Publications Review 7.03.2013

In this issue you will find: International financial institutions reform, expansion of UN Security Council, resignation of Bulgarian Government, new book by Robert Blackwill, 10,7% increase of China’s military budget, Sino-Indian ‘Afghan dialogue’.

In the recent publication of independent Canadian think tank Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) its distinguished fellow Thomas A. Bernes argue that international financial institutions, including Financial Stability Board (FSB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)  should be reformed in order to promote greater economic cooperation between countries.

The latest issue of “Other News” provides an overview of  International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Forum which was held in Oslo on March 2 and 3. It also publishes an article by Hardeep S. Puri, former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, on possible future reform and expansion of UN Security Council.

In his recent blog entry Ognyan Minchev, a non-resident fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States’ Balkan Trust for Democracy, claims that Russia’s Energy Monopoly was one of the most important factors behind recent resignation of Bulgarian Government.

In his recent book “Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World” (co-authored with Graham Allison) published by MIT Press in February 2013, Robert Blackwill former  US Ambassador to India (2001–2003), and US National Security Council Deputy for Iraq (2003–2004) collects key insights from interviews, speeches, and voluminous published writings of  Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990. The book is available for purchase.

The review and the short description of the book is available here.

We also recommend reading following blog entries:

1) Andrew Ericsson on 10,7% increase of China’s military budget (Wall Street Journal)

2) Melkulangara Bhadrakumar on proposed ‘Afghan dialogue’ between India and China (Indian Punchline)