Külügyi Szemle - A Teleki László Intézet Külpolitikai Tanulmányok Központja folyóirata - 2002 (1. évfolyam)
2002 / 3. szám - RÉSUMÉ - Deák András Miklós: The First Lessons of Devolution in the United Kingdom - Lévai Imre: Clash of Capitalisms and remaking of World order?
Résumé of the United States, which united the territories which were controlled by the Muslims and the Croats. The Russian diplomacy had to realize at that time that the dissolution of the former Yugoslav member state, Bosnia-Hercegovina, was inevitable. On the other, the so called contact group was formed on Washington's motion and with the participation of the representatives of the United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia of Washington. András Miklós Deák: The First Lessons of Devolution in the United Kingdom This study undertakes to examine the exciting issues of how asymmetric devolution in the UK was operating in practice between May 1999 (when after 1707 the Scottish Parliament was reestablished and the unwritten British constitution entered its de facto post-devolution phase) and the general elections in June 2001. The handing over of some of the powers of Westminster had politically and legally been well prepared and has brought great success for the ruling Labour Party. The two years of practical devolution have not produced a single major conflict, since partnership and the necessary co-operation among the three devolved executives and the British government had come to being in a matter of months. Devolution has not visibly strengthened the cause of independence in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament and the assemblies also offer a new terrain for Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition governments, electoral rules and some procedural experiments. The paper reminds the reader of the fact that alongside with political devolution fiscal devolution has not been introduced, and for want of a better solution the much criticized Barnett formula is still in place. The study also offers a glimpse into how devolution for England may come to life by forming regional assemblies where there is a majority wish to have them. Imre Lévai: Clash of Capitalisms and remaking of World order? The attack by Arab terrorists on the emblematic buildings of the United States, the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, was but one of the phases of the remaking of world order. Demolition of the Berlin wall, disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Gulf and Balkan Wars, the so-called second intifada and the terrorists' organised activity on the soil of the world military super-power all go to show that we have arrived in a hectic period of profound historical changes but one 226 Külügyi Szemle
