ITALY: PM Berlusconi narrowly survives confidence votes
Embattled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has narrowly won back-to-back votes of confidence in parliament. But he is left with a wafer-thin majority that will make it difficult to pass legislation. Read More
International Arbitration, The Pacific Settlement of Disputes and the French Security-Disarmament Dilemma (1919-1931)
International arbitration played an ambiguous role in French planning over national security during the years following the First World War, as policymakers faced the challenge of dealing with the powerful post-war movement in favour of international disarmament. It was a French-driven initiative in 1924 that accorded arbitration a central role as a means to ensure [...]