1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957913403321

Autore

Kochavi Noam <1961->

Titolo

Nixon and Israel : forging a conservative partnership / / Noam Kochavi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c2009

ISBN

9781438427874

1438427875

9781441621399

1441621393

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Disciplina

327.7305694

Soggetti

Jews - Soviet Union - Migrations - History - 20th century

Jews, Soviet - Israel - History - 20th century

United States Foreign relations Israel

Israel Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: beyond geo-strategy -- Joining the conservative brotherhood -- Israel, Soviet Jewish emigration, and idealpolitik -- Kissinger, Soviet Jewish emigration, and the demise of detente -- Nixon's final months, the legacy of the period, and the lessons of the case.

Sommario/riassunto

Using a wealth of recently declassified American and Israeli documents, Nixon and Israel argues that ideational and psychological factors are an important complement to standard geopolitical explanations of American-Israeli relations during the Nixon years. Noam Kochavi looks at the emotional impact on senior American leadership of specific choices made by Israel outside the Middle East in the early 1970s, such as the acumen and sensitivity of Israel with regard to Nixon's fundamental concerns—"honorable extrication" from Vietnam and winning reelection. The book takes issue with the controversial argument that Israeli and American Jewish leaders joined forces to orchestrate a campaign designed to tilt American foreign policy in Israel's favor. To the contrary, the picture that emerges suggests that while Israel did adopt policies that altered Nixon's image of Israel,



these policies were adopted not in concert with American Jews but despite American Jewish disapproval.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973349303321

Autore

Wiegand Johannes

Titolo

Fiscal Surveillance in a Petro Zone : : The Case of the CEMAC / / Johannes Wiegand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2004

ISBN

9786613775054

9781462356157

146235615X

9781452762418

1452762414

9781281089694

1281089699

9781451890723

1451890729

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (28 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Political Science

Law, Politics & Government

Public Finance

Investments: Energy

Macroeconomics

Taxation

Industries: Energy

National Deficit Surplus

Energy: Government Policy

Energy: General

Energy: Demand and Supply

Prices

Fiscal Policy

Business Taxes and Subsidies

Macroeconomics: Production

Investment & securities

Public finance & taxation

Petroleum, oil & gas industries

Oil



Oil prices

Fiscal stance

Oil, gas and mining taxes

Oil production

Commodities

Taxes

Fiscal policy

Production

Petroleum industry and trade

Equatorial Guinea, Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. METHODOLOGY""; ""A. Gap Analysis""; ""B. Sensitivity Analysis of the Market Value of Equity (MVE)""; ""C. Duration""; ""D. Value at Risk""; ""E. Issues in Estimating Interest Rate Risk Exposure of Banks""; ""F. Data Description""; ""III. RESULTS""; ""A. Cross Sectional Heterogeneity""; ""IV. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper discusses fiscal surveillance criteria for the countries of the Central African Monetary and Economic Union (CEMAC), most of which depend heavily on oil exports. At present, the CEMAC's macroeconomic surveillance exercise sets as fiscal target a floor on the basic budgetary balance. This appears inadequate, for at least two reasons. First, fluctuations in oil prices and, hence, oil receipts obscure the underlying fiscal stance. Second, oil resources are limited, which suggests that some of today's oil receipts should be saved to finance future consumption. The paper develops easy-to-calculate indicators that take both aspects into account. A retrospective analysis based on these alternative indicators reveals that in recent years, the CEMAC's surveillance exercise has tended to accommodate stances of fiscal policy that are at odds with sound management of oil wealth.