The purpose of this paper is to use cross country regression analysis on a large set of countries from around the world for the year 2007 to test the hypothesis that greater instability, political or economic leads to...The purpose of this paper is to use cross country regression analysis on a large set of countries from around the world for the year 2007 to test the hypothesis that greater instability, political or economic leads to reduced levels of human rights. The results of the paper＇s econometric analysis tend to support the hypothesis that increased levels of either political instability or economic instability are detrimental to human rights within countries.展开更多
This article addresses the evolution of the Internet from a loosely organized, decentralized, and pluralistic system to the Next Internet, a tightly controlled, centralized and commodified system under corporate and g...This article addresses the evolution of the Internet from a loosely organized, decentralized, and pluralistic system to the Next Internet, a tightly controlled, centralized and commodified system under corporate and government control. Drawing on a political economy perspective, it begins by addressing the technologies that comprise the Next Internet. These include Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, and the Internet of Things whose convergence raises significant issues in the political economy of communication and society. The paper concentrates specifically on military, environmental, economic, privacy, and labor problems. It concludes by considering the significance of viewing the Next Internet as a public utility like electricity and water.展开更多
In this paper, we provide a framework of fuzzy landscape theory and discuss an application to alliance analysis. The fuzzy landscape theory may allow us to analyses a variety of aggregation processes in political, eco...In this paper, we provide a framework of fuzzy landscape theory and discuss an application to alliance analysis. The fuzzy landscape theory may allow us to analyses a variety of aggregation processes in political, economic, and social problems in a more flexible manner. The simulation results for the problems of the international alignment of the Second World War in Europe and the coalition formation in standard-setting alliances in the case of the UNIX operating system are compared with those given by the original theory.展开更多
The essay proceeds from the assumptions that for a economic/political integration group to succeed, first, its participants＇ motives should ideally be as alike as possible and not oppose one another and, second, thei...The essay proceeds from the assumptions that for a economic/political integration group to succeed, first, its participants＇ motives should ideally be as alike as possible and not oppose one another and, second, their expectations from inte- gration should correspond to the organisation＇s capabilities. In light of these assumptions, the study endeavours to assess the Eurasian Economic Union＇s （EAEU） potential for stability and development. First, the author analyses the key motives that were driving its member states＇ decisions to enter the organisation, compares them with one another and discusses how the countries＇ motives influence their conduct in the union. Second, the author confronts those motives against the EAEU＇s activities and the general logic of interstate politics on the post-Soviet space to reckon up whether the bloc＇s capabilities fit with the expectations of its member countries. Finally, based on that discussion, the author speculates on how the divergence/convergence of EAEU member states＇ goals, as well as the （in-） feasibility of their expectations, affect the organisation＇s development.展开更多
文摘The purpose of this paper is to use cross country regression analysis on a large set of countries from around the world for the year 2007 to test the hypothesis that greater instability, political or economic leads to reduced levels of human rights. The results of the paper＇s econometric analysis tend to support the hypothesis that increased levels of either political instability or economic instability are detrimental to human rights within countries.
文摘This article addresses the evolution of the Internet from a loosely organized, decentralized, and pluralistic system to the Next Internet, a tightly controlled, centralized and commodified system under corporate and government control. Drawing on a political economy perspective, it begins by addressing the technologies that comprise the Next Internet. These include Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, and the Internet of Things whose convergence raises significant issues in the political economy of communication and society. The paper concentrates specifically on military, environmental, economic, privacy, and labor problems. It concludes by considering the significance of viewing the Next Internet as a public utility like electricity and water.
基金This research is supported by CAS,NSFC and the National Basic Research Programme in Natural Sciences of Vietnam.
文摘In this paper, we provide a framework of fuzzy landscape theory and discuss an application to alliance analysis. The fuzzy landscape theory may allow us to analyses a variety of aggregation processes in political, economic, and social problems in a more flexible manner. The simulation results for the problems of the international alignment of the Second World War in Europe and the coalition formation in standard-setting alliances in the case of the UNIX operating system are compared with those given by the original theory.
文摘The essay proceeds from the assumptions that for a economic/political integration group to succeed, first, its participants＇ motives should ideally be as alike as possible and not oppose one another and, second, their expectations from inte- gration should correspond to the organisation＇s capabilities. In light of these assumptions, the study endeavours to assess the Eurasian Economic Union＇s （EAEU） potential for stability and development. First, the author analyses the key motives that were driving its member states＇ decisions to enter the organisation, compares them with one another and discusses how the countries＇ motives influence their conduct in the union. Second, the author confronts those motives against the EAEU＇s activities and the general logic of interstate politics on the post-Soviet space to reckon up whether the bloc＇s capabilities fit with the expectations of its member countries. Finally, based on that discussion, the author speculates on how the divergence/convergence of EAEU member states＇ goals, as well as the （in-） feasibility of their expectations, affect the organisation＇s development.
