简介:Thefirstdecadeofthe21stcenturyhasbeenanimportantperiodforLatinAmerica’smodernization.Inthefaceofrapideconomicglobalizationandachangingglobalorder,mostcountriesintheregionhavebeencarefullyreflectingontheirdevelopmentpaths.Afteradecadeofadjustmentsandreforms,greatchangeshavebeenseenintermsofpolitics,economics,society,anddiplomacy.Manygovernmentsintheregionarealsofacingseriouschallenges.ThenextdecadewillthereforealsobeakeyperiodforthecontinuingmodernizationofLatinAmerica,apromisingregion.
简介:Environmentalissues,mainlytheglobalwarming,theozonelayerdepletion,theacidrain,theairandwaterpollution,thedesertification,andthelossofbiodiversity--havecaughtattentionoftheentirehumanrace.Itisnowuniversallyacknowledgedthatenvironmentalprotectionisapoliticalandsocialproblemaswellasaneconomicone.Itinvolvesvarioussectorsofthenationaleconomyandsohasanimportantbearingonsustainableeconomicandsocialdevelopmentofallnations.
简介:DriftmarkedChina-Japantiesinmostpartofthe1990s,accompaniedwithwildswings.Thelastdecadeofthe20thcenturywitnessedthecommemorationofthe20thanniversary(1972-1992)ofdiplomaticnormalization,the50thanniversary(1945-1995)ofthevictoryoftheWarofResistanceAgainstJapaneseAggression,thefuroroverthe"NoWardecision"inJapan,andtheshockwavesfromthereorientationofJapan-U.S.relationshipin1996andtherevisionoftheguidelines