@misc{Schneiker2005,
  author    = {Schneiker, Andrea},
  title     = {Privatisierung des Milit{\"a}rischen? : Private Milit{\"a}rfirmen als Akteure in der US-Außenpolitik},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48317},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {Since the early 1990s the use of private military companies (PMCs) has proliferated. Especially the United States are increasingly turning to private contractors to perform military tasks. Privatization advocates claim that PMCs work cheaper than the military. In addition to that, PMCs give the cover of plausible deniability that regular troops lack. But the fact that legislative control or public debate are missing raises the question of accountability and underlines the need for legal means to control and regulate PMCs and their operations.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Zimmering2005,
  author    = {Zimmering, Raina},
  title     = {Das mexikanische Milit{\"a}r : von der Revolutionsarmee zur Polizeikraft},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48258},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {The military in Mexico started out as a revolutionary army that secured the regime of the governmental party PRI. The article discusses the change of this army into a national and hemispheric police force under the influence of the USA. Today, the functions of the Mexican army are a mix of fighting against drugs, organized delinquency, terrorism and counterinsurgency and cooperating with US as well as other Latin American forces.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{CecenaMotto2005,
  author    = {Cece{\~n}a, Ana Esther and Motto, Carlos Ernesto},
  title     = {Paraguay : Ausgangspunkt f{\"u}r die Beherrschung des S{\"u}dkegels},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48245},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {Paraguays vast natural resources, especially water, are a source of geopolitical wealth - and trouble. This articleshows how the interests of the USA in this region put Paraguay in a difficult position and turn the country into a playground for international powers. The need to regain national power and real-life influence by the Paraguayan people is especially emphasized. Even though the article concentrates on Paraguay, it also makes clear that this country is part of an US-masterplan for a new order on the American continent.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Kersting2005,
  author    = {Kersting, Norbert},
  title     = {Electronic voting : globaler Trend oder Utopie?},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48004},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {The author discusses the issue whether the internet and other electronic sources should be used for elections. Online-elections can make the electoral process not only less complex but also cheaper, thus the analysis faster and more reliable. The lower costs could, in turn, lead to a new impulse on direct-democracy-instruments. Comparing the USA, Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland the article provides information about national strategies, discourses and problems, and shows the different political and cultural settings.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Arnold2005,
  author    = {Arnold, Hans},
  title     = {Bush II : noch einmal das Gleiche?},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47639},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {The second election of President Bush is the climax of twelve years of successful activity by the Republicans. Rarely before could an American president rely on a majority in both houses of the Congress. Consequently, Bush has ever since his re-election conveyed the impression that he is committed to follow the paths he had taken during his first term at home and in international affairs without any concessions. Therefore, also his new initiatives towards Europe seem to be aimed only to improve the transatlantic atmosphere but not to develop a more cooperative American foreign policy.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Kreft2005,
  author    = {Kreft, Heinrich},
  title     = {"More of the same" in der zweiten Amtszeit? : Die Außenpolitik des George W. Bush},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47625},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {Despite the difficult situation in Iraq, US President Bush easily won a second term, but his room for manoeuvre is now significantly smaller than it was four years ago. He has at least three conflicts on his plate: the first and most critical one in Iraq, the second the continuing war on terror and the third the struggle to consolidate Afghanistan. Conscious of the growing risk of US overstretch, Bush is now reaching out to the European allies. However, most observers anticipate a change in style rather than any real change in substance.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Busch2005,
  author    = {Busch, Christoph},
  title     = {Rechtsradikale Vernetzung im Internet},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9772},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {This article asks how the internet has been contributing to the trans-national networking of the radical right and whether the radical right has the capacity to act as a trans-national movement. Taking into account language difficulties, the ideological background of ultra- nationalism and internal disputes, the analysis shows that the radical right-wing transnational networking has hardly developed. Additionally, its internet users' potential is too low to contribute to a stronger trans-national alignment. The obstacles remain despite improved technological possibilities. This is proven by empirical examples of virtual trans-national networks.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{KraemerKuhn2005,
  author    = {Kr{\"a}mer, Raimund and Kuhn, Armin},
  title     = {Milit{\"a}r und Politik in S{\"u}d- und Mittelamerika : Thesen},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8060},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {This article discusses the complex relationship between the state and the military in Latin American societies. Defining the state in Latin America as a weak one, it contains a typology of the different roles played by the military in the 20th century. In this context, the ambivalent impact of the USA as well as the search of the Latin American military for "new tasks" since the 1990s is discussed. The article concludes with the challenges for civil-military relations in the current democratic regimes in Latin America.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Friesendorf2005,
  author    = {Friesendorf, Cornelius},
  title     = {Drogen, Krieg und Drogenkrieg : die USA und Kolumbien im aussichtslosen Kampf?},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8058},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {The United States, despite impressive efforts, have not reduced Colombian drug supplies over the recent years. Policy ineffectiveness results from problems in Colombia, including poverty, strong non-state actors, as well as a weak state and society. On the US side, ineffectiveness results from a geographically selective approach, a reliance on coercion, and bilateralism. The US has exacerbated human rights violations, environmental destruction, the displacement of the drug industry within Colombia, and the spread of Colombian problems to neighbouring countries.},
  language  = {de}
}