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This dissertation centers on the investigation of norm diffusion processes in developing countries facilitated by environmental bilateral cooperation. It particularly identifies conditions promoting the diffusion of cleaner production (CP) norms in Indonesia, supported by German and Indonesian environmental bilateral cooperation, known as the Program Lingkungan Hidup, phase II (Environmental Program-Pro LH II Project) from 2004-2008. This research acknowledges the tendency of global norms to diffuse into national politics; yet, they produce different degrees of compliance towards different states. Indeed, the...
There are tensions in the intensification of economic exchange between China and Germany. This work attempts to identify and analyze the causes of these tensions. Various analysis methods from the theory of international relations and political science are used. The bilateral relations between China and Germany from 1990 to 2009 in normal and crisis mode were selected as concrete research objects for a case analysis. The focus of the investigations is on the relationship between foreign policy and political culture...
The development of the European security architecture in the post-bipolar period is subject to immense economic fluctuations and dynamics in terms of security policy, which came to the fore after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the communist bloc. Turkey, which belonged to the Western camp during the "Cold War", today, like the European Union, sees itself facing major challenges in maintaining security policy stability within its sphere of interest. Asymmetric warfare, wars of the 'third...