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MISCELLANY of IFIMES 2003

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The Yearbook comprises 47 short texts dealing with all the various issues that made the flobal diplomatic agenda in 2003. The Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) which contributes with its research, analytic and information activities to better understanding of events in the most critical regions of the south-east Europe, the Middle-East and the Persian Gulf. With profound researches of political, economic and military issues, religious and interethnic relations and critical analyses of democratisation processes in those and other regions, IFIMES presents the reasons and roots of disagreements and conflicts. Knowledge and deeper understanding as weil as the possibilities and guidelines for resolving conflicts enable us to efficiently take part at harne and in the world in joint efforts for peace and democratisation.

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MISCELLANY of IFIMES 2004

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The Yearbook comprises 31 short texts dealing with most of the various issues that made the global diplomatic agenda in 2004. // For years “Crisis management” and “Crisis prevention” have been key words in the political debate. Unfortunately, no significant progress has been achieved. The world still has to live with surprises - crises and conflicts emerge without early warnings. Political leaders and the public learn about crises and conflicts if and when CNN cameras transport the horrifying pictures via TV into our homes. Political leaders express their surprise about emerging crises and conflicts in Rwanda, Haiti, Former Yugoslavia, Ivory Coast, Congo, Middle East, Former Soviet Union, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq, Afghanistan - just to name a few.They react - and sometimes overreact - in panic, pour a lot of resources into damage control and promise to improve the tools for “crisis prevention” - and then forget the crisis and measures for “crisis prevention until the next crisis emerge. Is this cycle a natural law? Are those political crises - like Tsunami - a fact of life we have to live with fatalistically? Are we not capable with all our instruments of world-wide access to information, communications, computers, exchange of knowledge within a nation, between nations and alliances, state and non-state organisations to net a safer world?Are we not willing to spend some money to prevent crises and con-flicts? Is there no political resolve to - at least - reduce the number of surprises?

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MISCELLANY of IFIMES 2005

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The Yearbook comprises 18 short texts dealing with the most important issues that made the SEE regional global diplomatic agenda in 2005. // IFIMES looks at things differently. Its contributors and their works are selected for the breadth of their vision as well as their intimate knowledge of a specific country. IFIMES contributors work to enlighten developments across regions – the Middle East and Southeast Europe – as well as between countries. To those who believe that Iraq represents unique challenges or that Bosnia-Herzegovina is a one-off exception to global developments, IFIMES responds that informed observers must identify both the shared and unique characteristics of each situation to gain a full understanding of viable policy options. The reader will find in the following pages the best thinking of the most informed and creative specialists on these areas, along with an unfailing resolve to analyze critically and comparatively the most pressing issues of our time. In the following pages, these contributors inform, analyze, and provoke. Whenever possible and appropriate, they prescribe policy options. The essays contribute knowledge, insight, and original ideas of value both to general readers and to specialists in the region. (Bob Donja)

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MISCELLANY of IFIMES 2006

Author(s): Zijad Bećirović / Language(s): English

The IFIMES Yearbook 2006 concentrates on the Middle East and the Balkans, which have certainly been two of the most important strategic regions for European security in the past few years. Although I welcome very much the improvements achieved in the Balkans in recent years, there is no doubt that the international community is still far from achieving reconciliation among the countries concerned and the integration of the western Balkans into Euro-Atlantic structures. There is still much work to do. Equally, many of our hopes for a lasting settlement between Arabs and Israelis in the Middle East have been dashed, despite the efforts of both the United States and the EU in the Quartet and the Anapolis Peace initiative to push towards a two state solution for the Israelis and Palestinians. The recent conflict in Gaza demonstrates both the lack of an agreed framework for peace and the even greater urgency for the new US Administration as well as the European Union to work towards one. As policy makers take up the challenge of finding lasting solutions to overcome the divisive historical legacy of conflicts in the Balkans and the Middle East, they need to have a sophisticated understanding of the background to these conflicts, they need to base their analysis and the policy options on in-depth knowledge, rather than episodic newspaper reports or emotional TV pictures. They need to understand better what has succeeded or failed in past peace making endeavours. In all of these crucial areas the experts contributing to the IFIMES Yearbook 2006 have once more provide indispensable insights and guidance. This is yet another reason why I commend this Yearbook to anyone who is seriously concerned with the state of the world today. (Jamie Shea)

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MISCELLANY of IFIMES 2007

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If we take a brief glance at the titles of the 2007 contributions, distributed by the IFIMES throughout its network, one can see at once the importance, breadth, and complexity of the work involved. There is a real depth of expertise and understanding in their work. Critical thinking is an important tool, in every field. This is especially true for social science analysis, where »variables« occur often unpredictably, making them very difficult to measure with any degree of certainty. The results of this research must therefore be combined with those from other fields, particularly the natural sciences, technical fields, and others. In this way, science that is applicable to day-to-day political, cultural, and economic practice can become the driving force for wider social understanding and development. This is an illustration of how the Lisbon strategy contributes to the development of new and more effective strategic guidance for EU science and research. I am particularly pleased to see the increasing attention dedicated to science in the EU. Research is becoming increasingly seen as a good long-term investment, rather than shortterm cost: this is how it should be. (Janez Potočnik)

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