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...Zlatko Šabič; Ana Bojinović Fenko; Petra Roter The essay contributes to the scholarship on parliamentary diplomacy in the Mediterranean region through the lens of a small state: Slovenia. We argue that, because of limited resources, small states need to diversify their means of foreign policy...

...-thirsty India) vie for partnerships with the energy-rich former Soviet republics. Russia lays special claim to what it sees as its “near abroad” (notably, the Caucasus and Central Asia), and its leaders strive to limit US influence over the energy resources of the CSB. China, a global economic power still...

... financial crisis has limited the availability of resources for the implementa- tion of an effective public diplomacy toward the Black Sea and elsewhere. While certain aspects of Greek culture remain popular, religious affili- ation with most Black Sea countries is a mixed blessing. On the one hand...

...Gawdat Bahgat Egypt holds limited proven oil and gas reserves. Increasingly, these hydrocarbon resources cannot meet the country’s rising energy demand. Consequently, Cairo has turned to nuclear and renewable power. In addition, the Egyptian authorities are under heavy pressure to restrain...

... local government as provided in the CPA. To buy time as the clock ticks, he refuses to proceed. The highly volatile Abyei area, thus, remains largely in the hands of the Sudanese army. The SPLA is, in many ways, the reason the CPA exists. This rebel army, with very limited resources, could...

..., but others have argued that the bank’s involvement in projects of this magnitude divert limited resources away from the financing of such social programs as education and health. It is hard to argue that the World Bank’s investments in the oil project...

... because of a “slow transformation of the rural economy following a long demographic decline” in the cen- tral region of Cyprus that surrounds the church. However, the associated church — as opposed to the building itself — continued to operate to serve the local population. Limited resources...

... of the rural economy following a long demographic decline” in the cen- tral region of Cyprus that surrounds the church. However, the associated church — as opposed to the building itself — continued to operate to serve the local population. Limited resources available meant that the unique murals...

... and allocate its limited resources beyond its domain. The first general election under the one-party system was also characterized by violence, especially in the Pujehun dis- trict, where some frustrated citizens formed the Ndoghorwusi, a guerrilla movement...

...-Mediterranean Partnership,” IEMed, forthcoming at www .iemed.org. Calleya: The Union for the Mediterranean  69 limited resources to areas that are gradually showing signs of improvement. Three such areas that have dominated proceedings since 1995 are regional...

... the success of NATO’s missions or will do so in the future. Given the small size of its military and limited resources, FYROM’s participation in Afghanistan, Iraq (a non-NATO mission), and in other areas fails to show that its membership in NATO would be a substantial boon to the alliance. FYROM...

... and the Islamization of Spanish Politics,” Mediterranean Quarterly 16, no. 3 (2005): 86 – 101. Vidino; Gunaratna. Celso: Spanish Post-3/11 Antiterror Policy  15 Al Qaeda operations in Spain were facilitated by the fact that the Spanish intelligence establishment had limited...

... Relations president Richard Haas noted that nei- ther candidate had quite matched increasingly limited resources with their proposed programs. The date was 26 September as the national and interna- tional financial crisis was accelerating, and Obama himself was complaining 12  Mediterranean Quarterly...

... and from 1997 to 2000. Future Prospects Intense competition continues among major weapons suppliers. However, the limited resources of most developing nations to expend on weapons, and the need of many selling nations to secure cash for their weapons, places...

... responses that engulfed the country — but the competition for limited resources engendered by ISI and the assumption among claimants that the state was capable of addressing their demands played an important role. Ironically, as Henri Barkey observes, these claims were unsuccessful: “The state...

... it supported a destabi- lizing war, catered to Morocco’s expansionist ambitions, and isolated Alge- ria, a country that has the greatest potential among the Maghreb countries to coordinate regional economic development. The limited resources of Morocco...

... can be undertaken to utilize South Africa’s limited human and material resources more effec- tively. First, the number of international entry points needs to be reduced to avoid spreading personnel too thinly on the ground. Second, there is a tre- mendous need for greater interdepartmental...

... too far down society’s administrative tiers may create problems of control and coordination of limited resources.21 On the other hand, devolution only to the provincial level may encourage large-­scale development projects that are largely motivated by the desire for prestige. King Mohammed VI...

... arrangements may also promote more efficient use of resources and limit the kind of investment coordination problems that would arise if there were simply a free-­for-­all.58 As Ronald Coase might argue, without states to set out property rights and systems for enforcing them, the world has externality...

... from the West in exchange for maintaining a stiff resolve against Soviet interference, protecting the rest of the region in turn from intru- sions from the Soviet sphere. Britain joined as a way of continuing its influ- ence in the region without taxing its limited resources.13 But members...