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Small Countries’ EU Council Presidency and the Realisation of their National Interests: The Case of Slovenia 小国担任欧盟理事会主席及其国家利益的实现:以斯洛文尼亚为例
IF 1.4 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0015
M. Svetličič, Kira Cerjak
Abstract The main goal of the article is to establish how a small country, Slovenia, promoted its national interests when it held the Presidency of the Council of the EU, how this experience fits into the theory of small states and what lessons can be drawn for other small states. Based on a questionnaire administered to key Slovenian actors in the presidency, the analysis confirmed some of the theoretical expectations and revealed certain disparities. Our analysis confirms theoretical predictions that a member state can push through its national interests more easily during its presidency because it possesses certain powers that enable it to set the agenda, which is the most effective way of realising national interests. Especially true in the case of small state presidencies, advocating national interests can also be facilitated by a smaller range of priorities and a greater level of coincidence with the interests of other key actors. We revealed that, besides the country’s size, other factors also limited its ability to fulfil its national interests. In addition to a weak ability for coalition building and lobbying, the two main factors of constraint were the lack of soft knowledge among Slovenian officials and weak coordination among policy agents.
本文的主要目的是建立小国斯洛文尼亚在担任欧盟理事会主席期间如何促进其国家利益,这一经验如何与小国理论相适应,以及其他小国可以从中吸取什么教训。根据对斯洛文尼亚总统职位的主要参与者进行的问卷调查,分析证实了一些理论上的期望,并揭示了某些差异。我们的分析证实了理论上的预测,即成员国在担任主席国期间更容易推动其国家利益,因为它拥有一定的权力,使其能够制定议程,这是实现国家利益的最有效方式。在小州总统的情况下尤其如此,倡导国家利益也可以通过较小范围的优先事项和与其他关键行为者的利益更大程度的重合来促进。我们发现,除了国家的规模之外,其他因素也限制了它实现国家利益的能力。除了组建联盟和游说能力较弱外,制约因素主要有两个:斯洛文尼亚官员缺乏软知识和政策代理人之间协调不力。
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引用次数: 7
‘Justice seen is Justice done?’ - Assessing the Impact of Outreach Activities by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) “眼见的正义就是实现的正义?”-评估卢旺达问题国际刑事法庭(卢旺达问题国际法庭)外联活动的影响
IF 1.4 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0017
Philipp Schulz
Abstract By referring to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) as a case study, this paper seeks to explore the impact of outreach activities by international criminal tribunals. Building upon primary field research findings, including twenty-seven in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with 108 respondents, this paper applies a theory-driven investigation of the impact of outreach activities by the ICTR. Contrary to the theoretical argument, on a national level throughout society over time, outreach activities by the ICTR did neither increase awareness and understanding, nor shape positive perceptions towards the Tribunal and its expected contribution to reconciliation. Furthermore, a comparison of groups of outreach participants and control groups shows that outreach did increase the level of knowledge among beneficiaries of such activities. An increased understanding, however, cannot be correlated with more positive perceptions towards the Tribunal or its role in promoting reconciliation.
摘要本文以卢旺达问题国际刑事法庭(ICTR)为例,探讨国际刑事法庭外联活动的影响。基于主要的实地研究结果,包括27次深入访谈和与108名受访者的焦点小组讨论,本文对卢旺达问题国际法庭外联活动的影响进行了理论驱动的调查。与理论上的论点相反,在国家一级,随着时间的推移,卢旺达问题国际法庭的外联活动既没有增加认识和了解,也没有形成对法庭及其对和解的预期贡献的积极看法。此外,对外联活动参与者和控制组的比较表明,外联活动确实提高了此类活动受益者的知识水平。但是,增进了解不能与对法庭或其在促进和解方面的作用有更积极的看法相联系。
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引用次数: 1
Prosecuting War Crimes and Meeting Obligations under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms at the Same Time – the Case of Croatia 起诉战争罪并同时履行《保护人权和基本自由公约》规定的义务-克罗地亚的情况
IF 1.4 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0016
Lara Barberić, Davorka Čolak, Jasmina Dolmagić
Abstract This article aims to give an overview of how human rights violations that occurred during the Homeland War in Croatia are redressed by conducting criminal prosecution in the Republic of Croatia. Namely, criminal prosecution as one of the elements of transitional justice is essential not only for establishing the accountability of war crime perpetrators, but also as a warning that such violations shall not be tolerated in the future. Moreover, drawing on the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, this article examines how the efforts made by national prosecution bodies to investigate war crimes are assessed by this court. It concludes with the idea that both prosecution of war crimes and protection of human rights, as guaranteed by The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the European Court of Human Rights, seek to achieve the same goal, i.e. protecting the most basic human rights of the war crimes victims and other individuals.
本文旨在概述如何通过在克罗地亚共和国进行刑事起诉来纠正克罗地亚国土战争期间发生的侵犯人权行为。也就是说,刑事起诉作为过渡时期司法的要素之一,不仅对于确定战争罪犯的责任至关重要,而且对于警告今后不得容忍这种违法行为也至关重要。此外,本文借鉴欧洲人权法院的判例,审查了该法院如何评价国家检察机构为调查战争罪行所作的努力。它的结论是,起诉战争罪行和保护《保护人权和基本自由公约》和欧洲人权法院所保障的人权,都力求达到同一目标,即保护战争罪行受害者和其他个人的最基本人权。
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引用次数: 3
Demographic Security Trends in Southeastern Europe 东南欧人口安全趋势
IF 1.4 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2015-08-10 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0011
D. Malnar, A. Malnar
Abstract Over the past three decades we have witnessed an evolution of the concept of security in general and of demographic security as a specific field of security studies. The approach to security has been changing both in regards to a widening of subjects and referent objects of security, and a widening of the security domain. Consideration of the demographic component in the security sphere has evolved in accordance with this development; the scope of perspectives through which demographic security is viewed and defined has expanded - the population composition, population dynamics and human capital paradigm. Aspects of demographics and security are in continuous interaction and interdependence which significantly determines demographic security and national security. The aim of this paper is to establish a specific link between demographic security and security in ten post-socialist countries of South Eastern Europe (SEE). In accordance with this aim, an analysis has been made of the compositional elements and population dynamics in order to determine demographic security of the observed states. The analysis indicates unfavourable demographic security, and negative demographic composition and dynamics in most of observed states, which suggests that demographic security will have a continuing negative impact on the security of the countries analysed and the region as a whole.
在过去三十年中,我们目睹了一般安全概念和作为安全研究的一个特定领域的人口安全概念的演变。安全研究方法的变化不仅体现在安全主体和安全客体的扩大上,也体现在安全领域的扩大上。对安全领域人口组成部分的审议已根据这一事态发展而演变;看待和界定人口安全的视角范围已经扩大- -人口构成、人口动态和人力资本范例。人口与安全的各个方面不断相互作用和相互依存,这在很大程度上决定了人口安全和国家安全。本文的目的是在东南欧的十个后社会主义国家(SEE)建立人口安全和安全之间的具体联系。根据这一目标,分析了组成因素和人口动态,以确定所观察国家的人口安全。分析表明,在大多数观察到的国家中,不利的人口安全以及消极的人口构成和动态,这表明人口安全将对所分析国家和整个地区的安全产生持续的负面影响。
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引用次数: 8
China’s Global Order: a New Paradigm in South to South Relations 中国的全球秩序:南南关系的新范式
IF 1.4 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2015-08-01 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0012
E. Contipelli, S. Picciau
Abstract This article analyses the evolution of Chinese political foreign policy and its strategy in approaching developing and less developed nations. In this context, the relationship between China and Latin America appears to reveal the practice of the Beijing Consensus when considering their interests: China needs natural resources and new markets for its products, and Latin America needs financial aid and loans to develop its infrastructure and provide social programmes. The absence of the US in the region and the rise of political movements denouncing the American imperialism of the Washington Consensus are all factors that contribute to the expansion of Chinese influence. All these considerations allow a discussion concerning the new role of China in developing countries as an expression of a new emerging order in which China is assuming an important role.
本文分析了中国政治外交政策的演变及其对发展中国家和欠发达国家的策略。在这种背景下,中国与拉美的关系似乎在考虑双方利益时揭示了“北京共识”的实践:中国需要自然资源和产品的新市场,而拉美需要财政援助和贷款来发展基础设施和提供社会项目。美国在该地区的缺席,以及谴责美帝国主义“华盛顿共识”的政治运动的兴起,都是导致中国影响力扩大的因素。所有这些考虑都允许讨论中国在发展中国家的新角色,作为中国正在发挥重要作用的新秩序的一种表现。
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引用次数: 1
Obama’s Dual Discourse on American Exceptionalism 奥巴马关于美国例外论的双重论述
IF 1.4 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2015-08-01 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0010
Miloš Hrnjaz, M. Krstić
Abstract This paper analyses the highly contested concept of American exceptionalism, as described in the speeches of Barak Obama. The authors of the paper use discourse analysis to show that Obama is using the idea of American exceptionalism on two levels: US foreign policy and the US stance towards international law. Our conclusion is that Obama uses an implicit dual discourse in both these fields. Obama favours active US foreign policy, based on soft power instruments and multilateralism. He insists that American exceptionalism does not mean that the US can exempt itself from the norms of international law, however, he does not think the US should always have a very active foreign policy. He makes room for unilateral acting and the use of hard power instruments in foreign policy. He allows for the use of force even if is not in accordance with the norms of international law, when US national interests are threatened.
本文分析了巴拉克•奥巴马在演讲中所描述的备受争议的美国例外论概念。本文作者通过话语分析表明,奥巴马在美国外交政策和美国对国际法的立场两个层面上运用了美国例外论的思想。我们的结论是,奥巴马在这两个领域都使用了隐含的双重话语。奥巴马支持基于软实力手段和多边主义的积极的美国外交政策。他坚持认为,美国例外论并不意味着美国可以不受国际法规范的约束,但他认为美国不应该总是采取非常积极的外交政策。他为单边行动和在外交政策中使用硬实力手段留出了空间。他允许在美国国家利益受到威胁时使用武力,即使不符合国际法准则。
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引用次数: 2
Introduction: Congressional Views on NATO Enlargement: Limited Domestic Interest with Few Votes to Gain 导言:国会对北约东扩的看法:国内利益有限,得票不多
IF 1.4 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2015-08-01 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0009
Ryan C. Hendrickson
At NATO’s 2014 Wales Summit, the alliance, across a number of issue-areas, reaffirmed its interest in expanding its outreach activities and partnerships. Whether it is the possibility of new partnerships on missile defense, the improvement of NATO’s Naval and cyber-defense capabilities to work more effectively with other international organizations, partners, or nonpartner states, or in general the backing for new partnerships, the Wales Summit Declaration expressed broad sentiment for an increasingly global military organization (Edström, Haaland and Petersson 2011). On future enlargement plans, most significantly the document states:
在2014年北约威尔士峰会上,该联盟在多个问题领域重申了扩大其外联活动和伙伴关系的兴趣。无论是在导弹防御方面建立新伙伴关系的可能性,提高北约海军和网络防御能力,以便与其他国际组织、伙伴或非伙伴国家更有效地合作,还是总体上支持新的伙伴关系,威尔士峰会宣言都表达了对日益全球化的军事组织的广泛看法(Edström, Haaland and Petersson 2011)。关于未来的扩大计划,最重要的是,该文件指出:
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引用次数: 1
“Why do I have to trust you?” The perspective from civil society on active citizenship in post–communist Albania “我为什么要相信你?”公民社会对后共产主义阿尔巴尼亚积极公民身份的看法
IF 1.4 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2015-08-01 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0014
Elona Dhembo, V. Duci, Juliana Ajdini
Abstract Civil society (CS) is the main medium in which active citizenship can flourish and have an impact on good governance and democracy. The communist past has played a major role in CS underdevelopment across Eastern European countries but research primarily targeting the elites has explained little of how citizenry has developed and mapped little of the cross-country variation. This paper attempts to increase understanding, looking at the case of Albania, where low levels of active citizenships are documented1, as the main indicator of this underdevelopment. Data from in-depth interviews with key informants explain that it results from a combination of historical factors with current determinants such as the low perceived level of impact, the transparency of CS actors and the political influence believed to often dictate their agendas. These and additional explorations of gender and age differences lead to suggested new strategies to boost active citizenship in the country.
公民社会(CS)是积极公民能够蓬勃发展并对善治和民主产生影响的主要媒介。共产主义的过去在东欧国家的社会主义欠发达中发挥了重要作用,但主要针对精英的研究几乎没有解释公民是如何发展的,也没有绘制出跨国差异的地图。本文试图增进人们的理解,着眼于阿尔巴尼亚的情况,在那里,记录在案的活跃公民人数水平很低,这是这种不发达的主要指标。对关键信息提供者进行深入访谈的数据解释说,这是历史因素与当前决定因素(如感知到的影响程度较低、社会主义行为者的透明度以及据信经常决定其议程的政治影响)相结合的结果。这些以及对性别和年龄差异的进一步探索,提出了促进该国积极公民身份的新策略。
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引用次数: 1
Am I an Active Citizen? Women’s Narratives of Citizenship Practices in Albania 我是积极公民吗?阿尔巴尼亚妇女对公民实践的叙述
IF 1.4 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2015-08-01 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0013
Eriada Çela
Abstract This study explores the topic of citizenship as related to the practices of twelve Albanian women. This research utilizes literature on gender and citizenship as a framework for comparing and analysing the narratives of women who exert their political citizenship through civil society and governmental political bodies. First, this study explores the ways the interviewees perceive citizenship while analysing women’s narratives to get at their spoken and unspoken specificities. Secondly, it discusses their conceptualisations of themselves as active citizens and analyses how their expressed perceptions relate to their identification as political actors with regards to their identities as women. Thirdly, it analyses issues of relevance to women’s engagement as active citizens as they appear from women’s individual experiences of citizenship in the narratives. This research focuses on the way interviewed Albanian women perceive themselves in relation to their citizenship and what their experiences as citizens say about their self-identification as agents with a say in the issues that affect their lives.
本研究探讨了与12名阿尔巴尼亚妇女的实践有关的公民身份主题。本研究利用关于性别和公民身份的文献作为框架,比较和分析通过民间社会和政府政治机构行使其政治公民身份的妇女的叙述。首先,本研究在分析女性叙事的同时,探讨了受访者感知公民身份的方式,以获得她们说出口和未说出口的特殊性。其次,它讨论了她们作为积极公民的概念,并分析了她们所表达的观念如何与她们作为政治行动者的身份以及她们作为女性的身份相关联。第三,它分析了与女性作为积极公民参与相关的问题,这些问题从叙事中女性的个人公民经历中出现。这项研究的重点是受访的阿尔巴尼亚妇女如何看待自己与公民身份的关系,以及她们作为公民的经历如何说明她们作为在影响她们生活的问题上有发言权的代理人的自我认同。
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Political Criteria vs. Political Conditionality: Comparative analysis of Slovenian and Croatian European Union accession processes 政治标准与政治条件:斯洛文尼亚和克罗地亚加入欧盟进程的比较分析
IF 1.4 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2015-02-20 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0004
Ana Bojinović Fenko, Ana Urlić
Abstract This study analyses the differences in content and procedure in the application of political criteria and political conditionality in the EU accession processes of Slovenia and Croatia. The article ascertains that with regard to substance, the Commission and EU member states did apply political criteria more extensively and meticulously to Croatia in comparison to Slovenia, but mainly due to the difference in the states’ initial assessment of preparedness for EU membership and the application of the principle of own merits. Empirical results, however, show that the differences in political conditionality did not only stem from Croatia’s post-conflict conditions, but also from the EU’s experience of the 2004 and 2007 enlargements and the concern about the EU’s absorption capacity. As for the accession process procedure, the latter has increasingly empowered the Commission rather than EU member states, which bears relevance for future (Western Balkans) enlargements
摘要本研究分析了斯洛文尼亚和克罗地亚加入欧盟过程中政治标准和政治条件的应用在内容和程序上的差异。文章确定,就实质而言,与斯洛文尼亚相比,委员会和欧盟成员国确实更广泛和细致地对克罗地亚适用政治标准,但主要是由于各国对欧盟成员资格准备情况的初步评估和对自身优点原则的应用存在差异。然而,实证结果表明,政治条件的差异不仅源于克罗地亚的冲突后条件,还源于欧盟2004年和2007年扩大的经验以及对欧盟吸收能力的担忧。至于加入程序,后者越来越多地授权委员会而不是欧盟成员国,这与未来(西巴尔干)扩大有关
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