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THE DEATH OF A SOVEREIGN INDEPENDENT STATE The coming apart of Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1992 has been referred to variously as the 'fall,' the 'disintegration,' the 'collapse,' and the [...]

Few environmental issues will have a more profound effect on economic and political trends in the coming years than that of energy. The supply and price of oil, as well as of electricity and other forms of power, will help determine the stability of economic growth in the industrialized world; have an enormous impact on the ability of many developing nations to keep growing; and perhaps govern the very future of several key areas of the world, including the Middle East, Central Asia - and, increasingly, the entire Asia-Pacific region. This Policy Forum offers a handful of views on some of the most important energy issues of the day. After a brief but comprehensive survey of worldwide energy futures, drawn from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's annual outlook, the section offers four thoughtful essays on energy's growing role in four countries or regions - Russia, Northeast Asia, Central Asia, and India., Energy policy shall continue to play a major role in world economics by influencing the ability of developing nations such as those in East Asia and the former Soviet republics to keep growing. The decline in Russian energy production and the energy crisis in India, for example, poses serious economic ramifications which may be remedied only through the assistance of foreign investors or lending institutions., World energy consumption is projected to increase from 346 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) to 472 quadrillion Btu between 1990 and 2010, an increase of 1.6 percent annually [ILLUSTRATION FOR [...]

Several books have been written and released since Yugoslavia disintegrated violently and as war or civil war (depending on how leaders or analysts interpret the violence) raged in the newly [...]

This paper examines three images of the Third World (postcolonial, nonaligned, and less developed states) and four types of security (international, transnational, regional, and internal) on three continents (Asia, Africa, and Latin America). In the first image, the Third World is defined by a postcolonial racial divide between the former European colonial powers and their decolonized empires. The second image of the Third World is the lingering legacy of the Non-Aligned Movement, which comprised the states outside of the American and Soviet blocs. The third image is that of the less developed world and the continuing struggle between rich and poor, both among and within states. The four forms of security--international, transnational, regional, and internal--encompass interstate conflicts; civil wars, revolutions, and their spillover effects; nationalism and interethnic conflict and the prospect of failed states; the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons; transnational terrorism; the illicit narcotics trade; and perceived negative consequences of globalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]