discourse and society

• The Trade Debate Needs the Voice of Business

A dual discourse has evolved since the Doha Declaration was announced in Nov 2001: that of reconciling multilateral trade liberalization with multiple and diverse developmental priorities. The perception remains that business has shown a lack of constructive engagement in the multilateral trade policy debate. Leading non-governmental advocacy groups, meanwhile, have widened their influence. The trade debate has now entered the public sphere, a non-habitual ground for business. This means that business needs to make an extra effort to correct open market misconceptions, such as that the global trading system was devised for exclusionary private gains rather than for providing a public good. More transparent WTO procedures and negotiating processes will help media and the general public t...

... among government, business and civil society leaders. These edited excerpts are from a statemen...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 1/2006, Janvier 2006

• Linking Trade and Security in Asia: Has Washington's Policy Worked?

This paper traces the linking of trade and security, a characteristic of US foreign economic policy since 2001. It does so with reference to US economic policy in East Asia. We argue that the US has been unable to resist the temptation to link foreign economic and security policy. While there was evidence of the securitisation of economic globalisation in US policy from day one of the BUSH Administration, it was September 11 that firmed up this trend. Ever since, the BUSH government has been seeing globalisation not simply in neoliberal economic terms, but also through the lenses of the national security agenda of the United States. Economic globalisation has been linked to security policy. This trend is evident in East Asia, where the United States has put an emphasis on Free Trade Agr...

... relations with Asia, the securitisation discourse is one of reward and threat. It were the exception... intra-regional network at the wider civil society level, has resulted in a weak or nonexistent sense...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 62 Num. 2, Juin 2007

• Not Your Pusher.

... point there is an answer and a common discourse among political parties, philosophical factions an... actually manage to reintegrate into society, including re-entering the workforce and therefore...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2001, Juin 2001

• REMEMBERING MAX FRISCH.

... he called the 'stubbornness" of Swiss society. Swiss neutrality, freedom, democracy and the Swis... recurrent themes to be found in his discourse, and he remained active and current in his nationa...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2001, Juin 2001