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bicc policy brief Osman Bahadır Dinçer Ruth Vollmer Zeynep ŞahinMencütek Selina Engelberth Rückkehr syrischer Geflüchteter Die Politik ist gefordert Die deutsche Debatte über eine schnelle Rückkehr syrischer Geflüchteter steht im Widerspruch zu empirischen Erkenntnissen und dem Bemühen Deutschlands diesen Schutz zu gewähren und sie zu integrieren Es ist erwiesen dass eine verfrühte Rückkehr in ein unsicheres Umfeld häufig zu erneuter Vertreibung führt und langfristige Entwicklungs und Stabilit...

SALW Survey of Croatia SEESAC South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons ISBN 8677280154 9 788677 280154 SEESAC South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons Internacionalnih Brigada 56 11 000 Belgrade Serbia Tel 381 11 344 6353 Fax 381 11 344 6356 URL wwwseesacorg Email infoseesacorg No Small Arms Survey of Moldova 20060615 The South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Co...

brief 49 Smart Technology in SALW Control Civilian Protection the UNPoA and Transfer Control SmartCon Contents Introduction 4 Acknowledgments 7 4 Political and legislative dimensions of smart weapon technology Opportunities concerns and the need for parliamentary action Christer Winbäck 53 Incorporating SWT into international frameworks and standards Patrick Mc Carthy 58 Afterwords Michael Ashkenazi and Wolfgang Bindseil 64 Acronyms and abbreviations 66 Technical and economic aspe...

No 8 bulletin The Chinese Armys Conversion to Supplement Defense Budgets 1 July 1998 military authorities gave the goahead for military units to engage in business in the mid1980s little effort was made to supervise their activities This laissezfaire policy quickly led to a sharp rise by Tai Ming Cheung in corruption smuggling profiteering and other abuses Military readiness and cohesion also began to Although the Peoples Liberation Armys PLA suffer as soldiers neglected their duties in orde...

No 10 bulletin Base Redevelopment A Challenge for regional Structural Policy in the 1990s 1 January 1999 Many communities in the State of North RhineWestphalia have taken on the task of conversion with enthusiasm The state government has provided support by expanding regional development programs and by making roughly DM 500 million available for conversionrelated activities As a result of the decades of experience with the cleanup and reuse of former by Michael Deitmer industrial sites in p...

No 18 bulletin The Abiding Lessons of South Asias Nuclear Tests 1 January 2001 on daily power shortages crowded roads congested seaports userhostile airport facilities and personnel almost nonexistent sewage and sanitation facilities child brides dowry deaths caste warfare by Ramesh Thakur Third the tests revealed a gaping hole in the NPT India and Pakistan could make deploy and use nuclear Two years on one can draw seven lessons for the weapons but would not qualify as nuclear powers under ...

No 36 bulletin 60 years after the end of the war 60 years United Nations by Dr Christoph Zöpel July 2005 Criticism and reform ideas with regard to the UN ought to be measured against these two theoretical approaches Is there really no alternative to the realization also formulated by British historian Paul Kennedy that it is always the great powers that determine world affairs Or is humankind on its way to an integrated world society the political institutions of which are the system of the ...

New BICC Publications BICC brief 38 upcoming Jolien Schure and Lena Guesnet 2008 Côte dIvoire Resource governance and the peace process working title NovemberDecember Peter J Croll Director of BICC participated in the International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC in Davos from 2529 August On 26 August he facilitated the panel Critical Information Infrastructure Prospective Issue on Vulnerabilities Protection and Resilience BICC brief 37 Lars Wirkus and Ruth Vollmer eds 2008 Monitoring Enviro...

bulletin No 58 OctoberDecember 2011 Peace policy implications of maritime rearmament By Jan Grebe and Christoph Schwarz T he worlds oceans are of vital importance for the security welfare and development of numerous states Free maritime trade is imperative for a free exchange of goods and natural resources and thus an important factor for economic development European countries are increasingly aware of the strategic importance of free sea routes but rising powers are making sure that naval ...

bulletin No 59 JanuaryMarch 2012 Halftruths myths and lies By Jerry Sommer A s was the case in Iraq today a possible strike on Iran is justified with halftruths myths and incorrect statements Such statements by politicians as well as often onesided uncritical or even alarmist press coverage impede serious debate Myth No 1 Iran seeks nuclear weapons People may believe this yet there is no clear evidence for this assumption It is not only the Iranian leadership who strongly deny any intention ...