. At the same time, trust is highly dependent on the social context in which it occurs. Unfortunately, existing research involving trust remains somewhat limited to a particular set of developed economies, providing a window to explore a culture's stage of economic development as a key contextual determinant of trust within organizations. In this article, we review the state of the scholarship on trust and identify those qualities of trust that are common in organizations at similar stages of economic development, …


Turkey And Saudis In Syria: Aligned Interests, Clashing Revisionisms, Zenonas Tziarras Jun 2015

Turkey And Saudis In Syria: Aligned Interests, Clashing Revisionisms, Zenonas Tziarras

Zenonas Tziarras

In early May, 2015 it became known that Saudi Arabia and Turkey are supporting extremist Islamist groups in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. That Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, among others, have – mostly indirectly – been supporting Islamist groups is not news as similar reports have been emerging from time to time since 2011, if not earlier. But this policy with regard to the Syrian conflict became increasingly overt amidst growing instability and lack of Western commitment to Assad’s overthrow. According to The Independent and other media, Turkish and Saudi support focuses on the overarching jihadist group …


Assessing Isis One Year Later, Zenonas Tziarras Jun 2015

Assessing Isis One Year Later, Zenonas Tziarras

Zenonas Tziarras

A year ago the world witnessed the swift advances of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria. Though the emergence of the group was somewhat expected for those who have been following the regional developments of the past years it caught most of the world by surprise. At the same time, its brutal tactics, military victories, resilience, evolution and extreme ideology have led many to characterize it as the greatest regional and international security threat at the moment or the most dangerous Islamist threat contemporary history has seen.


The Muslim World Needs Social Scientists Who Know The Islamic Tradition, Muqtedar Khan May 2015

The Muslim World Needs Social Scientists Who Know The Islamic Tradition, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The essay makes the argument that progress and development can come to the Muslim World if it can produce social scientists who are informed about their Islamic traditions.


Indian Muslims In The Age Of Muslim Uprisings, Muqtedar Khan May 2015

Indian Muslims In The Age Of Muslim Uprisings, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

No abstract provided.


Contested Religious Space In Jakarta: Negotiating Politics, Capital And Ethnicity, Chang Yau Hoon May 2015

Contested Religious Space In Jakarta: Negotiating Politics, Capital And Ethnicity, Chang Yau Hoon

Chang Yau HOON

No abstract provided.


Türkiye – Güney Afrika İlişkileri, Haci Mehmet Boyraz Student May 2015

Türkiye – Güney Afrika İlişkileri, Haci Mehmet Boyraz Student

HACI MEHMET BOYRAZ Student

No abstract provided.


“I Wish I Was A Bird To Fly Back And Forth:” Immigrant Women And Their Transnational Families Caring At A Distance: Draft 4/14/15, Sondra Cuban Dr. Apr 2015

“I Wish I Was A Bird To Fly Back And Forth:” Immigrant Women And Their Transnational Families Caring At A Distance: Draft 4/14/15, Sondra Cuban Dr.

Dr. Sondra Cuban

This case study of fifty women immigrants in Washington state focuses on the ingenious emotional strategies they engaged in with their left-behind families to care at a distance and the problematic ways the information and communication technology (ICTs) mediated these relationships across space and time. The study draws on a feminist transnational framework and an extended case method approach to understand the emotional dimensions and meanings of care by separated members and the ways the social technologies, and other factors, shaped these transnational spaces and interactions. The study utilizes ethnographic methods (interviews, informants, journals, focus groups, documentary analysis, and informal …


Rise Of Non-State Actors In Middle East: Regional Dimensions, Shams Uz Zaman Mr. Apr 2015

Rise Of Non-State Actors In Middle East: Regional Dimensions, Shams Uz Zaman Mr.

Mr. Shams uz Zaman

The situation in the Middle East has become extremely precarious due to issues which can be traced back to the colonial era. Imprudently drawn state borders, unsettled disputes like Palestine and ethno-religious schisms accentuate the inter-state and intra-state rivalries which have spun out of control due to foreign interventions. Extremist radical Islam acquired new dimensions after 9/11 which consequently painted the 2003 Iraq war in ideological colours. A new trend of radicalization is visible across the region from Lebanon to Pakistan, which has resulted in the emergence of non-state actors. The raging conflict in and across the Middle East can …


Five Islamic Philosophers Every Muslim Must Read, Muqtedar Khan Mar 2015

Five Islamic Philosophers Every Muslim Must Read, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This essay encourages Muslims to read some of the classical philosophers of Islamic heritage.


Has The Fervor For Democracy Faded Away?, Muqtedar Khan Mar 2015

Has The Fervor For Democracy Faded Away?, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This essay reviews public opinion surveys that indicate a diminishing appeal of democracy in the Middle East.


Newsletter, Riccardo Pelizzo Mar 2015

Newsletter, Riccardo Pelizzo

riccardo pelizzo

first issue of the African Politics and Policy Newsletter


The Ummah: Real Or Imaginary, Muqtedar Khan Mar 2015

The Ummah: Real Or Imaginary, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The essay examines the reality of the idea of an Ummah.


American And British Strategies In The Competition For Energy Resources In Sub-Saharan Africa, Stefan Andreasson Feb 2015

American And British Strategies In The Competition For Energy Resources In Sub-Saharan Africa, Stefan Andreasson

Stefan Andreasson

No abstract provided.


Paris To Delaware: Local Response To Global Crisis, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2015

Paris To Delaware: Local Response To Global Crisis, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article examines how small Western Muslim communities respond to Global Crisis that affect them.


Paris To Delaware: Local Response To Global Crisis, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2015

Paris To Delaware: Local Response To Global Crisis, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article examines how small Western Muslim communities respond to Global Crisis that affect them.


Oil Wealth, Resource Curse And Development: Any Lessons For Ghana?, Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Edward Brenya, James Agbodzakey Jan 2015

Oil Wealth, Resource Curse And Development: Any Lessons For Ghana?, Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Edward Brenya, James Agbodzakey

Felix Kumah-Abiwu

Ghana’s new status as an oil-producing country has invigorated the scholarly debate on the resource curse theory, which assumes that countries with vast natural resource wealth like oil, diamond and gold are likely to experience slow economic growth and development as compared to countries with scarce natural resources. Although the development literature is well endowed with cases of countries with huge natural resources that have experienced slow economic growth, the literature is also clear on few other countries with enormous natural resources that continue to experience high economic growth due to strong political institutions and democratic practices. Norway and Botswana …