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Die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik Polens war in den letzten Jahren im europäischen Ausland häufig Gegenstand kontroverser Diskussionen, nicht zuletzt in Deutschland. Die Gründe sind im Wesentlichen in einer grundverschiedenen Sicht auf Russland zu suchen, die in Polen in erster Linie durch das offensive Vorgehen Russlands im sog. post-sowjetischen Raum bestimmt ist. Schon lange vor den Ereignissen auf der Krim und in der Ost-Ukraine hat dies strategische Leitlinien und Entscheidungen der politischen Elite in Warschau maßgeblich geprägt. Basierend auf Regierungsdokumenten, Hintergrundgesprächen und zahlreichen weiteren, teils polnischsprachigen Quellen analysiert der Autor die Hintergründe der wesentlichen sicherheitspolitischen Entscheidungen in Polen seit dem EU-Beitritt, einschließlich der Energiepolitik. Dabei wird u.a. deutlich, dass der ausgeprägte Wunsch Warschaus nach einer engeren sicherheits- und energiepolitischen Kooperation innerhalb der Nato und der EU schrittweise der Ernüchterung über den mangelnden Willen der "großen" Mitgliedstaaten zur Zusammenarbeit und die daraus folgende eingeschränkte Effektivität dieser Organisationen gewichen ist. In der zweiten Hälfte des Untersuchungszeitraums hat dies zu einer Neuausrichtung der Sicherheitspolitik an einer Strategie der 'begrenzten Unabhängigkeit' geführt. Ein erneuerter Fokus auf der Landesverteidigung, einhergehend mit einem deutlich reduzierten Engagement bei militärischen Auslandseinsätzen sowie eine bei europäischen Partnern mitunter als eigensinnig wahrgenommene Energiepolitik sind unmittelbare Folgen dieser Strategie.

report: 10 pages. ; This UPDATE revisits our previous downtown Winnipeg work, bringing the analysis to 2015. We have re-catalogued and mapped developments with improved information, taking note of new development planned while removing a few tentative or stalled projects. This UPDATE also refocuses the emphasis of the analysis, to the Drivers of Change in the downtown, bringing light to one additional driver —the impact of Provincial Government spending in downtown Winnipeg.

The master's thesis analyses anti-corruption recommendations issued to Lithuania during the period from 2005 to 2015 by international organisations – Council of Europe (GRECO), European Union and United Nations – and examines their role in reducing corruption in Lithuania. Part one examines the issue of definition and measurement of corruption, formation of collective "anti-corruption" identity, internalisation of international norms and compliance with them, following the theory of constructivism. Part two analyses three anti-corruption assessment mechanisms applied in Lithuania, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, collecting and systemising the recommendations issued to Lithuania by them. Part three explains the methodology of empirical research conducted to assess the role of anti-corruption recommendations in Lithuania. Part four analyses and summarises findings of qualitative research based on an in-depth individual interview with research participants who have had previous experience of working with international assessment mechanisms and implementation of the anti-corruption recommendations issued by them.

The master's thesis analyses anti-corruption recommendations issued to Lithuania during the period from 2005 to 2015 by international organisations – Council of Europe (GRECO), European Union and United Nations – and examines their role in reducing corruption in Lithuania. Part one examines the issue of definition and measurement of corruption, formation of collective "anti-corruption" identity, internalisation of international norms and compliance with them, following the theory of constructivism. Part two analyses three anti-corruption assessment mechanisms applied in Lithuania, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, collecting and systematising the recommendations issued to Lithuania by them. Part three explains the methodology of empirical research conducted to assess the role of anti-corruption recommendations in Lithuania. Part four analyses and summarises findings of qualitative research based on an in-depth individual interview with research participants who have had previous experience of working with international assessment mechanisms and implementation of the anti-corruption recommendations issued by them.

The master's thesis analyses anti-corruption recommendations issued to Lithuania during the period from 2005 to 2015 by international organisations – Council of Europe (GRECO), European Union and United Nations – and examines their role in reducing corruption in Lithuania. Part one examines the issue of definition and measurement of corruption, formation of collective "anti-corruption" identity, internalisation of international norms and compliance with them, following the theory of constructivism. Part two analyses three anti-corruption assessment mechanisms applied in Lithuania, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, collecting and systematising the recommendations issued to Lithuania by them. Part three explains the methodology of empirical research conducted to assess the role of anti-corruption recommendations in Lithuania. Part four analyses and summarises findings of qualitative research based on an in-depth individual interview with research participants who have had previous experience of working with international assessment mechanisms and implementation of the anti-corruption recommendations issued by them.

The master's thesis analyses anti-corruption recommendations issued to Lithuania during the period from 2005 to 2015 by international organisations – Council of Europe (GRECO), European Union and United Nations – and examines their role in reducing corruption in Lithuania. Part one examines the issue of definition and measurement of corruption, formation of collective "anti-corruption" identity, internalisation of international norms and compliance with them, following the theory of constructivism. Part two analyses three anti-corruption assessment mechanisms applied in Lithuania, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, collecting and systemising the recommendations issued to Lithuania by them. Part three explains the methodology of empirical research conducted to assess the role of anti-corruption recommendations in Lithuania. Part four analyses and summarises findings of qualitative research based on an in-depth individual interview with research participants who have had previous experience of working with international assessment mechanisms and implementation of the anti-corruption recommendations issued by them.

INHALT -- Rede des Bundespräsidenten Joachim Gauck -- Ralf Banken: Frankfurt als Finanzplatz in der Goethezeit 1750-1840 -- Wolfgang Geiger: Schulden und Schuld -- Das DB Museum Nürnberg - die ganze Welt der Eisenbahn -- Alphabetisches Gesamtverzeichnis aller in gfh vorgestellten "Institutionen" -- Wolfgang Geiger: Kritische Anmerkungen zur Leitrezension Kraus -- Lars Strotmann: Im Westen nichts Neues? Die aktuelle Kriegs(un)schulddebatte zwischen deutscher Orthodoxie und smartem Revisionismus -- VGD: Aus dem Bundesverband und den Landesverbänden -- Leitrezension

INHALT -- F. Bernward Fahlbusch: Stadt im Unterricht - verpasste Chancen, ungenutzte Möglichkeiten? -- Kersten Krüger: Die Idealstadt der Frühen Neuzeit -- Gisbert Gemein: Die islamische Stadt im Mittelalter -- Ralph Erbar: Der war doch kein Nazi - oder? Straßenumbenennungen in Deutschland -- Geschichte vor Ort: Quellen für den Geschichtsunterricht "im Original" -- www.staedtegeschichte.de - Das Portal zur Stadt

The aim of the paper is to examine the economic growth of 32 European countries from 2005 to 2015. This period was characterized by a strong growth prior to 2009, when the Great Recession started, and lasted until 2012–2013 in the majority of examined countries. The growth between 2005 and 2015 was studied with regard to six selected socio-economic factors: initial level of the gross domestic product, economic openness, democracy index, human capital, physical capital, and foreign direct investments. The main result is that the growth was directly proportional to human and physical capital, and indirectly proportional to the initial level of GDP and the democracy index. Furthermore, cluster analysis showed that the historical division of Europe into "West" and "East" still persists to a considerable extent. ; Celem pracy jest analiza wzrostu gospodarczego 32 krajów europejskich w latach 2005–2015. Okres ten charakteryzował się silnym wzrostem przed rokiem 2009, kiedy to rozpoczęła się Wielka Recesja i trwała do 2012–2013 r. w większości badanych krajów. Wzrost w latach 2005 i 2015 badano w odniesieniu do sześciu wybranych czynników społeczno-ekonomicznych: początkowy poziom PKB, otwartość gospodarcza, wskaźnik demokracji, kapitał ludzki, kapitał fizyczny i bezpośrednie inwestycje zagraniczne. Głównym wnioskiem jest to, że wzrost ten był wprost proporcjonalny do kapitału ludzkiego i fizycznego, i odwrotnie proporcjonalny do początkowego poziomu PKB i wskaźnika demokracji. Ponadto, analiza skupień wykazała, iż historyczny podział Europy na "Zachód" i "Wschód" nadal utrzymuje się w znacznym stopniu.