CIAO DATE: 03/01
World Affairs
Vol. 4, Number 3 (Sept. 2000)
Interview:
In an exclusive interview with World Affairs, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of The People's Republic of China, Tang Jiaxuan, provides an insight into some of the major foreign policy issues facing his country.
Comment:
While Peter Bunyard, Fadhil J Chalabi, Hewson Baltzell and Pierre Terzian agree that the growth demand for oil has diminished, concern has increased over the rampancy of pollution.
Articles:
Neville Maxwell sketches a scenario in which a paradigm shift, on the part of India, accompanied by mutual trust and cooperation are prerequisites for the resolution of the long-standing border dispute between India and China.
Côme Carpentier De Gourdon is of the opinion that the grand vision of a unified Europe is ridden with uncertainties as centrifugal tendencies and external pressures bear down on the unification process.
Major changes are underway in Central Asia and its adjacent regions with new centres of power developing and new alliances being forged as the "Great Game" continues between world players, notes Rahul Peter Das.
Review Essay:
Maya Chadda examines the relevance to South Asia of the themes that have dominated the international debate in recent years: growing ethnic resurgence and the interface between culture and state.
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