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THIS ANALYSIS EXAMINES THE ROLE OF DEON GELDENHUYS, A PROFESSOR AT RAND AFRIKAAN UNIVERSITY IN JOHNNESBURG, IN THE MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. THE AUTHOR EVALUATES ACCUSATION THAT THIS PROFESSOR MAY HAVE HELPED PLAN MILITARY ACTION IN ADDITION TO HIS WRITINGS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THE ACCUSATIONS TO BE PROBABLY INCORRECT.

Examines Taiwan's attempts to cope with United States commercial pressure in view of its mounting bilateral trade surplus in the recent years ($$10.6 billion in 1985, and $$6.2 billion in the first half of 1986). Taiwan's past ability to achieve relatively favorable outcomes in its commercial dealings with the United States is explained at the macro and micro levels. Argues that Taiwan's coping behaviour in the trade area must be understood in the broader context of a metagame that seeks to preserve vital political and security contributions from the United States as well. (Abstract amended)

THIS PAPER STUDIES THE IMPACT OF CHINA'S NEW AFRICA POLICY, AS REPRESENTED BY ITS SUPPORT FOR SALIM SALIM IN THE VOTE FOR THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL POST, DISCUSSES WHAT THE NEW PRAGMATISM OF SUCH A POLICY MEANS, WHY CHINA'S AFRICA POLICY HAD TO BE REASSEMBLED, AND HOW THIS POLICY DIFFERS FROM YESTERDAY'S. CHANGES IN CHINESE POLICY FROM EARLY INITIATIVES OF THE 1950S, THROUGH THE THREE WORLDS THEORY PERIOD. THE THREE WORLDS POLICY IS CHARACTERISTIZED AS ELASTIC, INTENTIONAL, AND OPPORTUNISTIC. A POLICY WHERE REGIONALISM IS NOW THE FIRST STEP FOR INTERNATIONALISM RAISES THE QUESTION IF CHINA WILL NOW ABANDON AFRICA.

Which kinds of grievances garner support from the public on online platforms? Focusing on national online petitioning, one of the forms of direct democracy in contemporary politics, we examine the content and characteristics of petitions that succeeded in attracting public attention and support. Using our comprehensive data on online petitions that were submitted to the executive office between 2017 and 2022 in South Korea, our analysis yields three important findings. First, a mix of post-materialist topics such as human rights and gender equality and materialist topics such as safety and environment turn out to be salient among petitions that meet the signature threshold. Second, online petitions the contents of which reveal either moral emotions or Confucian attitudes are more likely to gain public support compared to others. Third, keywords that are related to moral claims asking for the apprehension of perpetrators on behalf of victims, such as 'victim,' 'perpetrator,' 'kid,' and 'punishment,' appear most frequently inside the petitions that cross the signature threshold. Such findings provide implications for understanding both the potentials and limitations of national online petitioning in contemporary democracies.