European Union (EU) climate politics have polarised over the past decade. Poland especially stands out as EU member state that has most vehemently opposed numerous decisions to increase EU’s level of ambition, stirring some turbulence in politics. Yet, with publication Green Deal (EGD) 2019, Commission likewise created Polish parliament’s debate. This article analyses those debates and identifi...

The challenge is to develop the vaccination program that is more successful in containing and preventing the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza subtype H5N1 from recurrence in the Red River Delta, Vietnam and reducing vaccination costs. This study addresses the tradeoff between the current policy which implements an annual two-round vaccination for the entire geographical area of the Delta and a...

Future landscapes are the result of many different processes, some controllable and some not, some predictable and others less so. This lack of predictability and controllability are real challenges to landscape planners and modellers alike who are interested in medium to long-term futures. Scenarios are a standard tool for dealing with and describing variation in the future, however it is impo...

n the past, monetary policy options were described in terms of a tradeoff between the unemployment rate and the inflation rate, the so-called Phillips curve. Macroeconomists no longer view the Phillips curve as a viable “policy menu” because its use as such is inconsistent with mainstream macroeconomic theory. In the late 1970s, John Taylor suggested an alternative set of options for policymake...

1. Modeling Methodologies 2. Essentials of Mathematical Modeling for Complex Systems 3. Essentials of Simulation for Complex Global Systems 3.1. Alternative Scenario Simulations. Policy Exercise: Simulations of the Asian Financial Crisis 3.2. Alternative Scenario Simulations. Policy Exercise: Information Technology Innovation Scenario 4. Simulation Techniques and Software 5. Conclusion Appendix...

Which is the relationship between defense policy and foreign policy? How does influence The investigation based on both questions. After a review of Argentinian literature analyzing link these policies, article presents new way approaching national geopolitical concept “axial point”. In this sense, research suggests that, unlike traditional interpretations that place as secondary complementary ...