@misc{Grosse2003,
  author    = {Große, Ines},
  title     = {Ethnizit{\"a}t und Zuwanderung in Deutschland},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9547},
  year      = {2003},
  abstract  = {The central focus of this essay is the "politicisation" of ethnicity in contemporary German immigration policy and its underlying ethnic ideology. Emphasis is put on the relevance of ethnicity and how it is viewed within the framework of German immigration policy. The author discusses German citizenship policy and its ideology, which creates ethnic boundaries in order to serve as a mechanism to defend limited access to German citizenship. The effects of the elevation of so-called ethnic groups through privileged immigration are explained with the example of ethnic German emigrants living in the former Soviet Union - the "Auslandsdeutschen" - and the process of their ethnic formation.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Heintze2003,
  author    = {Heintze, Hans-Joachim},
  title     = {V{\"o}lkerrecht und Ethnizit{\"a}t},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9559},
  year      = {2003},
  abstract  = {Both universal and regional international instruments seek to maintain and to strengthen peace and security through the development of friendly and co-operative relations between equally sovereign states respecting human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. History shows that failure to respect minority rights can undermine stability within states and negatively affect relations between states, thus endangering international peace. While minority situations vary greatly and the ordinary democratic process may be adequate to respond to the needs and aspirations of minorities, experience also shows that special measures are often required to facilitate the effective participation of minorities in public life. The article analyzes the contribution of international law to this field.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Kneip2003,
  author    = {Kneip, Sascha},
  title     = {Die sozialphilosophischen Grundlagen des demokratischen Wohlfahrtsstaats},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9570},
  year      = {2003},
  abstract  = {At the beginning of the 21st century the welfare state is under pressure from two sides. On the one hand, there is "globalisation", on the other hand seems to be some sort of normative crisis of the welfare state's moral foundations. The welfare state is said to curtail individual freedom and autonomy. This article rejects this assumption by exploring the philosophical and moral foundations of the welfare state, thereby demonstrating that it is essentially necessary for individual freedom and autonomy. Furthermore, it is shown that individual freedom is also the core principle of liberal democracy and that the welfare state is therefore an indispensable prerequisite for democracy itself.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Boettger2006,
  author    = {B{\"o}ttger, Katrin},
  title     = {Ostpolitik als Nachbarschaftspolitik},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-10108},
  year      = {2006},
  abstract  = {Mit diesem Heft wird die Diskussion {\"u}ber eine neue deutsche Ostpolitik fortgesetzt und abgeschlossen. Diese hatte im Heft Nr. 49 mit Thesen von Jochen Franzke begonnen, im n{\"a}chsten Heft wurden erste Beitr{\"a}ge publiziert. Insgesamt haben sich Wissenschaftler und Politiker aus Deutschland, {\"O}sterreich, Polen, Finnland und Tschechien beteiligt. Die Debatte schließt mit Schlussbemerkungen des Initiators. Ulrich Best, Katrin B{\"o}ttger, Vladimir Handl, Heinz Timmermann, Christian Wipperf{\"u}rth, Sabina W{\"o}lkner, Gesine Schwan, Dieter Segert, Beata Wilga, Markus L{\"o}ning und Ole Diehl, Angelica Schwall-D{\"u}ren, Wolfgang Gehrcke und Jochen Franzke},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Schubert2001,
  author    = {Schubert, Peter},
  title     = {Der albanische Faktor nach dem Kosovo-Krieg},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9404},
  year      = {2001},
  abstract  = {Two years after the end of the "hot war" in Kosovo, the situation on the Balkans remains extremely tense. The West embraced the illusion to provide the Kosovo-Albanians with conditions for a substantial autonomy under the umbrella of an international protectorate. The Kosovo-Albanians considered the substantial autonomy as a milestone on their way to independence, while a new Yugoslav-Serbian administration counted on regaining sovereign rights in Kosovo. The escalation of the crisis provided a fresh impetus for new expectations regarding the national question. The claim to separate Kosovo from Yugoslavia had been strengthened. The Albanian role in this process remained ambiguous. Albania has to be considered as an actor and an object, and it perceives its national geopolitical and security interests as affected by the process in Kosovo. Tirana's political orientation is strongly moving towards the Euro-Atlantic community, yet hegemonic interests vis-{\`a}-vis Kosovo might play an important role besides Tirana's own limited political influence over the developments in Kosovo.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Tetzlaff2001,
  author    = {Tetzlaff, Rainer},
  title     = {Rettung f{\"u}r Afrika? : Deutsche Entwicklungspolitik zwischen Vision und Realit{\"a}t},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9412},
  year      = {2001},
  abstract  = {With the new government, coming to power in 1998, a new emphasis on development cooperation as part of a global strategy for structural change was launched. Since then the federal minister for development cooperation - Heidemarie Wieczorek- Zeul - presented some interesting strategic papers under the label "aid as a global policy to overcome structural blockades to social progress and development". Special emphasis was put on the Program of Action for Poverty Reduction and on the strategy paper of a new Africa policy, but neither are concrete results yet in sight nor is an answer to the burning question of what to do with half of all African countries not having a long-term perspective for development at all (the "failing states" etc.). The article shows the great discrepancy between the impressive political rhetoric and the meager budget to cope with the many challenges of the poor developing countries in Africa. The new concept of the enlarged security intends to stabilize the structural conditions for social and economic development. In order to realize this aim, the article proposes a link between public expenditures on military measures for security and such on civil measures for structural security. Finally the article asks how development cooperation can influence the political attitudes of state and society in Africa in the direction of good governance and structural reforms.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Gysi2001,
  author    = {Gysi, Gregor},
  title     = {Die Terroranschl{\"a}ge und die Folgen f{\"u}r die internationale und die deutsche Politik},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9447},
  year      = {2001},
  abstract  = {The aftermath of September 11th is again subject of discussion in the forum of this Winter edition of WeltTrends. Besides scholars from Poland and Germany, wellknown politicians from all parties represented in the Bundestag deal with questions that arise from the brutal attacks of Islamic terrorism in the Western world. There is a wide consensus that conflicts in regions of crises such as the Middle East have to be solved first before peace can be established. More or less constructive suggestions were made concerning the role of Euro-Atlantic institutions. International efforts under the jurisdiction of the UN will have to be strengthened in order to install democratic structures in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Most of the opinions, ideas and impressions represented here have in common that they give an outlook of what will keep the daily political life busy for the next few years.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Schoeneburg2002,
  author    = {Sch{\"o}neburg, Volkmar},
  title     = {Der verlorene Charme des Rechtsstaates : oder: was brachten die Mauersch{\"u}tzenprozesse?},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9451},
  year      = {2002},
  abstract  = {This article is a reply to a statement by Elke Schwinger in WeltTrends 31. The author tries to strike the balance between "coming to terms with the past" and the role of criminal law in this process in Germany. The principle of prohibition of retroactive laws, fixed in the 1990 German Unification Treaty and in the Constitution, had been broken in the trials against the "Mauersch{\"u}tzen" (border guards) in German criminal courts since 1990. There is an artificially constructed past which does not correspond to the reality of the border regime before 1989. The author underlines that today the criminal law is misused for political aims within the German unification process.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Schwarz2002,
  author    = {Schwarz, Siegfried},
  title     = {Wohin treibt die Europ{\"a}ische Union?},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9462},
  year      = {2002},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Bahr2001,
  author    = {Bahr, Egon},
  title     = {Ostpolitik aus der Mitte Europas - damals und heute},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9353},
  year      = {2001},
  abstract  = {On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Warsaw treaty's signing, Egon Bahr, the intellectual father of the German Ostpolitik, describes his courageous efforts at that time. The aim of this politics was to gain space for strengthening own peace and security in Europe. Irrefutable principles of the policy of that time were non-aggression and the recognition of the borders. Going back to these principles, Egon Bahr redefines Germany's future foreign policy too. Jahresabo: 40,00 € (erm{\"a}ßigt: 25,00 €)},
  language  = {de}
}