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Poverty, ethnicity and religious fundamentalism are the most pressing problems of the 21st century. According to this Indian author, democratisation on the national and international level is the only way to overcome these problems. One reason for the failing of the international institutions is the insufficient representation of the world community, especially in the UN Security Council. A reform of the United Nations seems indispensable. The war against international terrorism is essential but has to be waged without the differentiation between good and bad terrorists.
Regionalism in Central Asia is often identified with the dominance of tribal affiliations in politics. This classification, however, is problematic because it neglects the extent of social change under the Soviet rule. In Soviet Turkmenistan state structures were relatively strong. However, personal relations within the Communist party had preserved patrimonial elements within the state. The dissolution of the Soviet Union led to a stronger patrimonialization of authority relations. In Turkmenistan, this process led to an extreme form of a neo-patrimonial state due to the personal and arbitrary rule of its president Nijazov.
Taking into account historical as well as sociological differences, the author distinguishes between different modes of socialism. On the periphery of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the combination of modern and traditional elements led to the establishment of hybrid political forms. They could be characterized as bureaucratic-patrimonial and associated with a specific type of state: the "peripheral socialist state".
Islamic movements in Iran
(2004)
The modernist Islamic Movement sought to reconcile modern values and Islamic faith and attempted to express these values through an Islamic discourse and to reform political, religious and educational institutions along modernist lines. However, such a movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran raised controversy among the traditional leadership and secular intellectual groups. The aim of this paper is to discuss how far modernist Islam could progress in an islamic republic with an old tradition.
There have been three main phases of political discourse in recent Iranian history. A paternalistic era was accompanied by a phase of absolutistic rule during the Qagar dynasty. This phase was followed by a forced modernization, when the Shah of Iran expanded his absolutistic rule and established a dictatorship. With the Islamic Revolution of 1979, a new phase of political discourse emerged with a tendency towards religious traditionalism. The author states that religion and democracy are not in opposition. However, there is need for dialogue between the East and the West.
Should Turkey become a member of the EU? This is one of the most controversial issues in German European politics now. While the Social Democrats and the Green Party seem to be in favour, the Christian Democrats strongly oppose it. This paper demonstrates that both sides - their contrary political preferences notwithstanding- share one central belief: Turkey does not fit into the EU for cultural reasons. Through a close reading of parliamentary debates on EUenlargement the article reconstructs how Turkey is made Europe’s other.
Der Staat und sein Schatten : zur Institutionalisierung hybrider Staatlichkeit im Süd-Kaukasus
(2004)
This article looks at contemporary Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan and addresses the question of how these states, which suffer from considerable institutional weaknesses, nevertheless retain the ability to control key aspects of statehood, first of all security and a measure of central authority. It is argued that these states invest only in selected aspects of statehood. The needed resources are mobilized by a system of informal taxes, which are then invested in certain selected core functions of statehood. This form of state depends on both formal and informal institutions, which are mutually supportive.
Can there be an order of the international system? This article discusses different alternatives of international order starting with the realist assumption of peace by deterrence or balance of power, turning to the idealist view of international cooperation. Finally, the author provides deeper insights into the concept of order established by a hegemonic power including a broad set of historical case studies.
Taking into account historical as well as sociological differences, the author distinguishes between different modes of socialism. On the periphery of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the combination of modern and traditional elements led to the establishment of hybrid political forms. They could be characterized as bureaucratic-patrimonial and associated with a specific type of state: the „peripheral socialist state“.
This paper offers a new theoretical framework for studying the problem of generations and social change in contemporary Iran. It offers a model which is called „articulation of cultural modes“. The paper agrees with Ronald Inglehart that ‘culture’ is now playing a more dominant role in the social formation of current societies, as ‘technology’ once did in the modern era. But it goes one step further by arguing that culture cannot be approached as a holistic concept building on a comprehensive theoretical framework.
The article starts with an overview of modernization theories, its history of ups and downs as well as its present status. This first part is followed by an analysis of basic social structure distributions and trends in human development in selected countries. One major focal point of the paper is the Non-Western world and the Arab countries, in particular. The author looks at modernization and modernity in that region and comes to the conclusion that the Western world can no longer expect to be able to simply export its own values and its way of life to the rest of the world.
The author distinguishes between three types of Islamic states. A first type uses Islam as political legitimation (Saudi Arabia). In contrast, the second type uses Islam merely as a political framework. In Iran, for instance, religious values are maintained while at the same time democratic elements, such as elections, can be found. Egypt is mentioned as an example of the third type of state that ranges between a secular and a religious political system. Looking at the modernization process in Egypt more closely, the author claims that without good governance the efforts of the state will be useless and religious extremism may dominate.
Wandel durch Annäherung : weil unsere Zukunft in Europa liegt, bleibt Deutschland eine zivile Macht
(2004)
Vom Sprechen und Schweigen
(2004)
Hans Günter Brauch, P.H. Liotta, Antonio Marquina, Paul F. Rogers, Mohammad El-Sayed Selim (Eds.), Security and Environment in the Mediterranean. Conceptualising Security and Environmental Conflicts, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 2003, 1134 S., ISBN 3- 540-40107-5 Dieter Segert, Die Grenzen Osteuropas. 1918, 1945, 1989 – Drei Versuche im Westen anzukommen, Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, New York 2002, 339 S., ISBN 3-593-37020-4 Kai Hirschmann, Christian Leggemann (Hrsg.), Der Kampf gegen den Terrorismus: Strategien und Handlungserfordernisse in Deutschland, Berliner Wissenschafts- Verlag, Berlin 2003, 406 S., ISBN 3–8305–0383–0 Olaf Hillenbrand, Iris Kempe (Hrsg.), Der schwerfällige Riese. Wie Russland den Wandel gestalten soll, Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh 2003, 348 S., ISBN 3-89204-643-3 Thomas Conzelmann, Große Räume, kleine Räume. Europäisierte Regionalpolitik in Deutschland und Großbritannien, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2002, 299 S., ISBN 3-7890-8208-2 Hans-Joachim Lauth (Hrsg.), Vergleichende Regierungslehre. Eine Einführung, Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2002, 468 S., ISBN 3-531-13533-3 Karl Heinz Domdey, Globale Alleinherrschaft, Oligarchie oder ...? US-Universalmacht versus EU-Hybrid. Forschungsinstitut der Internationalen Wissenschaftlichen Vereinigung Weltwirtschaft und Weltpolitik e.V., Berlin 2004, 160 S. ISSN 1021-1993 Hans-Georg Golz, Verordnete Völkerfreundschaft. Das Wirken der Freundschaftsgesellschaft DDR-Großbritannien und der Britain-GDR Society. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen, Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2004, 309 S., ISBN 3-937209-25-5 Peter Schlotter (Hrsg.), Europa – Macht – Frieden? Zur Politik der „Zivilmacht Europa“. AFK-Friedensschriften Band 30, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden- Baden 2003, 410 S., ISBN 3-8329-0224- 4
Rezensierte Werke: Jürgen Neyer, Postnationale politische Herrschaft. Vergesellschaftung und Verrechtlichung jenseits des Staates. Weltpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert, Bd. 11, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2004, 287 S., ISBN 3-8329-0602-9 Till Blume, Till Lorenzen, Andreas Warntjen (Hrsg.), Herausforderung Europa – Von Visionen zu Konzepten, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2003, 158 S., ISBN 3-8329-0078-0 Annegret Bendiek, Der Konflikt im ehemaligen Jugoslawien und die Europäische Integration. Eine Analyse ausgewählter Politikfelder, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2004, 370 S., ISBN 3-8100-4006-1 Cathrin Schütz, Die NATO-Intervention in Jugoslawien. Hintergründe, Nebenwirkungen und Folgen, W. Braumüller Verlag, Wien 2003, 165 S., ISBN 3-7003-1440-X Ines Hartwig, Die Europapolitik Rumäniens. Entwicklung institutionalisierter Kooperation, Integration Europas und Ordnung der Weltwirtschaft, Bd. 22, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2001, 283 S., ISBN 3-7890-7086-6 Susanne Gratius, Kuba unter Castro – Das Dilemma der dreifachen Blockade. Die kontraproduktive Politik der „Demokratieförderung“ seitens der USA und der EU, Verlag Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2003, 378 S., ISBN 3-8100-3923-3 Bernd Martin, Deutsch-Chinesische Beziehungen 1928–1937. „Gleiche“ Partner unter „ungleichen“ Bedingungen. Eine Quellensammlung, bearbeitet von Susanne Kuss, Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2003, 552 S., ISBN 3-05-002985-4
Europäische Außenpolitik
(2004)
Können wir heute schon von einer europäischen Außenpolitik sprechen? Angesichts der tiefen Gräben, die weiterhin zwischen den EU-Mitgliedern hinsichtlich einer „Gemeinsamen Außen-und Sicherheitspolitik“ bestehen, erscheinen vollmundige Diskurse über „eine europäische Sicherheitsdoktrin“ und „einen europäischen Außenminister“ eher als Geisterbeschwörung. In diesem Heft wird die Frage nach der europäischen Außenpolitik aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven und mit verschiedenen Prognosen diskutiert. Wird deutsche Außenpolitik wieder Machtpolitik? Gunther Hellmann sieht die Gefahr und plädiert für einen „offensiven Idealismus“. Damit beginnt WeltTrends eine neue Debatte zu Deutschlands internationaler Politik, die in den nächsten Heften geführt wird.