... Cameroon’s socioeconomic condition, examines the history of diamond exploration and mining in Cameroon, and analyzes the implications for sustainable development. J. Ndumbe Anyu is associate professor of public administration and public policy at the University of the District of Columbia and assistant...

... to Europe. It is against this backdrop that Cecil Rhodes decided to syndicate diamond mines in South Africa with the objec- tive of creating a balance between demand and supply, and the coalition of the Kimberly and De Beers companies transformed the industry from one characterized by uncertainty...

... was eventually a struggle of various ethnic groups to control the diamond-rich mines of the country and external influences. The interplay of these factors paved the way for the tragedy that the world has witnessed in Sierra Leone over the past decades...

... Agreements as a Migration Alternative The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in the 1860s and subsequent discovery of gold in the 1886 gave rise to massive population movements. The demands of the mining industry resulted in the creation of the contract migrant labor system. Neighboring states...

...Hayat Alvi Ali Carkoglu, Mine Eder, and Kemal Kirisci: The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East. New York: Routledge, 1998. 232 pages. ISBN 0-415-19445-8. $100. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2000 Hayat Alvi is a doctoral candidate in political science...

...; Bor: 1,000 jobless following attack on copper mining plant; Nis: about 1,000 workers idled from damaged tobacco factory; and so forth). FOCUS, a Swiss environmental and humanitarian group, conducted four postwar missions to Kosovo and Serbia proper from June through...

... scheme avoids the ethno- centric bias and simplistic stereotyping that plague many crosscultural stud- ies. Finally, Halpern’s polarity analysis avoids the inherent weaknesses of national character analysis, psychohistory, and other approaches that deter- mine a preordained outcome and place...

... was an attempt to cripple Her Majesty’s democratically elected government. That is the scale of the outrage in which we have all shared; and the fact that we are gathered here now, shocked but composed and deter- mined, is a sign that not only this attack has failed...

... in the Mediterranean. Rome, defeated in World War II, saw the United States as a guarantee of Italian security, whereas the French perceived it as under- mining of their influence.35 Moreover, the Italian government was opposed to the Gaullist concept of a political union of the six EEC members that would...

... to once again be the place in the world where “things happen.” This opportunity is amplified by rapid economic growth in Africa, the coun- tries’ of which, in the past decade, have exploited the discovery of new oil and gas fields and developed such sectors as mining, fishing, and agriculture. Now...

... of the unique economic value of their emery mines. By the 1990s, many had moved away in pursuit of economic or academic opportunities and were experiencing a sense dispossession of their homeland. In each of these moments the elaboration of the myth-­dream has been a way to demonstrate human agency...

... walked over a mine field and lived to talk about it. Obviously, Saint Basil was looking after you.” The minefield was left behind by the defeated Greek communists. But the ground we walked over is covered with snow by late October and stays fro- zen until late March. Layer upon layer of snow had...

... Reviews 171 Ali Carkoglu, Mine Eder, and Kemal Kirisci: The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East. New York: Routledge, 1998. 232 pages. ISBN 0-415-19445-8. $100. Reviewed by Hayat Alvi. The repercussions resulting from the end...

... Carkoglu, Mine Eder, and Kemal Kirisci: The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East. New York: Routledge, 1998. 232 pages. ISBN 0-415-19445-8. $100. Reviewed by Hayat Alvi. The repercussions resulting from the end of the Cold War, trends...

.... The Europeans, in both Europe and the New World, still don’t think muc­h of nature. The blows against nature keep c­oming at the dawn of the twenty-first c­entury under the guise of mining, logging, and fishing; the damming of rivers; and the c­onstruc­tion of elec­tric­ity fac­tories, nuc­lear power...

... under UNCLOS would not be applied. These included provisions on the limitation of seabed production through the imposition of permit requirements, fees, and taxation on seabed mining; a ban on mining absent ISA permission; use of collected money for wealth redistribution in addition to ISA...

...- mined young Rwandan men and women, gathered around the RPF and ably commanded by President Kagame, who stopped the genocide. Yet for many years the international community shamelessly took every opportunity to lecture us and question the legitimacy of the new government of national unity, which...

... reconstruction ($220 million); industry ($400 million); edu- cation ($275 million); health ($540 million); housing ($600 million); and mine clearing ($200 million). 7. John Zarocostas, “Who Bears the Burden for Rebuilding Bosnia? Jump-Starting War-Torn Econ- omy of Bosnia...

..., harmonizing numerous laws, regulations, and practices with the acquis communautaire in order to achieve full compatibility with EU standards. And now we are prepared and deter- mined to embark on this process with full commitment—not only the gov- ernment but also the citizens and the public in general...

... 4 Mediterranean Quarterly: Summer 2001 I am not imbued with the will, or indeed the capacity, to defend the Greek republic’s facing of terrorism. I simply think I owe the children of Brigadier Saunders, as I do mine, an apology. I believe all Greek...