Abstract The introductory article in this issue argues for greater consideration of the impact Kosovo crisis on political developments other Yugoslav republics and entire federal state structure Yugoslavia after Tito’s death. It also calls a closer examination alternative paths that were considered by various actors to resolve conflict but not or could be pursued. Such discussion 1980s broader ...

In recent years India is experiencing a rapid economic growth, especially after the 1990s when India started to liberalize its economy in a full scale. However, the author emphasizes the critical importance of the preceded 1980s when Indian agricultural sector registered a high growth rate. The Green Revolution in India started in the late 1960s and with its success India attained food self-suf...

Abstract It is well known that the Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) closely related to El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). In this study, it found spring–summer north tropical Atlantic (NTA) sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies can contribute development of IOD since mid-1980s as ENSO. After mid-1980s, an anticyclonic circulation over subtropical northeastern Pacific could be excited by cool NTA S...

Since the last decades, previous long-term Wadden Sea studies revealed significant changes in abundance, biomass and spatial distribution of characteristic macrofauna communities response to environmental anthropogenic stressors. In this study, we performed statistical community analysis for East-Frisian (EFWS, southern North Sea) on two reference datasets across a period with severe climatic (...

February 2004 Abstract This paper empirically analyzes the distribution of unemployment durations in WestGermany before and after the changes during the mid 1980s in the maximum entitlement periods for unemployment benefits for older unemployed individuals. The analysis is based on the comprehensive IAB employment subsample containing register panel data for about 500.000 individuals in West Ge...