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This text is the best introduction to the history, institutions, actors, processes and challenges of European Foreign Policy. This 2nd edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the substantial changes to European Foreign Policy as a result of the Lisbon Treaty and other significant changes in European and global politics.New material for this edition includes:detailed analysis of the changes brought about by the Lisbon treaty including the new High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the new EU External Action.

Intro -- UN: PEACEKEEPING, HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFORM ISSUES -- UN: PEACEKEEPING, HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFORM ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM FUNDING: CONGRESSIONAL ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- CURRENT FUNDING INFORMATION -- Introduction -- U.N. System Financing: Brief Overview -- Assessed Contributions -- Voluntary Contributions -- CURRENT U.S. FUNDING -- FY2011 Funding -- Summary -- Assessed Contributions -- Voluntary Contributions -- Peacekeeping Accounts -- FY2010 Funding -- Summary -- Assessed Contributions -- Voluntary Contributions -- Peacekeeping Accounts -- FY2009 Funding -- Summary -- Assessed Contributions -- Voluntary Contributions -- Peacekeeping Accounts -- Combined Discussion-Continuing Appropriations -- Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (and FY2009 Bridge Funding) -- Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 -- FY2008 Funding -- Status -- Assessed Contributions -- Voluntary Contributions -- Peacekeeping Accounts -- FY2007 Emergency Supplemental -- FY2007 Funding -- Assessed Contributions -- Voluntary Contributions -- Peacekeeping Accounts -- FY2006 Funding72 -- Assessed Contributions -- Voluntary Contributions -- U.N. Peacekeeping Accounts -- TABLES ON U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS: FY2007-FY2010 AND FY2011 REQUEST -- OTHER BASIC INFORMATION -- Scale of Assessments -- Arrearages -- Funding the U.N. War Crimes Tribunals -- The United Nations Capital Master Plan -- Initial Solution -- Final Approved Solutions -- Design, Planning, and Pre-construction Funding -- U.S. Contributions to the CMP and Congress -- Problems and Issues -- CONGRESS AND FUNDING THE U.N. SYSTEM -- U.S. Withholding -- Contributions Reporting Requirement -- United Nations Reform -- Kassebaum-Solomon Provisions -- Office of Internal Oversight Services -- The Helms-Biden Agreement and Payment of Arrears

TARGET2 ist seit gut einem Jahr Zielscheibe massiver akademischer Kritik. Wir legen dar, dass TARGET2 keiner Veränderungen bedarf. Die Salden sind keine echten Kredite und sollten nicht als solche betrachtet werden. Die zugrunde liegenden ökonomischen Probleme sind weder hinreichend noch notwendig mit dem Zahlungssystem verknüpft und können deswegen darüber nicht sinnvoll angegangen werden. Die geforderten Modifikationen stellen zudem keine überzeugenden Alternativen dar, insbesondere auch nicht für den Fall eines Auseinanderbrechens der Eurozone. Dann sind sie im Übrigen auch nur ein Teilproblem der zu regelnden Desintegration der Zentralbankbilanzen.