Restructuring the multilateral export control regime system

Reforming the Multilateral Export Control Regimes

The use of export controls to regulate the supply of major conventional arms systems and materials associated with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has long been a central component of nonproliferation efforts. But how well are US and multilateral efforts to control the export of advanced weaponry and sensitive dual-use technologies working? Iraq’s ability to purchase key components for its WM...

The global food regime : crisis and restructuring

It is well known that capitalist development depends on free wage labor and previously accumulated capital, as Marx (1967/1867, p. 166) claimed “the owner of money must meet in the market with the free labourer”. This claim, of course, implicitly assumes sufficient supply relatively affordable food for the proletariat in the capitalist sector, as both industrialization and urbanization greatly ...

EU Enlargement: Implications for EU and Multilateral Export Controls

Regional Trade Agreements in a Multilateral Trade Regime: An Overview

One of the most striking development in the world trading system since the mid 1990s is a surge in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). From about 50 till 1990, the number of RTAs notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has crossed 250 in 2003 and estimates indicate that over 300 RTAs will be in effect by 2007. Initially WTO encouraged the growth of RTAs because it believed that regional in...

Congestion control of bluetooth radio system by piconet restructuring

Bluetooth is a low-cost and short-range wireless communication technology. Two or more bluetooth devices connected form a piconet and two or more piconets connected form a scatternet through relay devices. Without the consideration of traffic flows, a scatternet may operate with serious congestion problem. Congestion problem can be resolved by either reduced traffic flows or increased bandwidth...