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The Yarmouk tributary to the Jordan river I: Agreements impeding equitable transboundary water arrangements [PDF]
, 2019 This article explores the ways in which two international water agreements on the Yarmouk tributary to the Jordan River induce or impede transformation to equitable transboundary water arrangements.
Abdallah, Chadi +5 more
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The Told Story of the Gaza War
World Affairs, Volume 188, Issue 3, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT All violent conflicts and wars involve at least two competing narratives. This is also the case for the conflict commonly referred to as the Gaza War, which began on October 7, 2023, and lasted 471 days until the first phase of the ceasefire was implemented. The war involved, on one side, Israel with substantial support from the United States,
Daniel Bar‐Tal
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Fluid sovereignty: state-nature relations in the Hasbani Basin, southern Lebanon [PDF]
, 2016 The concept of fluid sovereignty denotes configurations of state authority in which flows of living and non-living things, within and across borders, render insecure claims of unconditional territorial control.
Khawlie, Mohamad, Mason, Michael
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Middle Powers and Limited Balancing: Syria and the Post‐October 7 Wars
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 120-133, Summer 2025.Abstract This article contends that to explain the grand strategies of states in the Middle East, we must employ the concept of middle powers. Analyzing the case of Syria between 2011 and 2021, it finds that these actors preferred a strategy of limited balancing against direct threats to their national security.
Chen Kertcher, Gadi Hitman
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Virtual reality urban modelling - an overview [PDF]
, 2006 This paper offers an overview of the increasing use of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies for the simulation of urban environments. It provides a summary of cities worldwide where three-dimensional computer modelling is being utilised to aid urban ...
Fleming, David +2 more
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Lessons from the Syria‐Hezbollah Criminal Syndicate, 1985–2005
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 98-119, Summer 2025.Abstract Hezbollah, founded with the intention of destroying Israel, has long engaged in illicit efforts to amass resources the size of some states’ coffers. The Lebanese group's long‐running global criminal syndicate with the Assad regime, initially forged in the 1980s, more recently allowed it to fight for more than a decade in the Syrian conflict ...
Iftah Burman, Yehuda Blanga
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, 2022 Cette thèse s'intéresse à la place du fleuve Nahr Beyrouth dans la ville de Beyrouth dont la métropolisation est qualifiée d'"indirecte'' et "inachevée'', et issue d'un régime politique et économique qu'est le néolibéralisme. Nahr Beyrouth, dans sa partie urbaine, illustre un fort contraste entre un fleuve a priori très délaissé, marginalisé dans l ...
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Beyond Green: The Arts as a Catalyst for Sustainability [PDF]
, 2016 The creative sector has played a significant role in efforts to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change and encourage sustainable social, economic, and environmental practices worldwide.
Alexis Frasz, Holly Sidford
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The Conditions of the Working Class in 1960s Beirut: Fire and Everyday Struggles in Karantina
Antipode, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 1041-1061, May 2025.Abstract In this paper, I examine the spatial processes of class formation within informal urban spaces. To do so, I consider Karantina in the 1960s, an outgrowth of one of the oldest refugee camps in the world situated in northeastern Beirut, Lebanon.
Diala Lteif
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