Hasil Pencarian  ::  Simpan CSV :: Kembali

"One of the last Prussian reforms during the Napoleonic Era was the constitution of local autonomy for the cities. Proof of its lasting importance is that it was the cities that carried out the deficit-based employment policies of the early 1930s also had to carry the burden of a democratic reconstitution of Germany in the postwar period. After the crushing defeat at Napoleon?s hands, likewise the reconstitution of Prussia fell to the cities. Today, the same constellation of problems can be found on different stages. Europe, as it is growing together, faces a democracy deficit which ultimately will have to be addressed by the cities. The countries in transition and undergoing transformation likewise will have to find arenas for democratic decision making, which likely will be at the municipal level. Finally, the United States of America also faces a quagmire at the federal level which ultimately will have to be resolved at the state or local level."

"The six-party process aimed at North Korea's denuclearizatioon has been stalled since the six-party talks failed to agree on a verification protocol in early December 2008. North Korea now wants to be recognized as a nuclear state, and is unlikely to abandon its nuclear weapons without security guearantees provided by the United States. Some scholars argue that the six-party talks have outlived their usefulness. The author has argued over the years that the six-party process remains alive and usefull as the best means of resolving North Korea's nuclear issue to achieve denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula under the September 19 joint agreement, which is a prerequisite for building a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula and regional peace in Northeast Asia. The author discusses the current status of the talks, analyzing three key obstacles to the restoration of the six-party process. He makes policy recommendations for an early resumption of the long-stalled process"