...J. Ndumbe Anyu; Samuel B. Moki In 2007, a South Korean geologist discovered large deposits of diamonds in Cameroon. To Cameroon, this discovery is particularly significant because it has the potential to engineer sustainable development. Cameroon suffers from acute levels of poverty, high...

..., and comparative history conferred jointly by Georgetown University and King’s College London. Copyright 2014 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2014 The Colonial Office and the Retreat from Aden: Great Britain in South Arabia, 1957– 1967 Craig A. Harrington “So we left without glory but without...

...Michael B. Bishku The South Caucasus republics have given great importance to their respective ties with their Middle Eastern neighbors. In general, they have attempted to expand trade with those countries and to avoid involvement in regional disputes. Relations with Turkey and Iran have held...

..., China, and the Territorial Question in South Asia Raju G. C. Thomas The nineteenth-century “great game” has taken on a new twist since 11 September 2001. The struggle over Afghanistan now has regional and global...

...Hussein Solomon 2005 Hussein Solomon is professor of political science at the University of Pretoria and director of the Centre for International Political Studies. He is also a research associate of the Africa Institute of South Africa. Turning Back the Tide...

... largest developing country and promotes South-South cooperation. To better understand Beijing’s interest in reviving the Silk Road and it westward march, one needs to pay closer attention to the ongoing overhaul of China’s periphery diplomacy. Expansion of its influence to the west is a strategic...

... by “reintegrating” South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Adjara. In this context, additional organizational and doctrinal interoperability of Georgian forces was desirable, but only to the extent that it enabled Georgian forces to meet these primary domestic political requirements. For Georgia, a country with a weak...

...Paul R. Pillar The prevailing perception of the threat from international terrorism is that it emanates chiefly from one group, al Qaeda, it is tied to a territorial presence in South Asia, and it is driven by a fixed ideology bent on inflicting maximum damage on the West. The perception stems more...

... bilateral relations between Athens and Moscow. An analysis is presented of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline deal, Greece's participation in the South Stream gas pipeline project, its purchase of Russian tanks, and its more recent strategy of taking a step back from its overall excellent relations...

...Salva Kiir Mayardit This essay reflects the guiding principles, laid out by one of its architects, of the new nation of South Sudan — a nation that assumed its place in the world community on 9 July 2011. Salva Kiir Mayardit is president of South Sudan. This essay is based on his inaugural...

...Justine Williams At the turn of the twenty-first century, when Fidel Castro remained one of the world’s few traditional communist leaders and his relations with the Catholic Church were frosty, the archbishop of the Orthodox Church of North and South America was invited to inaugurate a new church...

... in Afghanistan. The policy of increased militarization crystallized publically in response to domestic campaign pressure rather than because of events on the ground in South Asia. Walter W. Hill is professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan...

... of the major emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and Greece since the end of the Cold War. It focuses on Greece’s relations with Russia and China and the reasons behind Greece’s foreign policy change toward establishing deeper relations with them and the role...

... muttered darkly about Kosovo setting a new precedent in international relations. Observed the Foreign Ministry: “The declaration and recognition of Kosovo’s independence will force Russia to adjust its line regarding Abkhazia and South Ossetia, where the majority of the population has Russian...

..., the presence of U.S. military bases in Japan, and the vast strength of the Chinese and Russian military arsenals in the region. In Africa, where the majority of the countries have ratified the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (NWFZ), South Africa was the only...

... of South America is considerably different in terms of military stability and economic-political reform than the rest of the continent. More importantly, these large group- ings do not challenge our nostalgia. By focusing on Europe or South America...

... Affairs, Inc. 62 Mediterranean Quarterly: Spring 2007 Power and wealth in Sudan have historically been concentrated in the cen- ter, in fact, in just a few tribes. All the peripheral populations — north, south, east, and west — have, as a result, been marginalized and are largely des- titute...

... the South. Southern- ers paid most of the national taxes via high tariffs, and the proceeds were used to build roads, canals, and other “internal improvements,” mainly in 6. David C. Whitney, The American Presidents: Biographies of Our Chief Executives, 10th ed. (New York: Guild America, 2005), 105...

... be relatively easy. In the case of Vietnam, the US effort started out with economic aid and the dispatch of a few hundred military advisers. At a May 1962 press conference shortly after a trip to South Vietnam, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara affirmed that he had “seen nothing but prog- ress...

... States doubled between the decades of the 1980s and 1990s. Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Ghana, and South Africa dominated immigration fl ows to the United States during that period. The high rate at which trained professionals are leaving Africa has cre- ated a crisis. African governments...