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2012
Pacific Island Nations: How Viable are their Economies?
Author: Francis X Hezel
Publisher: East-West Center (EWC)
This report asks whether all small Pacific Island nations are waging a losing battle in their attempts to create more self-supporting economies. More on «Pacific Island Nations: How Viable are their Economies?»

Jul 2011
Improving Access to Climate Financing for the Pacific Islands
Author: Nic Maclellan
Publisher: Lowy Institute for International Policy
Although recent commitments of ‘fast-start’ climate funding from partners like Australia, Japan and the EU are welcome, Pacific Island countries face wider obstacles in accessing appropriate and timely levels of funding for adaptation and mitigation ... More on «Improving Access to Climate Financing for the Pacific Islands»

Jan 2011
In Search of Refuge
Author: Maxine Burkett
Publisher: East-West Center (EWC)
As the effects of climate change intensify, time is running out for millions living in Asia-Pacific coastal and island communities. More on «In Search of Refuge»
2011
Norden - Making a Difference?
Author: Kaisa Korhonen, Nina Græger, Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Teija Tiilikainen, Rikard Bengtsson
Publisher: Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
This Norden 2020 report identifies ways to energize the current cooperation framework between the five Nordic countries, as Nordic cooperation has remained in the shadow of other forms of international cooperation during the past decades. More on «Norden - Making a Difference?»

2010
Coastal Zones and Climate Change
Author: Nirmalie Pallewatta, Golam Rabbani, A Atiq Rahman, Nazria Islam, Mohamed El Raey, Alain De Comarmond, Rolph Payet, Poh Poh Wong, David Michel
Publisher: Henry L Stimson Center
'Coastal Zones and Climate Change' examines the environmental stresses on coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the resulting dilemmas confronting coastal managers and policymakers in a warming world. More on «Coastal Zones and Climate Change»
2010
Confronting Environmental Treaty Implementation
Author: Pamela S Chasek
Publisher: East-West Center (EWC)
The Pacific is at the crossroads of all environmental and sustainable development issues. More on «Confronting Environmental Treaty Implementation»

2009
CASD CeMiSS Quarterly Winter 2009
Author: Diego Baliani, Paolo Quercia, Andrea Grazioso, Fausto Biloslavo, Maria Egizia Gattamorta, Nunziante Mastrolia, Riccardo Gefter Wondrich, Gerardo Iovane, Valerio Bosco, Lorena Di Placido, Slobodan Simic
Publisher: Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD)
This issue addresses various issues ranging from economic recovery in Latin America, Saudi Arabia's influence in the Gulf, and a possible new security architecture in Europe to a regional overview of Southeastern Europe and activities in the Afghan C... More on «CASD CeMiSS Quarterly Winter 2009»

Dec 2007
Kosovo: What Next?
Author: Armando G Schmidt, Dominik Tolksdorf
Publisher: Bertelsmann Foundation
This publication provides an outline for a new EU policy concerning Serbia and Kosovo. More on «Kosovo: What Next? »

2003
Baltic Defence Review No 9
Author: Michael H Clemmesen, Peter Foot, Lars Johannsen, Maibritt Lind, Peter Kim Laustsen, Susanne Nies, Linas Linkevicius, Renatas Norkus, Kestutis Paulauskas, Erik Männik, Pete C Alexa, Michael Metzsch, Riho Rõngelep
Publisher: Baltic Defence College (BDC)
The main difference between the best NATO army units and what the Baltic states have now is not in equipment. More on «Baltic Defence Review No 9»

Feb 2002
Small States - Big Worries: Choice and Purpose in the Security Policies of the Baltic States
Author: Andreas Heinemann-Grüder
Publisher: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
This brief discusses the factors that shaped the security policies of the Baltic States in the 1990s. More on «Small States - Big Worries: Choice and Purpose in the Security Policies of the Baltic States»