http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/799/richard-e-poole Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:22:13 -0400 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:22:13 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/932/chinas-harmonious-world-in-the-era-of-the-rising-east By Richard E. Poole - Almost unanimously, theorists, academics, and policy makers around the world agree that China is 'rising' (regardless of the negative/positive connotations associated with the term 'rise' itself). In 2007, the same year the 'harmonious world' policy discussed herein was further institutionalised in Hu's official "Report to the 17th Party Congress," China was the world's third largest trading partner with a GDP of $3.24 trillion dollars, and has since become the second largest, overtaking Japan (Jintao 2007; Bergsten et al 2009, pp. 209-210). Even during the recession, China was able to boast growth... Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:48 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/932/chinas-harmonious-world-in-the-era-of-the-rising-east http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/652/global-governance-and-the-environment-evaluating-the-effectiveness-of-global-governance-in-tackling-contemporary-environmental-issues By Richard E. Poole - The first major hurdle for effective global governance of the environment lies not with its practical problems and applications, but a difficulty in deciphering the very concepts that define it. In fact, the notion of ‘global environmental governance’ itself is a highly contested and ambiguous term. As Biermann purports, “clear definitions of ‘global governance’… have not yet been agreed upon: global governance means different things to different authors” (Biermann 2004, p. 06). What's more, “the different conceptualizations of GEG… cannot... Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:31 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/652/global-governance-and-the-environment-evaluating-the-effectiveness-of-global-governance-in-tackling-contemporary-environmental-issues