this book makes abundantly clear the sustained freshness of snyder path-breaking and dauntingly original work, which has long set the agenda for the systematic explanation of foreign policy decisions. thevery thoughtful essays prepared for the present volume demonstrate dramatically the continued centrality of the issues snyder and his associates raised more than 40 years ago. prescient in its ...

Israeli policy governing written occupational safety information for carriage and supply of hazardous goods, and procedures for implementation, are described and evaluated for their potential communicative effectiveness, in view of users' linguistic abilities and the language employed. We also consider whether the addressee should include the end-user and the reading-impaired. The evaluation is...

Israel’s aggressive foreign policy and use of excessive violence trigger profound concerns draw reaction from regional countries international community. sui generis domestic factors, created by socio-cultural historically-religiously legitimized claims, closely affect its aggressiveness within the country beyond. This article will follow a different perspective in analyzing this situation; fir...

this study attempts to explore the development and evolution of mackinder's geopolitical thinking in global politics of british empire and its influence thereafter. this research paper examines the characteristics of geopolitical perspective of britain, through halford mackinder's heartland theory during the three periods of the early twentieth century to the present time. in this reg...

a World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. b Minister of Foreign Affairs, PB 8114 Dep., N-0032 Oslo, Norway. c Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Paris, France. Correspondence to Jonas Gahr Støre (e-mail: [email protected]). doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.056002 Pandemics, emerging diseases and bioterrorism are readily understood as direct threats to national and global security. But health issues...

This article is study of Azerbaijan oil and gas industry. It illustrates the business climate, the impact of this sector on Azerbaijan’s economy including role of SOFAZ and highlights recent developments in the energy production and the main concepts of Azeri PSAs. Meanwhile, the article establishes the government policy by indentifying several factors that influenced to attract foreign investm...