Stability

Marie-Ann Betschinger

International Trade and Investment Agreements and Foreign Direct Investment Activities in Developing and Emerging Economies

Evidence from Japanese Multinational Companies

Probleme und Chancen der Globalisierung

Foreign companies often forego high profile corporate investments in developing markets fearing regulatory opacity, investment barriers, or political instability. Host and investor home governments can develop appropriate strategies to mitigate such risks and attract FDI into these markets. One policy tool available to achieve this goal is […]

Ilona Steiler

The European Union and China in Africa

Explaining Conflict and Cooperation with International Relations Theory

Regensburger Studien zur Internationalen Politik

The Chinese quest for African resources, market opportunities, and political influence in African countries has caught the attention of Western media and analysts. The depiction of Beijing’s „safari“ into Africa mainly presents a negative image of the Chinese engagement: China is said to risk political stability on the continent by politically […]

Anca-Diana Barbu

Investing in Renewable Energy Sources

An Assessment of Non-Technological Issues in Central and Eastern Europe

Wirtschaftspolitik in Forschung und Praxis

On May 1st 2004, the European Union has seen the most ambitious enlargement in its history in terms of expansion scale as well as political and economic challenges. With the accession process, the new Member States (NMS) assumed a double responsibility. On one hand, these countries will have to continue making efforts to catch up with Western […]

Johannes L. Ziegler

The Strategy of Preemption in U.S. Foreign Policy

When and why the U.S. Military Targets a Nation‘s Weapons of Mass Destruction Program

Regensburger Studien zur Internationalen Politik

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), international terrorism, and their nexus are widely regarded as the gravest threats to peace and stability in the 21st century. To counter these threats, the Bush Administration formulated the National Security Strategy 2002, announcing that the U.S. „will, if necessary, act preemptively? […]

Robert Chudzik

The Bad Debt Crisis and its Impact on the Banking Reform in Poland

Studienreihe Volkswirtschaften der Welt

The painful process of economic transition has loomed over Poland during the 1990ies. It was launched by abolishing the mechanism of central planning and by a radical liberalisation both in respect to price setting and market entry. It was soon realised that the success of the reform heavily depended on how the process of widespread […]