Wrestling an Alligator

Peacemakers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Pardew
Keyword(s):  
European Countries ◽  
American Military ◽  
Deputy Minister ◽  
East European ◽  
Military Equipment ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

The T&E Program moves forward despite constant international interference and difficult relations between the Muslims and the Croats. The EU embargo on Bosnia prevents East European countries from selling equipment to the Federation. However, the Dutch agree to the sale of nonlethal trucks. The Secretaries of State and Defense demand the removal of the Bosnian Muslim Deputy Minister of Defense Cengic from his position. In a compromise, both the Muslim and Croat ministers in Bosnia are fired, clearing the way for the unloading of American military equipment destined for delivery to the Federation. Gradually, T&E makes progress, but serious problems remain between the Federation partners.

Characteristics Development of Agriculture and Agricultural Policy Southeast European Countries

2016 ◽  
pp. 275-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoran Simonovic ◽  
Predrag Vukovic
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
East European ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
High Volatility ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
Production Subsidies ◽  
Characteristics Development ◽  
The Eu

In general the agricultural policy South East European countries are characterized by high volatility, which is expressed in terms of applied instruments and measures as well as in regard to the products to which it relates. In the first phase of price and trade liberalization, most countries have abolished or significantly reduced non-tariff barriers to the import and export of a wide range of products. Also, most countries have reduced or abolished production subsidies and left import tariffs as the main instrument to protect producers. This chapter emphasizes that the further development of CAP in many ways depended on negotiations with the countries of Southeast Europe. Some of these countries are already in the EU and some candidate countries which are at different levels of negotiation with the EU. Southeast European countries are basically agricultural country with low productivity and low prices of agricultural products to be completely restructured. These countries can be reintegrated into CAP only respect the rules and with the help of EU member states.

Characteristics Development of Agriculture and Agricultural Policy Southeast European Countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 948-966
Author(s):  
Zoran Simonovic ◽  
Predrag Vukovic
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
East European ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
High Volatility ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
Production Subsidies ◽  
Characteristics Development ◽  
The Eu

In general the agricultural policy South East European countries are characterized by high volatility, which is expressed in terms of applied instruments and measures as well as in regard to the products to which it relates. In the first phase of price and trade liberalization, most countries have abolished or significantly reduced non-tariff barriers to the import and export of a wide range of products. Also, most countries have reduced or abolished production subsidies and left import tariffs as the main instrument to protect producers. This chapter emphasizes that the further development of CAP in many ways depended on negotiations with the countries of Southeast Europe. Some of these countries are already in the EU and some candidate countries which are at different levels of negotiation with the EU. Southeast European countries are basically agricultural country with low productivity and low prices of agricultural products to be completely restructured. These countries can be reintegrated into CAP only respect the rules and with the help of EU member states.

Migration and security: in search of reconciliation

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Islam Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Security Concerns ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

In this paper a case is made for the necessity of an inter-disciplinary treatment of the migration phenomenon. The paper addresses the relation between migration and security from a reconciliatory perspective after a brief analysis of the migration-security nexus and how migration got securitised. Based on the Foucauldian notion of biopolitics, one can argue that what contributes heavily to the securitisation of migration is the emergence of biopower and biopolitics which are primarily concerned with the control over lives of the population within a given territory. This makes states and societies consider migration as a matter that should be under control, since it is related to the hygiene of the population and nationals of a given state. I, therefore, discuss the EU and other European countries’ policies regarding migration and how biopolitics have influenced securitising the EU’s migration policies. The main argument is that migration can, and should, be treated as an advantage rather than a threat, though it does not deny the security concerns that alway accompany such social phenomenon. The impact of culture and history on migration policies, and how identity politics shape a given country’s policies are discussed. Perceiving migration as either a threat or an opportunity, the way in which a country perceives migrants shapes its migration policies, whether restrictive or multiculturally-tolerant. 

Postcommunist Political Capitalism: A Weberian Interpretation

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 648-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venelin I. Ganev
Keyword(s):  
Good Faith ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
East European ◽  
Political Capitalism ◽  
The Way

“Political capitalism” is a term frequently deployed in analyses of the economic systems that emerged in the former Soviet block after the implosion of communist autocracy. This crisp, evocative phrase effectively expresses the shared feeling that the transmogrifications of the formerly “planned economies” did not lead to the desired consolidation of a “normal” capitalism. Many would say that by the mid-2000s several East European countries had reached a state approximating “Western ordinariness.” But even they would agree that, at least during the first dozen years of postcommunist changes, the somewhat mysterious dynamics shaping postcommunist “economic domains” were marred by persisting “anomalies,” enduring “atavisms,” and recurring “distortions” which originated in the realm of “politics.” One cannot in good faith dispute that there was something “political” about the way the idiosyncratic postcommunist economies functioned throughout the 1990s.

scholarly journals Are the Central East European Countries Pollution Havens?

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso ◽  
Martina Vidovic ◽  
Anca M. Voicu
Keyword(s):  
Trade Flows ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Porter Hypothesis ◽  
Full Sample ◽  
East European ◽  
Weak Support ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pollution Havens ◽  
The Eu

The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between environmental stringency and intra–European Union (EU) trade flows. Two main hypotheses are tested. First, we test whether the stringency of a country's environmental regulations may result in pollution havens. Second, we test whether the results differ by industry and by the EU membership tenure (EU-15 vs. the newly added Central East European Countries). An augmented gravity model is estimated using panel data for 21 countries during the period from 1999 to 2013 for the full sample and also separately for the Central East European Countries and the EU-15 members. Our results show weak support for the pollution haven hypothesis for some dirty industries, mainly for net exports from western EU countries to the rest. Instead, support for the “Porter hypothesis” is found for trade in clean goods.

scholarly journals The land use structure of agricultural holdings in the Central and East European Countries and its evolution  

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Strojny Jacek ◽  
Piecuch Jakub
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Elimination Method ◽  
East European ◽  
Land Use Structure ◽  
Entire Data ◽  
Research Outcome ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Eu

The taxonomy of agricultural holdings’ land use structure of the CEEC countries that are the EU members aims to investigate the diversity of this phenomenon and its evolution in 2005–2010. In order to establish homogenous clusters of land use, a structural taxonomy technique called the vectors elimination method was employed. The research outcome was the split of the entire data set into 5 subgroups characterizing more homogenous land use structures. Migrations of countries between the taxonomic subgroups over time were determined by the character of the transformation of the land use structure.

23. Particular sectors

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Whish ◽  
David Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Military Equipment ◽  
Eu Competition Law ◽  
Competition Rules ◽  
Regulated Industries ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

This chapter deals with three issues. First it examines those sectors of the economy that are wholly or partly excluded from EU competition law, namely nuclear energy, military equipment and agriculture; the special regime for coal and steel products under the former European Coal and Steel Community (‘the ECSC’) Treaty is briefly referred to. Secondly, it describes how the EU competition rules apply to the transport sector. Finally, the chapter considers the specific circumstances of so-called ‘regulated industries’ such as electronic communications, post and energy and the way in which EU and UK competition law apply to them. Constraints of space mean that these matters can be described only in outline; references to specialised literature on the application of competition law to particular sectors will be provided where appropriate.

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