With financial institutions playing one agency off against the others, the results were predictable.
The E.U. is a complex labyrinth of institutions playing power games, but the European Parliament is not to be overlooked".
But Dr. Koob, like many of the researchers and academic institutions playing pivotal roles in the trial, has had close ties to the alcoholic beverage industry.
"It's a challenge for us to put ourselves in those categories with some of the great institutions playing in the larger conferences," said Harvard Coach Tommy Amaker, citing Vanderbilt, Stanford and Northwestern as examples.
The international governance regime is a complex and multilayered bricolage of institutions, with private institutions playing an important role; witness the large role for private institutions, such as credit rating agencies, in guiding the markets.
A spokesman from the department of culture, media and sport told the Radio Times: "The BBC is one of this nation's most treasured institutions, playing a role in almost all our lives.
