This study evaluates the costs and benefits of nuclear arms control treaties between the US and the Soviet Union/Russian Federation. The report finds that, although the implementation and verification of nuclear arms control regimes can be expensive, these costs pale into insignificance compared to the costs and risks of nuclear rearmament and the consequences of a nuclear arms race.
This comprehensive history, published jointly by the IMF and Oxford University Press, was written to mark the fiftieth anniversary of international monetary cooperation. From the establishment of the postwar international monetary system in 1944 to how the framework functions in a vastly expanded world economy, historian Harol James describes the tensions, negotiations, challenges, and progress…
This report looks at the progress that has been achieved in developing the conflict prevention capacity of the United Nations. It also provides recommendations on how efforts of the United Nations system in this field could be further enhanced, with the cooperation and active involvement of Member States, who ultimately have primary responsibility for conflict prevention. This report stresses t…
Book Summary of India And Russia: Towards Strategic Partnership Russia in the new millennium Russia federation; Towards resolving the global problem Russia and India as strategic partners effective state and Vladimir Putin Russian economy on the way to revival Russia and India: Military & technical co-operation geo-political interests and security concerns Delhi declaration on strategic partner…
Contents: - Opening statement - First panel - Brazil and the United Kingdom in the international political scenery - Second panel - Bilateral economical relations: Brazil and United Kingdom - Third panel - Brazil and the United Kingdom in the global economy etc.
This volume provides a uniquely rich set of arguments and data for prioritizing our responses to some of the most serious problems facing the world today, such as climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts, education, financial instability, corruption, migration, malnutrition and hunger, trade barriers, and water access. Leading economists evaluate the evidence for costs and benefits of v…
Global Health Diplomacy situates this concept firmly within the human rights dialogue and provides a solid framework for understanding global health issues and their negotiation. This up-to-the-minute guide sets out defining principles and the current agenda of the field, and examines key relationships such as between trade and health diplomacy, and between global health and environmental issue…
Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems offers a rigorous overview of twenty-three of the world's biggest problems relating to the environment, governance, economics, and health and population. Leading economists provide a short survey of the state-of-the-art analysis and sketch out some promising policy solutions for which they provide cost-benefit ratios.
This volume contains papers compiled during an in-depth study on the region conducted by the Sejong Institute in the spring of 1991. The chapters in this volume offer a birds-eye view of on-going and potential developments in regional security, intra-regional trade and technology transfers, recent political developments and new pressures on alliance management requirements, the prospect for eco…
Annual Report of the ASEAN Standing Committee 1984-1985 the book chronicles the activities, achievements, and challenges faced by the ASEAN Standing Committee during the period of 1984-1985. The ASEAN Standing Committee served as a crucial body responsible for coordinating and facilitating the efforts of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states to enhance regional cooper…