我们的2009

每逢年尾,人们总喜欢习惯性地盘算,这一年钱赚了多少,朋友交了几个,工作表现如何等等。正如您所预想的一样,本年度的最后一期杂志,我们依然不可免俗地推出了年终盘点专题。但是在盘点过后,我们却又为找一个什么样的词语来概括2009年而陷入彷徨。究其原因,是因为过去的一年,     

Index 2009

Special Features
Zhu Weiqun says the essence of the ＂middle way approach＂ is a vicious attempt to divide the nation and the people of China 1：04     

新年好心情

杭州西湖的“申遗”,将这个“自然和文化高度复合的产物”,又一次推到了万众瞩目的聚光灯下。这次西湖申报世界遗产的类别是“文化景观遗产”。西湖的无与伦比正是她2000年发展过程中形成的文化深度,“申遗”的“破发点”就在于让世界读懂西湖与中国文学和哲学绵延不息的文脉。本期推出西湖专辑,聚焦西湖“申遗”,“西湖24小时”里的人们装点着这片中国最著名的湖山风景,演绎这处“活着的文化形态”别样的风韵。     

Ukraine's Geopolitical Choice, 2009

A noted specialist in international affairs and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine reviews and analyzes the history of independent Ukraine's relations with Russia and the West following the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The author proceeds to examine the multifaceted Western position toward Kyiv as it has evolved through June 2009, paying due attention to the European Union and NATO. He then discusses the factors contributing to the volatility of Ukrainian-Russian relations following the Orange Revolution of 2004, including a range of specific concerns as well as more general Russian desires for a compliant government that would pay deference to key Russian interests. Concluding sections focus on Ukraine's future geopolitical trajectory in the run-up to the country's presidential elections in early 2010 and on internal problems (constitutional, market, and energy reform) that will command urgent attention once the political situation stabilizes and the outlines of a constructive engagement that could be pursued by the West are at hand. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: F500, F520, P200. 1 figure, 1 table, 39 references.     

2009 Cultural Heritage Legal Summary

Abstract

In 2009, nearly 55 years after the U.S. participated in the drafting of the first international convention to exclusively address the protection of cultural property, the U.S. ratified the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. New developments concerning the U.S.’ implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property through its legislation, the 1983 Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, continue to expand and test the parameters of the role of the U.S. in this international treaty regime. Finally, claims, recoveries, and restitution of looted, smuggled, and stolen cultural artifacts continued.     

Ukraine's Financial Crisis, 2009

A prominent specialist in the economic affairs of the former Soviet Union relates and analyzes the state of Ukraine's economy in light of a series of discussions and interviews with the country's Prime Minister and leading economic officials in Kyiv in 2008 and April 2009. The author, a former economic advisor to the country's government and co-chair of the UN's Blue Ribbon Commission for Ukraine, devotes this paper to a penetrating analysis of the impact of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 on Ukraine's budget, banks, exchange rates, money supply, industrial sectors (particularly energy and steel), GDP, and inflationary pressures. Due attention is given to economic relations with the EU and Russia as well as to financial assistance from the IMF.Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: E500, E600, O520, P200. 1 table, 4 figures, 38 references.