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The Saudi Savior—Justifying Operation Decisive Storm

open access: yesDigest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 1, Winter 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that despite the success of Saudi Arabia's use of discourse to legitimize Operation Decisive Storm, their initial bombing and blockade of Yemen, to the United States, ultimately these discourses were problematic. Via analyzing speeches from Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel Al‐Jubeir, and articles from Saudi news ...
Tom Walsh
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the evolution of the threat al-Shabaab poses to Kenya post-Westgate attack period

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
In the last decade, al-Shabaab has carried out at least thirty terrorist attacks in Kenya, killing hundreds of people and causing damage to public and private infrastructure.
Gábor Sinkó, János Besenyő
doaj   +1 more source

The Law of Armed Conflict, the Use of Military Force, and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force : Hearing Before the S. Committee on Armed Services, 113th Cong., May 16, 2013 (Statement by Professor Rosa Brooks, Geo. U. L. Center) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Mr. Chairman, almost twelve years have gone by since the passage of the AUMF on September 14, 2001. The war in Afghanistan–-the longest war in U.S. history--has begun to wind down.
Brooks, Rosa
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Leaving Home and Living Abroad: A Comparative Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Migration Decisions of Africans to Move Abroad

open access: yesSocial Science Quarterly, Volume 106, Issue 1, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Objective: This study comparatively examined the individual‐ and country‐level factors influencing migration decisions of Africans using large‐scale cross‐sectional data from 34 African countries. Methods: Employing a multilevel analysis technique, specifically hierarchical linear modeling (HML), this study addresses design, methodological ...
Michael K. Dzordzormenyoh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing : Hearing Before the S. Judiciary Subcomm. on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, 113th Cong., April 23, 2013 (Statement by Professor Rosa Brooks, Geo. U. L. Center) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Mr. Chairman, the mere mention of drones tends to arouse strong emotional reactions on both sides of the political spectrum, and last week\u27s tragic events in Boston have raised the temperature still further.
Brooks, Rosa
core   +1 more source

Unsupervised news analysis for enhanced high‐frequency food insecurity assessment

open access: yesDecision Sciences, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 605-619, December 2024.
Abstract This article introduces an artificial intelligence (AI)‐based system for forecasting food insecurity in data‐limited settings, employing unsupervised neural networks for topic modeling on news data. Unlike traditional methods, our system operates without relying on expert assumptions about food insecurity factors.
Cascha van Wanrooij   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moments of suffering, pain and resilience: Somali refugees’ memories of home and journeys to exile

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2017
This article is based on a collection of stories about victimisation and resilience, told by thirty Somali refugees in Cape Town, South Africa. It seeks to understand how this group of displaced persons remembers their experiences of homelessness in ...
Ernest A. Pineteh
doaj   +1 more source

Civil Society in Making - Challenges of the Somali Diaspora Organizations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
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Hassan Mohamed, Abdirizak   +1 more
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