The US-Russia Relations after the 'Reset': Pragmatism or a New Confrontation?
The US-Russia relations are entering a new political season in a shape which is far from being perfect. The “reset” is over, and throughout the years 2011 and especially 2012 the relations have worsened again. Political leadership of both countries is irritated and disappointed with each other. Unlike the last four years, neither Russia nor the US will invest much political capital in their relations improvement, and their relative priority will decrease in both countries’ foreign policies. The share of contradictions in the relations surpasses that of positive cooperation again. Yet, the paper argues, a new worsening of the US-Russia relations or their new stagnation over the next years is in neither side’s interests. The US and Russia still do have an important positive agenda to work on, which is crucial for both sides’ vital national interests. It includes, above all, Afghanistan and the Asia Pacific. The major impediment of progress on both dimensions, the author claims, will be in the near- and middle term future a lack of political will on both sides to move the relations forward.
The United States, Russia, and China : confronting global terrorism and security challenges in the 21st century
Preface Introduction 1. Chinese, American, and Russian Security Policies: The Response to Terrorism Transnational Security Issues and Challenges 2. Nuclear Weapons in a Changing Threat Environment 3. Toward Building Cooperation in Energy Security 4. Chinas Growing Ecological Footprint: Global Threat or Opportunity for Collaboration? 5. Perspectives from the U.S., Russia, and China on Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism 6. Responses to Border/Internal Security Threats: "The Terror of Disease and the Disease of Terror" Regional Security Issues and Challenges 7. Europe-Russia-U.S.: Whither Are We Drifting? 8. Central Asian States and Policy Triangles: China, Russia and the United States 9. Contemporary Security Challenges in the Middle East 10. Managing Nuclear Proliferation: Chinese and American Approaches to North Korea Editors and Contributors
Environmental education in Latin American and the Caribbean: the challenges and limitations of conducting a systematic review of evaluation and research
Abstract This systematic review extends the boundary of prior reviews in the environmental education (EE) field by analyzing publications focused on Latin America and the Caribbean (LATAM). We examined peer-reviewed literature and dissertations/theses in four languages (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese) published between January 2000 and February 2018 to examine outcomes of EE interventions occurring in both formal and nonformal settings among LATAM youth up to age 18 years. Our findings reflect recurring critiques of EE, such as the field’s limited empirical research and a bias toward measuring knowledge gain. Our findings also highlight themes specific to LATAM, related to issue-based EE programs, EE versus Education for Sustainable Development, barriers to EE implementation and potential challenges posed by bias, privilege and power in LATAM-based EE research. Access to potentially appropriate publications was limited by weaknesses in search databases. Only a small selection of LATAM countries is represented in publications that met the search criteria, limiting our capacity to draw stronger conclusions about the region as a whole.