Iranian Membership in the World Trade Organization: An Unclear Future

Iran is the largest economy that is not currently included in the World Trade Organization (WTO). This paper addresses why Iran has not yet joined the WTO and whether it is ready to join. Iran's interaction with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1948 marks the beginning of the relationship between Iran and the WTO. To determine why Iran has not yet entered the WTO, the role and penetration of powerful members of the WTO and Iran's economic position are examined. To determine whether Iran is ready to join the WTO, literature is reviewed concerning the effects of joining for the five most-affected major industries in Iran. The major disadvantages of joining the WTO are described as short-term effects, and the advantages of joining are described as long-term goals. Currently, no clear scheme has been offered to handle the negative effects on the Iranian economy. As the major player, the Iranian government could achieve the long-term goals with a realistic and well-planned strategy or miss the mark through its inattention to the critical economic effects.     

包拉温都——美丽迷人的杏树林

<正>包拉温都,蒙语的意思是"紫色的山岗",位于吉林省白城市通榆县境内。杏树林就在距县城西南90公里的地方,与内蒙古自治区接壤的包拉温都乡境内。     

自然破碎处 万物不复存——汤因比论世界与中国命运

1976年 ,汤因比的最后一部历史哲学巨著《人类与大地母亲》出版 ,现代社会种种深刻危机的总病源 ,终于被发现了 :人与生物圈之间的力量平衡 ,被发端于英国 ,后波及全球的工业革命所打破 ,人与大地母亲血肉相连、唇齿相依的关系出现了逆转 ,人类把生物圈破坏和剥夺到山穷水尽、不可救药的地步。当代民族国家体制下的政治堕落和商业贪婪 ,更使人类事务混乱到无以复加的程度。汤因比预言 :全人类的政治统一和精神觉醒 ,是人类自救、避免酿成更大灾难的根本途径。     

Anthropology at the End of the World

At this critical juncture in human history, when technological, political, demographic, and climatological forces promise to reshape the world in fundamental ways, anthropology stands in a uniquely privileged position to understand and perhaps cope with these forces and the resulting changes. By virtue of three key features—holism, scalability, and a tradition of political engagement—anthropology has an important role to play in the 21st century.     

阿根廷 世界尽头的浪漫之地

<正>在南美,阿根廷恰似一件华服漂亮的下摆,优雅而从容地荡漾在蔚蓝的海面上。高大的红松林、清澈的湖水、神秘的岛屿、色彩缤纷的建筑将这件华服渲染得五光十色。在这里,你可以呼吸到来自布宜诺斯艾利斯最新鲜的空气,可以循着大水的声音挖掘最美妙的深渊,或是探索古老岛屿自然天成的乐趣,也可以在欧洲式优雅的小城品味静谧的美和极限运动的疯狂,抑或是在寒冷的冰河世纪欣赏深深浅     

比较视野中的旅游专业教育教学定位

旅游高等教育存在的诸多问题都与专业定位不清晰有关。本文通过对美国、欧洲、日本等国家及地区相近专业的比较分析,在旅游管理专业与旅游专业、职业导向与学科导向的辨析中,提出我国旅游专业科学合理及可行的定位。     

Buzz,Archipelago Economies and the Future of Intermediate and Peripheral Areas in a Spiky World

In a world where large urban agglomerations are increasingly regarded by scholars and policy-makers alike as the engines of economic development, the options at the disposal of intermediate and peripheral areas are dwindling. Doing nothing is, according to the dominating theories, likely to result in a steady decline which may jeopardize their very economic viability. Adopting active measures is thus the way forward. In this paper, we argue that the main solution being proposed—interactive learning through the promotion of local agglomeration (buzz option)—may yield limited results, if at all, as it would stifle the circulation of new knowledge and lead to lock-in. By contrast, promoting interaction outside the comfort zone of geographical, cognitive, social and institutional proximity (pipeline option) is more likely to succeed in generating interactive learning and in facilitating the generation, diffusion and absorption of innovation. We illustrate this point by resorting to the case of firm innovation in Norwegian city regions.     

Krish Seetah,Editor. Connecting Continents: Archaeology and History in the Indian Ocean World

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