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Die Staaten der Welt haben auf die Terroranschläge des 11. September 2001 und die nachfolgenden Militärschläge gegen Afghanistan unterschiedlich reagiert. In der Region Ost- und Südostasien waren die Staaten je nach Position im Gefüge der internationalen Beziehungen und je nach innerer...
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of entrepreneurial activities in Croatia, new EU members, and South East European countries. The data used in this paper …
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“Being rich in energy resources – a blessing or a curse” finds that an energy resource curse plagues many EU supplier …
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-European Union (EU) relations, the deterioration in its relationship with Israel, and the Arab Spring events that have engulfed … countries in its periphery. Since the EU plays an important role in terms of the democratic and economic transformation of … Turkey, the country’s accession to the EU would be important in ensuring both the continuance of its soft power strategy …
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The conservative AKP came to power in Turkey in 2002 and ever since, it has been accused of following an Islam-driven domestic and foreign policy by many critics. This article argues that AKP has pursued only a moderate conservative agenda in the domestic arena which is consistent with its...
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On 1 May 2004, the world witnessed the largest expansion in the history of the European Union (EU). This process has … lent new weight to the idea of an expanded EU involvement in East Asia. This paper will examine the question of whether … there has been a change in the EU’s foreign policy with respect to its Taiwan policy after the fifth enlargement. It …
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KEY ISSUES Context: Moderate growth is continuing; however credit and wage growth are weak. The level of nonperforming loans (NPLs) remains high and public debt has risen sharply in recent years. Fiscal policy: Medium-term funding needs to roll over existing debt and to fund budget deficits are...
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This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Montenegro’s recovery from the collapse of the lending boom in 2008 has been slowed by the debt overhang that remains in the private sector. Output contracted in 2012 because of unusually severe winter weather early in the year, as well as...
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Labor markets in the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and …
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): Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Design/methodology/approach – The European Bank …
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