We investigate conditional correlations between six CEEC-3 financial markets estimated by DCC-MGARCH models. In general, the highest correlations exist between Hungary and Poland in foreign exchange and stock markets. Short-term money markets are rather isolated from each other. We find that the associations of CEEC-3 exchange rates versus the euro are weaker than those versus the US dollar. Th...

This article traces the development of Japan’s foreign policy since the end of World War II. It asks whether the concept of a reactive state is still valid as an explanation of Japan’s foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. The article surveys the origins and key features of the Yoshida Doctrine, and discusses the limitations placed on Japan’s Cold War foreign policy. The article introduces t...

Although there appears to be no Australian foreign policy statement on health, much of our existing foreign policy has health implications, ranging across security, economic, political and humanitarian objectives. Humanitarian motives have influenced Australia's foreign-aid policy, but our aid program, like our wider foreign policy, has a large national interest component. A generalised approac...

as putin regained the power in russia, the situation gave a second chance to this country to avoid both the west and the benefits of convergence with its foreign policy and regional and trans-regional equations. this can take advantages from other side. approach of russia to divergence and independence with the west will increase level of russian hegemony on international arena. the main questi...

the scientific development in today’s globalized environment calls for increasing interaction with scientific and technological centers. scientific networks and networking with reliance on scientific and academic experts constitute one of the existing strategies to achieve this objective. through the passage of history, iran has had economic and cultural exchange with countries located in the i...

the united states policy toward iran during 1985-7 is a significant issue. the us had followed a confrontationist policy toward iran after the 1979 revolution but a shift in the policy could be observed in the mid 1980's in the form of us attempts to make a rapprochement possible. this article explains this shift through the examination of the impact of this variable: solving us problems i...

Mass media can affect how people understand and react to particular health risks. Reporting of health risks during the international trade disputes, resulting from the difference in safety regulations, therefore can play a pivotal role in resolving them. This study compared the newspaper reports on BSE-related events in major national dailies between Japan and the US around the period when BSE-...

With the end of the Second World War in 1945, Official Development Assistance (ODA) mainly from the United States went to formerly industrialized European countries to help rebuild their war-torn infrastructures and societies. By the 1950s, Asian countries and societies such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan became major recipients of US and other international aid as support for institutional a...

CONTEXT Immigration is a major force sustaining the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States. OBJECTIVE To describe trends and characteristics of foreign-born persons with TB and the implications for TB program planning and policy development. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS Descriptive analysis of US TB surveillance data from case reports submitted from 1993 to 1998. MAIN OUTCOM...

empowering of terrorist groups in the middle east is the product of numerous reasons. one of the most important of these reasons is the competition between regional powers and their use of the leverage of terrorist groups in order to put pressure on each other. furthermore, immature and wrong policies of great powers like: the united states in militarization of the region have provided new just...