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Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and International Relations in East Asia
No full textEtel Solingen (Editor): Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and International Relations in East Asia (2021, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 978 110 898 546 8
ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST The Issue of Sequencing
Full text linkThis article takes stock of the ongoing negotiations on arms control and regional security in the context of the multilateral peace talks on the Middle East. It examines the background conditions that made these negotiations possible and the problem of designing the right sequence within which different issues are addressed. The author reviews the role of confidence‐building measures in the early stages of arms control negotiations. Next, it is explored why certain sequences may help the current partners to the negotiations in two ways. First, they may induce those countries that have not yet joined the multilateral negotiations to do so. Second, agreeing on the right sequence may secure domestic support for arms control and the peace process as a whole
Managing energy vulnerability: Brazil's adjustments to oil dependency
Full text linkStrategies developed to cope with energy vulnerabilities provide a critical measure to evaluate a state’s capacity to adapt to changes in the international environment. This article examines the conditions shaping these strategies. The author argues that the requirements of domestic ruling coalitions underpin the selection of certain instruments and not others. Brazil’s domestic response, given the political requirements of rapid economic growth in the 1970s, involved import substitution and the expansion of state entrepreneurship and exports. The international expression of these adjustments was heavy internal indebtedness as well as a conciliatory pursuit of bilateral arrangements with oil producers on one hand, and with capital and technology suppliers on the other. The article concludes with a brief comparison of Brazil’s responses to that of other newly industralizing countries and an assessment of changing domestic conditions that might influence future adjustments. © 1991 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC
Transcending Disciplinary Divide/s: A Comparative Framework on the International Relations of the Middle East
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