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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Women remain significantly underrepresented in political leadership worldwide. This study examines how different combinations of government accountability mechanisms enhance women's political representation (WPR) as a pathway to leadership in 30 OECD countries.
Samira Nazar, Seyed Ashkan Zarghami
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Asymmetric Warfare: A State vs Non-State Conflict
OASIS, 2014 Asymmetry in warfare is not a new phenomenon. Historically, it has been observed that on various occasions there has been a marked difference in the relative military power and strategy of the warring states.
Ajey Lele
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MILITARY ETHICAL META-KNOWLEDGE AND INDOOR TEAM BUILDING GAMES. FROM PROMISE TO PRAXIS [PDF]
Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2014 Contemporary asymmetric warfare raises challenges that can be best described as volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous (VUCA). These features translate into a conundrum for both the forces involved in multinational theatres of operations, and for ...
Aura CODREANU, Donald A. MACCUISH
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study develops and tests a novel prioritization framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under varying geographic scales (regional, sub‐regional, national), focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as a pilot case.
Lea Issa, Mutasem El Fadel
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Concept of an asymmetric conflict. Global powers vs. islamist warriors in Iraq since 2003
Wiedza Obronna, 2019 Modern times and the post-Soviet era, especially the post-9/11 period, has brought a significant change in the nature of conflict – more and more non-state actors have been entering the stage of war. As the character of such actors has changed throughout
Ewa Fronczak
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Mathematical Models for Asymmetric Warfare
Works of Georgian Technical University, 2021 Differential equations developed by William Lanchester for combat models are still used by military theorists in traditional and asymmetric wars. The paper focuses on the asymmetric situation encountered in narrow exits on the battlefield, where it is impossible to concentrate the entire firepower. Based on the application of the Lancaster Equation, it
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Experimental analysis of bolted connections for precast concrete walls under cyclic tensile loading
Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract Dry‐bolted connections in precast wall structures simplify the assembly process and offer significant advantages in terms of construction speed and cost. In fact, the reduction of the required workmanship, compared to wet connections, makes this solution highly competitive.
Ricardo Martins +5 more
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Explaining Conflict in Low-Income Countries: Incomplete Contracting in the Shadow of the Future [PDF]
We examine two factors that help explain the prevalence of conflict in low-income countries: that adversaries cannot enforce long-term contracts in arms, and that open conflict alters the future strategic positions of the adversaries differently than ...
Michael McBride, Stergios Skaperdas
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“Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This study investigates how participants manage the decision to end or continue their conversation when directly asked about their preferences. The dataset consists of 19 conversations where the researcher explicitly asked if the two participants wanted to continue their conversation, thus causing some potential interactional trouble for the ...
Emmi Koskinen
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A Femininomenon: Leadership Development Through Representation On‐Screen
New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 67-74, Spring 2025.ABSTRACT Historically, films and television centered men, but there has recently been a shift toward focusing on women and people of color (and women of color) in leading roles. Films and shows like Black Panther, Barbie, and Ashoka reflect this trend, offering more complex stories and diverse representation.
Kathleen Callahan
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