In this presentation I would like to explore policy convergence between national higher education states, particularly the diffusion of globalizing models. The focus is on governmental policymakers: their transnational networks, worldwide reference points, and the dilemmas they face in responding to the increasing global diffusion of powerful governance models, such as those associated with the...

The organizations of European and Czech critical infrastructure have specific position, mission, characteristics and behaviour in European Union and Czech state/business environments, regarding specific requirements for regional and global security environments. They must respect policy of national security and global rules, requirements and standards in all their inherent and outer processes o...

50 his interim solution in no way constrains the selection of the next generation addressing and routing technology.” — RFC 1367, October 1992 [1] In 1977, Kleinrock and Kamoun [2] published a detailed discussion of hierarchical routing in large internetworks. In their landmark paper, “Hierarchical Routing for Large Networks,” they discussed the problems associated with scalability and the leng...

BACKGROUND South Africa, as an emerging middle-income country, is becoming increasingly influential in global health diplomacy (GHD). However, little empirical research has been conducted to inform arguments for the integration of domestic health into foreign policy by state and non-state actors. This study seeks to address this knowledge gap. It takes the form of an empirical case study which ...

Using the Science Citation Index (CD-Rom version) for 1990 and 2000, this paper analyses international co-authorships. The paper presents the methodology for identifying these co-authorships. Analysis is presented on observed linkages at the global level and on regional bases. The architecture of the network is further explored using statistical methods and factor analysis to reveal intense rel...

Recent strong growth of China’s exports has elevated the country to a rising global economic power and caused geo-political concern to policy-makers in the country and its trading partners world-wide. What are the determinants of this growth, how has it affected major economies in ASEAN (World Bank, 2009) in particular, and what kind of evidence-based responses are required and appropriate? The...

the focus on public policy and health equity is discussed in reference to the current global health policy discussion on universal health coverage (uhc). this initiative has strong commitment from the leadership of the international organizations involved, but a lack of policy clarity outside of the health financing component may limit the initiative’s impact on health inequity. in order to add...

in their hypothesis published in ijhpm, lisa forman and colleagues examined the prominence of the right to health and sexual and reproductive health rights (as well as related language) in four of the key reports that fed into the process of negotiating the sustainable development goals (sdgs). now that the sdgs have been formally adopted, this comment builds on some of the insights of forman a...