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Editor's Note
Editor's Note (volume 4, issue 2)
Mitchell A. Belfer
2010 was an extremely challenging year for untold millions of people who experienced the full security impact of environmental disasters, ensuing militarised conflicts, food and potable water shortages, and a multitude of smaller, but no less important, issues, all of which have led to mass displacements, ethnonationalist tensions, political violence and a general trembling throughout the international community.
Editor's Note (volume 4, issue 1)
Mitchell A. Belfer
Europe has evolved beyond a simple geographic location; it is more than a set of institutions or a common economic area. Instead, Europe is a pervasive Idea based on notions of citizenship (re: political and social inclusion), human rights and justice, shared economic growth and prosperity and responsibility.
Editor's note (volume 3, issue 2)
Mitchell A. Belfer
Scholars of international relations (IR), divided as they are over the contours of the discipline, bear moral responsibility to, among other things, objectively and fairly present the unfolding nature of international affairs, the types and potency of actual and potential challenges, and the means available to confront such challenges.
Editor's note (volume 3, issue 1)
Mitchell A. Belfer
Of the many security issues currently facing the EU, none will have such wide-reaching implications to long-term EU security, and its ability to conduct its international affairs, as Obama’s accession to President of the US. Beyond the popular hype surrounding Obama’s rise to power, it is important to envision how the new US administration views the EU – and its members – in terms of contributions to international security.
Editor's note (volume 2, issue 2)
Mitchell A. Belfer
As CEJISS releases its fourth issue, international relations rests uncomfortably on the brink. The international atmosphere resembles a mixture of pre-WWI over-confidence among the great powers (particularly the US, Russia and China) and post-WWI global economic instability. The result of these dangerous ingredients is uncertain, though there is much to consider, especially as recent events seem to signal the return of the political over the economic.
Editor's note (volume 2, issue 1)
Mitchell A. Belfer
It is a pleasure to welcome you to CEJISS 2:1. Before turning to the editorial of this issue, I would like to take the opportunity to inform you of some recent developments concerning CEJISS. Owing to the growth in our readership and continued exposure in academic and policy circles worldwide, we have made some administrative adjustments; brought several new people into the CEJISS Administrative, Editorial and Advisory Boards, and are in the process...
Editor's note (volume 1, issue 2)
Mitchell A. Belfer
In readying the content of Volume 1 Issue 2 of CEJISS, I was struck by the growing support this journal has received within many scholarly and professional quarters. Building on the success of the first issue, CEJISS has managed to extend its readership to the universities and institutions of a number of countries both in the EU and internationally.
