Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Profiting from Panic-Stock Market Crash 2008-2009; Having a Foreign Affair; Introducing the Couch Potato Portfolio; Combinations of Stocks and Bonds Can Have Powerful Returns; Rule 6: Sample a ""Round-the-World"" Ticket to Indexing; Indexing in the United States-An American Father of Triplets; Indexing In Canada-A Landscaper Wins by Pruning Costs…”

“…For more than half a century, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimusho) possessed an independent police force that operated within the space of Japan's informal empire on the Asian continent. …”

“…By July 1995, the involvement of the Netherlands had deepened to the extent that Dutch troops who found themselves trapped in the UN safe area of Srebrenica together with the local Muslim population were unable to prevent the worst massacre in Europe since the Second World War.This study is based on interviews with all the major players, including two former Defence Ministers and two former Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and on documents from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made available under the country's own 'freedom of information act'…”

“…In The Cultural Contradictions of Democracy, John Brenkman dissects the rhetoric that has corrupted today's political discourse and abused the idea of freedom and democracy in foreign affairs. Looking back to the original assumptions and contradictions that animate democratic thought, he attempts to resuscitate the language of liberty and give political debate a fresh basis amid the present global turmoil. …”

“…Measures taken by the government include: a new law defining the aims of co-operation; selection of target countries; an increase in the number of staff assigned to the aid programme; an agreement governing relations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Co-operation (MFA) and Lux-Development, the executive agency. …”

“…The China Story Yearbook 2016: Control surveys the year in China’s economy, population planning, law enforcement and reform, environment, Internet, medicine, religion, education, historiography, foreign affairs, and culture, as well as developments in Taiwan and Hong Kong…”

“…The Global Security Strategy launched in June 2016 by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security, Federica Mogherini, is key to addressing global pressures in a world undergoing continuous transformation and change and in which this 27-member state political system strives not only to adapt but also to play a more decisive role, now and in the future, on the global agenda. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Declining Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Evidence from China (Qingmin Zhang and Lize Yang) -- 10. …”

“…Drawing on the expertise of 28 leading scholars from a range of disciplines, Brexit and Beyond offers various different perspectives on the future of Europe, charting the likely effects of Brexit across a range of areas, including institutional relations, political economy, law and justice, foreign affairs, democratic governance, and the idea of Europe itself. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Constitutionalisation and Democratisation of Foreign Affairs: The Case of Switzerland…”

“…In 2013, the government abolished the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), which had been Canada's flagship foreign aid agency for decades, and transferred its functions to the newly renamed Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD). As the government is rethinking Canadian aid and its relationship with other foreign policy and commercial objectives, the time is ripe to rethink Canadian aid more broadly. …”

“…Pero, al margen de este escenario de guerras, Kameński nos muestra que muchos de estos productos, prohibidos tan solo hace unos años, han formado parte por mucho tiempo de nuestra vida cotidiana, como la cocaína o como la heroína, lanzada al mercado en 1898, junto a la aspirina, como un sedante para la tos. Este libro, que Foreign Affairs califica de «profundo, perturbador e informativo », nos invita a ver la historia y el presente de las drogas con una nueva mirada…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reasserting Labour's traditional values -- The rise of a neoliberal conservatism -- Neoliberalism as a political project -- The demise of the social democratic alternative -- 7 The Conversion of Social Democracy to the 'Third Way' -- Identity, diversity and class -- Identity politics -- From ruling classes to pluralistic elites -- Social democracy moves towards neoliberalism -- Foreign affairs: the global perspective -- An appraisal of New Labour -- Deepening economic inequalities -- New Labour's income policy -- The fall of New Labour -- The revival of socialism in a democratic framework? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) -- The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) -- Policy isomorphism in security and development -- Micro-level processes: influence on donors -- Catalytic policy processes -- Decoupling and autonomy from rest of government -- Security sector reform, aid, and micro-level processes -- Notes -- References -- Part III Globalization's influence on aid agencies -- 6 Processes of globalization: Linking micro and macro -- Gaps in world society explanations of diffusion and uniformity -- Micro-level social processes of world polity influence -- Internalization and certification -- Embeddedness in civil society -- Bureaucratic activism -- Catalytic policy drivers -- Autonomy from rest of government/Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- Making macro-micro linkages -- References -- 7 The globalization of aid: Conclusions on consensus -- Consensus revisited -- Implications for research -- World polity and the nation-state -- Development assistance motivations -- Social processes and the politics of globalization -- Implications for foreign aid actors -- Implications for donor agencies -- Implications for donor-country civil society -- Implications for governments and civil society in recipient countries -- Further inquiry into 'emerging global consensus' -- Additional donors to validate qualitative findings -- The globalization of development assistance policy: impact on the developing world -- Social processes of globalization in the world society / nation-state relationship -- Conclusions on consensus -- References -- Methodological appendix -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs organigramme Description of key terms Bibliography…”

“…Third, by rethinking where Canadian aid is or should be heading, with recommendations for improved In 2013, the government abolished the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), which had been Canada's flagship foreign aid agency for decades, and transferred its functions to the newly renamed Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD). As the government is rethinking Canadian aid and its relationship with other foreign policy and commercial objectives, the time is ripe to rethink Canadian aid more broadly. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Aid effectiveness and results -Progress in implementing the recommendations of the last peer review -All the ingredients for effective aid: a policy, institutions, and a financial framework -From commitment to practice -Aid effectiveness beyond the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation -Progress on ownership -Building capacity that lasts -Making aid more predictable -The urgent need for progress in untying aid -Harmonising work with other donors -Doing more to manage for development results and improve accountability -Assessing the risks of co-operation in fragile states -Future considerations Chapter 6. …”

“…As a study center focusing primarily and solely on ASEAN, in collaboration with the Directorate General of ASEAN Cooperation, Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Center of ASEAN Studies Andalas University, will be hosting the International Conference on ASEAN (IC-ASEAN) as a platform to evaluate past actions, to discuss present issues, and to provide an outlook for the future of ASEAN. …”