Pei-Lun Tsai Ph.D. student, School of Law, University of Nottingham On 16 October 2012, the United States (US) Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit reversed the decision of the US Military Commission convicting Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Ladan’s former personal driver and bodyguard, for material support for terrorism and ordered the conviction be […]
李柏翰：東吳大學法學院法律研究所國際法組四年級 黃海寧：國立臺灣大學法律研究所國際法組二年級 羅勝軒：東吳大學法學院法律研究所國際法組碩士 壹、 前言 有關日前行政院勞委會登廣告指出：「我國為世界貿易組織（WTO）成員，且各國簽訂自由貿易協定（FTA）時，必含勞動條款，外勞如不適用基本工資，恐將因違反國際經貿組織的公平貿易原則，不僅不利推動與外國簽訂自由貿易協定，並易遭致國際勞工組織或消費者團體的抵制，產品出口受限，反而影響我國經濟發展。」
Wei-en Tan Member of Slow Food, NYC Reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) and designing the Post-Kyoto Climate Regime tend to dominate discussions on climate change so far.[1] But to the booming world population, one emerging issue caused by climate change may be even more worth noting and demand no delay: food insecurity.
(本文於 2012年10月18日刊登於 Foreign Policy 網站，請點選連結觀看原文） The longstanding territorial dispute over the Diaoyutai Islands has once again flared up. The Japanese government’s recent unilateral move on Sept. 11, 2012 to “nationalize” three of the islands, known as “Senkaku” in Japanese, through a purported “purchase” has reignited tensions in East Asia. But while most attention has focused […]
全文轉自Nicholas Kristof 於紐約時報之部落格。 Diaoyu Island is recorded under Kavalan, Taiwan in Revised Gazetteer of Fujian Province (1871).
李慶平 前中國廣播公司總經理 四十年前在美國、台灣、香港所發展的保衛釣魚台運動，似乎很遙遠的事了，但對現今六、七十歲，曾在美國留學及在台灣讀大學的知識分子，因為受過保釣運動的洗禮，對年輕時期參與過的愛國運動，仍留下一份激情、一份回憶、一份反思。四十年的歲月，因時間的拉長，有了一定的距離後，可以將這一個為爭國家主權、保國土的運動，看得更清楚，也可根據更多史實的披露，加以詮釋及評價。
釣魚台紛爭越演越烈，中華民國、日本、中國大陸各說各話，沒有交集。我國必須更主動、更開創性提出和平雙贏之方案。畢竟釣魚台是台灣屬島，我國不能置身在外。欲使日本接受我方「東海和平倡議」，必須採取攻心為上之策。
本文刊載於旺報，2012-09-24 馬總統於8月5日提出「東海和平倡議」，呼籲相關各方自我克制、擱置爭議、和平處理爭端、研訂東海行為準則、建立合作開發機制。可以見到馬總統在「東海和平倡議」背後思維，仍強調我國擁有釣魚台列嶼主權，一貫的主張未有絲毫的改變。同時為了避免未來發生衝突的可能性，建立合作開發資源的機制，應是當前最務實的考慮。
Christine I. Lin Integration, as Aspinwell puts it, is a process that binding rules lead to a reducion or a potential reduction in state power. Actors in various levels are involved in the process, and whether their political backgrounds make a difference of their preferences in the integration is often asked. This essay will first […]
Wei-en Tan Slow Food NYC board member Introduction The international community undoubtedly has made progress over the past 40 years by reducing the population worldwide who suffer from starvation; however, as is known to us, the total number of people living with hunger continues to increase. In 1996, the World Food Summit impressively concluded that […]