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„Cultural, Religious and Humanist Inheritance of Europe“ – Its Future Legal Relevance

„Cultural, Religious and Humanist Inheritance of Europe“ – Its Future Legal Relevance

Author(s): Alexander Balthasar / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

By the Treaty of Lisbon, the “Masters of the Treaties” not only completed a catalogue of founding values (Article 2 TEU) but provided also an indication where from these values “have developed”, i.e. “from the cultural, religious and humanist inheritance of Europe”. This contribution - originally presented at the Third Annual Conference of the Czech Association for European Studies Prague, 12. and 13. June 2014 - aims at analyzing the normative relevance and implications of this indication which might mean a considerable change of paradigm for secular Member States like Austria, Czech Republic or France.

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№133. What will it take to resolve the dispute in Western Sahara?

№133. What will it take to resolve the dispute in Western Sahara?

Author(s): Hakim Darbouche / Language(s): English

After four years of diplomatic stalemate, there appeared to be some movement around the ‘frozen’ conflict in Western Sahara early in 2007, with a ‘fresh’ Moroccan proposal presented to a UN Security Council meeting on April 11th. The outcome of this submission, and its Sahrawi counterpart, was a UNSC resolution calling on: the parties to enter into negotiations without preconditions in good faith, taking into consideration the developments of the last months, with a view to achieving a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of the Western Sahara.

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№134. Democratisation and Human Rights in Central Asia: Problems, Development Prospects and the Role of the International Community

№134. Democratisation and Human Rights in Central Asia: Problems, Development Prospects and the Role of the International Community

Author(s): Eugheniy Zhovtis / Language(s): English

To understand the reasons for the relative failures of the transition to democracy, the formation of a law-based state and the establishment of respect for human rights in the independent states of Central Asia today, as well as the role of the international community, one has to assess, first of all, the dynamics of the political process in this region of the world. In large part, the origins of the current weakness of democratic processes are the result of developments during the final decades of Soviet power. By the early 1990s, there arose a situation in which the ruling authorities Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), ruling authorities, realising the necessity of reform but at the same time wishing to retain power, initiated a set of reforms that employed democratic phraseology but which aimed first of all at protecting the interests of the ruling group.

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№135. What Went Wrong? The Impact of Western Policies towards Hamas and Hizbollah

№135. What Went Wrong? The Impact of Western Policies towards Hamas and Hizbollah

Author(s): Natalie Tocci / Language(s): English

International policies and in particular EU and US policies towards Hamas and Hizbollah have had multiple and interlocking effects in the last two years. Most visibly, western policies have impacted upon the two movements themselves, on the domestic governance systems in Palestine and Lebanon, and on the relations between Hamas and Hizbollah and their respective domestic political rivals. In turn, they have also had an impact on the conflicts between Israel and Palestine/Lebanon, and on the mediating roles of the international community. The balance sheet is far from positive. Paradoxically, western policies have often hampered the quest for international peace, democracy and good governance, as well as inter- and intra-state reconciliation. This Policy Brief offers a comparative analysis of the impact of western policies on three principal domestic and international dimensions of the Middle Eastern conundrum: the transformation and popularity of Hamas and Hizbollah, Lebanese and Palestinian governance and intra-Lebanese and Palestinian reconciliation.

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№139. Security Challenges in Central Asia. Implications for the EU’s Engagement Strategy

№139. Security Challenges in Central Asia. Implications for the EU’s Engagement Strategy

Author(s): Daniel Kimmage / Language(s): English

Central Asia presents the European Union with a uniquely problematic set of security challenges. Enumerated in their most basic form, without reference to context, the challenges are formidable enough: the threat of violent extremism, a well established conduit for smuggling illegal narcotics and potential instability rife with the possibility of conflict and humanitarian catastrophe. But these challenges are not stand-alone issues that can be treated individually; they are embedded in a regional context that creates additional difficulties for engagement. Namely, while Central Asian states may share a common understanding of ‘security challenges’, that understanding differs considerably from accepted definitions within the EU. More importantly, the Central Asian states themselves have evolved in various directions since gaining independence in 1991, and it is by no means clear that a ‘regional policy’ is the most effective means by which to engage them.

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№148. The New EU Strategy towards Central Asia: A View from the Region

№148. The New EU Strategy towards Central Asia: A View from the Region

Author(s): Nargis Kassenova / Language(s): English

The German Presidency of the EU in the first half of 2007 inspired great hopes regarding the development of relations between the European Union and the states of Central Asia. In Brussels and other European capitals, it was expected that Germany, as an EU political and economic heavyweight and one of the key promoters of the Common Foreign and Security Policy, would be able to foster a coordinated Central Asian policy giving direction and coherence to European engagement in the region. It was widely hoped – within both the governments of Central Asia and the societies of the region – that Germany, which has traditionally been the most pro-active European country in the region, would elevate the relations between the EU and Central Asian states to a higher level.

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№160. Time to think of a strategic bargain with Russia

№160. Time to think of a strategic bargain with Russia

Author(s): Michael Emerson / Language(s): English

The recent past has been a miserable time for political relations between Russia and both the EU and the US. While business has been booming on the back of Russia’s huge gains from the skyrocketing price of oil and gas, the foreign policy scene has been desolate. All parties are contributing to the present grumbling dissatisfactions: Russia’s bullying foreign policy towards its smaller neighbors, its trouble-making over Kosovo and its ugly ultra-nationalist rhetoric, the EU’s inability to shape common positions towards Russia on either political or energy questions, the greatly damaged credibility of the present leadership of the United States, Russia’s complaints that it was cheated by NATO in the 1990s, the row over missile defences etc.

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№167. Post-mortem on Europe’s first war of the 21st century

№167. Post-mortem on Europe’s first war of the 21st century

Author(s): Michael Emerson / Language(s): English

The small war between Georgia and Russia from 8 to 22 August 2008 has shattered any remaining illusions over the frontiers of the normative map of Europe. All the primary parties have to be criticised: Russia for setting a trap for Saakashvili to fall into, the Georgian leadership for its astounding military and political blunder in falling into it, and the United States for having failed to restrain its protégé. The first consequence is that Georgia has paid the price of Saakashvili’s folly, with the definitive loss of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The second consequence is triggered by Russia’s continued occupation of strategic points in Georgia-proper, which means not peacekeeping but threatened strangulation of the Georgian economy and its role in the transit of oil and gas from the Caspian to the West. It also means that business as usual has become impossible, as already announced between NATO and Russia, and with more important decisions pending in both the EU and US. The third consequence is that the EU should immediately step up its policies to integrate Ukraine, with real perspectives of membership subject to the standard criteria. The fourth unknown consequence is how far this deteriorating process between Russia and the West will go. Russia may pretend, with its petropower and wealth, to be immune from any actions by the West, but beyond the short-term it is vulnerable. Whatever these unknowns, already Russia has crossed a red line with its strategic occupation of Georgia-proper, rather than the option just to push Georgia out of South Ossetia. This latter option would have met with widespread understanding internationally. But with its chosen option Russia has placed itself in another category, which is a throwback to earlier times, and totally incompatible with the political and moral principles of modern Europe.

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№168. Al Qaeda in the West as a Youth Movement: The Power of a Narrative

№168. Al Qaeda in the West as a Youth Movement: The Power of a Narrative

Author(s): Olivier Roy / Language(s): English

Why do we bother, in Europe, about ‘Islamic radicalisation’? The answer seems obvious. There are at least two good reasons: one is terrorism, with its security implications; the other is the issue of integrating second-generation migrants in Europe, apparently the most fertile ground for recruiting terrorists. For most observers, the link between terrorism and integration is a given fact. Al Qaeda-type terrorist activities carried out either in Europe, or by European residents and citizens abroad, are seen as the extreme form, and hence as a logical consequence, of Islam related radicalisation. There is a teleological approach consisting of looking in retrospect at every form of radicalisation and violence associated with the Muslim population in Europe as a harbinger of terrorism.

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№175. Recalibrating EU Policy towards the Western Balkans

№175. Recalibrating EU Policy towards the Western Balkans

Author(s): Michael Emerson / Language(s): English

The time is not only ripe but pressing for the EU and the states of the Western Balkans to recalibrate and reinforce the current pre-accession strategy. Trade policy should be moved beyond existing free trade commitments for all the Western Balkans to enter the customs union of the EU and Turkey. Eurozone doctrine should be adapted to realities. Rather than regarding the use of the euro by Montenegro and Kosovo as an unfortunate turn of events, the costs and benefits of unilateral adoption of the euro by not-yet member states of the region should be more openly appraised, and the option to ‘euroise’ recognised as a possibility. It is good that the EU has moved at the declaratory level towards visa ‘liberalisation’, which means scrapping visas rather than just ‘facilitation’ measures. However the Commission has not yet published guidelines or timelines for this. The region should be put on track for access to the Structural Funds on terms and scales progressively approaching those from which new member states such as Bulgaria and Romania already benefit. The ratio of these aid receipts between the new member states and the Western Balkans is currently 4:1; the former are receiving more than they can handle efficiently, whereas the Western Balkans have huge unsatisfied needs. Overall the case is made for significant moves towards ‘functional membership’ of the whole of the region with the EU, which would be a highly useful advance, irrespective of how or when the EU overcomes its Lisbon Treaty hiatus.

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ფითიარიგას ადგილმდებარეობისათვის

Author(s): Nino Charekishvili / Language(s): Georgian Issue: 4/2020

Pitteyariga should have been also an important geographic point for Hittites. Unfortunately there are so few materials about Pitteyariga. It is mentioned in contracts and religious texts. Pitteyariga appears in Treaty „Mida of Paḫḫuwa“(Arnuwanda I) and „Treaty of Šuppiluliuma I with Šattiwaza of Mitanni“,„Treaty of Šattiwaza of Mitanni with Šuppiluliuma I (Šuppiluliuma I); It is mentioned in religious texts connected to the names of Šuppiluliuma I, Muršili II, Ḫattušili III, Šuppiluliuma II. And also in the text „Prayer of Arnuwanda I and Ašmunikkal to the Sun-goddess of Arinna“;in ritual text of „Fragments of the AN.DAḪ.ŠUMSARfestival“; in ritual text „Festival for Ištar of Šamuḫa“. In these texts Pitteyariga is mentioned only as ordinary geographic point.Pitteyariga should have been navy city while texts indicate on its port function. From the pray text of Hittite king Arnuwanda and queen Ašmunikkal we learn, that Kaškians conquered some settled points in the east and among them was Pitteyariga. Because of constant military actions between Hittites and Kaškians Hittites could have at least a little influence over Pitteyariga. Although written sources say nothing from this point of view. Unfortunately there are only few materials about Pitteyariga,but on the basis of existed sources we can approximately define location of Pitteyariga, from this standpoint attention shall be paid to Halys river, the Hittite Marasantia (today Kizilirmak) which flows above Sivas on open lowland, despite of the fact that it is not a wide river, those times it could be used by small boats. I think that Pitteyariga, and Arziya and Šamuḫa were supposedly located right on Halys river (in the north-east of Sivas lowland. More exactly, we shall place Pitteyariga in the upper point of Halisi river, then comparatively below we shall place Šamuḫa, and Arziya supposedly shall be placed between Šamuḫa and Pitteyariga, this is nowadays part of Kizilirmak river which is located between Sivas and Zara. So Pitteyariga, as well asŠamuḫa,should have been port city of „upper Land“and it would be important for Hittites to obtain control over it.

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ქართულ-ოსური ურთიერთობები და სამაჩაბლო

Author(s): Giorgi Sosiashvili / Language(s): Georgian Issue: 4/2020

During the XVII century resettlement of the ethnic Ossetian population from the Northern Caucasus had begun in the upper side of Didi Liakhvi Gorge. The Ossetian settlements had first appeared in the mountainous villages. During the Soviet era we had witnessed an artificial burial in oblivion of the Ossetian migration to Georgia and the research of the issue had been conducted in distorted manner.Unfortunately, many Georgian scholars had their input in this case. With the laboring from the ideologists of the Communist party to create a long history for ethnic Ossetians residing in Georgia, had encouraged the Ossetian pseudo-scientists to make the myth of ethnic Ossetian long-term residence in Georgia a subject of scholarly research. It is known that after the Mongol invasions, the Ossetians residing on the Southern part of Russia had been in difficult situation, and the survivors of the invasions had decided to resettle in the mountainous areas of the Northern Caucasus. As according to the historical sources, the resettlement of the ethnic Ossetians from the southern valleys of Russia to Georgia had begunin the II part of the XVII century. The process of the assimilation had occurred of the Scythian-Sarmatianand Alans after their resettlement with the peoples who had created the (Kolch-Koban culture (In Georgian sources a term “Ovsi, Ovsebi” is preserved as the ethnonym of the Ossetian people). The Alanshad oppressed the local population and consequently had taken over their territories. In order to better illustrate this, we can mention the “Dvali’s”. Part of the member of Dvali’s had to resettle to the Georgianlowlands and the rests had mixed with the Alans. On the territories resided by the “Davli’s the Ossetianlanguage had been put in practice. Vakhushti Batonishvili abruptly distinguishes the Dval language from the Ossetian language: “They have an ancient language, Dval language, however they speak Ossetian.”The process of Dvali’s becoming Ossetians is described by R. Topchishvili, as non single act, as the assimilation process had been going on for a long time and it had mainly occurred during the XVI-XVIIcenturies. During the I part of the XVII century ethnic Georgians (with Georgian surnames) had residedin Dvaleti, however in XVIII century the population there had consisted of ethnic Ossetians. After theiradjustment in Dvaleti, during the I part of the XVII century part of the ethnic Ossetian population hadresettled to the upper part of the river Terek (Truso Gorge) and the other part had resettled to the DidiLiakhvi Gorge- Magran-Dvaleti. The resettlements of the Ossetians had been followed by relapses. Thenewly settled population had often attacked the local population, which had resulted in fatal occurrences,as this is attested in the Java Deed, which is dated back to the 30s of the XVII century. In the Deed, ween counter the facts of the Ossetian population attacking the local population. Special administrative units (Samouravo) had been specifically been created for Ossetian population, and the heads of the administrative units had been tasked with gathering taxes. It should be noted that the confrontation of the resettled Ossertian and local Georgian population did not have ethnic disposition, as the then relapses had bared social character. The Ossetian from the Northern Caucasus had attacked the local population with the sole purpose of possessing the horticultural products and the cattle. Unlike the local population,they had not been accustomed to paying taxes, or live with the state regulations, lodging, or lodger’s life was new to the ethnic Ossetians and their recalcitrance towards the government had been conditioned by the reason.

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日本留学は日本語学習者の「日本」イメージを左右 するのか―日本事情教育カリキュラムの関連性から の一考察―
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日本留学は日本語学習者の「日本」イメージを左右 するのか―日本事情教育カリキュラムの関連性から の一考察―

Author(s): Tolga Özşen / Language(s): Japanese Publication Year: 0

近年、日本のドラマのインターネット上の視聴サイトや小説及 び漫画のトルコ語版の数が著しく増えていると同時に、主専攻の学 科のみならず全国において 50 以上の機関に選択科目として日本語 講座が開講されている。このように、「日本」に対する関心が深化 し、多様化していく中で、トルコの日本語学習者が「日本」をイメ ージとしてどのように位置付けているのかについて考えることは、 今後のトルコの日本語教育の質を向上させる上でも重要な課題の一 つである。 日本人や日本語イメージに関する研究ついては、これまでにも トルコの大学の日本語学習者を対象にしたものがある。しかし、国 際交流の一環として、毎年十数人のトルコ人日本語学習者が日本へ 留学をしているという現状の中、学習者の「日本観」がどのように 変容しているのか、そしてその変容の背景にどのようなものがある のかについては「留学」との関係ではほとんど議論されていない。

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