With the hand-over celebrations of 1st July 1997 being already part of history, Hong Kongers and the world at large alike wonder whether the rapid dismantling by the new law makers of laws passed towards the end of the colonial period heralds the beginning of the end of the "one country - two system”. Is China keeping her promises and safeguarding Hong Kong's separate identity and autonomy or will it go further and accelerate the process of integration of Hong Kong into China leading to possible unforeseen negative consequences? Will this territorial incorporation work out as advertised? Will it be smooth, will it be rocky?...
Saner, R. "Verhandlungstechnik" , Haupt Verlag, Berne, 1997.
Non state actors like Business Diplomats and Transnational Economic NGO Diplomats with their multitude of transborder alliances and pressure groups have added to the traditional domain of economic diplomacy a "supraterritorial relations" component and are thereby partially undermining sovereignty of states in conducting international economic relations. At the same time, faced with globalisation and competition for foreign direct investment as well as with the growing influence of international economic standard setting organisations (WTO, ITU,ILO etc), ...
Saner, R., & Yiu, L. 2005. Swiss Executives as Business Diplomats in the New Europe: Evidence from Swiss Pharmaceutical and Agro-Industrial Global Companies. Organizational Dynamics, 34 (3).
18th September 2001, Vienna : 29th Meeting of Directors and Deans of Diplomatic Academies and Institutes of International Relations. A presentation by Professor Raymond Saner (Director, Centre for Socio-Economic Development, CSEND) together with Mr. Rodrick M. Wright (research Associate, CSEND) and Dr. Lichia Yiu ( President, CSEND) to be followed by round table and discussion.