This seminal study by Richard N. Gardner examines the economic diplomacy between the United States and the United Kingdom in the years following World War II. The book analyzes how both nations collaborated to rebuild a stable and cooperative system of multilateral trade. Gardner explores key negotiations, policy debates, and institutional developments that shaped the postwar economic order, in…
This book is the sixth volume in a series of official documents covering Dutch foreign trade policy in the 19th century. It contains the Dutch–British negotiations on the 1824 trade and shipping agreement, changes in Dutch shipping policy, and documents relating to the regulation of international trade up to 1870. Published with the assistance of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is a…
This book is a collection of autobiographical narratives and firsthand accounts from West Africans who lived during the slave trade. Edited by Philip D. Curtin, it presents numerous personal accounts that demonstrate the social, political, and cultural impact of the slave trade on African society. Through introductions and annotations by leading historians, the book provides a strong academic c…
Asia Pacific Face-Off is the thirteenth in the Canada Among Nations series published by The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. In recognition of the government's designation of 1997 as Canada's Year of Asia Pacific, the volume focuses on aspects of Canada's relations with the countries in this region. During 1997 Canada will host the annual Leaders Meeting of the Asia Pacific Econ…
Drawing on the Indonesian experience in 1997, this paper demonstrates the complexity of managing banking crises deals. It aims at deriving conclusions from this experience for other developing countries facing similar problems. The paper also refers to comparative experiences of other countries, in particular Malaysia and Thailand, examines the IMF programme and reveals its shortcomings. Th…
This paper discusses the trade-strategy options of low-income countries, the areas of greatest interest to developing countries, as well as those that are to pose the greatest difficulties, the question of how developing countries can enhance the effectiveness of their participation in the new Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and also makes some suggestions on how to change WTO governa…
The articles in this collection represent a set of penetrating analyses of aspects of the negotiations underway, as well as reform proposals and adjustment processes to which CARICOM countries have been, and will be subjected for the foreseeable future. Collectively, they consider the roles of the political economist, small State diplomat, development journalist and non-State actors. They look …
To realize the vision of Golden Indonesia 2045 when Indonesia is aimed to be one of the world’s top 10 economies, Indonesia must take all the necessary steps to strengthen its economic foundation. Among the steps are through strengthening international trades. While trade with the countries in the European Union, North America, and East Asia constitute the largest part of Indonesia’s curren…
The relations between ASEAN and China occupy a unique and important position in the foreign relations of the Asia-Pacific region. China and Southeast Asia's political, strategic and economic importance in the realm of international relations has been transformed by the region's unprecedented economic growth, unexpected financial crisis, and turbulent political changes.
The quest for oil can be seen as a defining principle of global US foreign policy, an imperative which has shaped and redefined the practice of American diplomacy, especially in the wake of 9/11, which raised questions about the stability of global oil resources. In "Energy and US Foreign Policy", Ahmed Mahdi relates the military expansion of the world's biggest superpower to its quest to gain …