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The emergence of India as new military power: Threat or opportunity to Southeast Asia? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
South Asia is a region often tinted with crisis, conflict and war.Historically, this region is undeniably a region exposed by military activities or 'use of force'.Therefore, military development has become a main agenda in South Asian countries in hope ...
Ajis, Mohd Na'eim   +2 more
core  

The role of metaphor in shaping the identity and agenda of the United Nations: the imagining of an international community and international threat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This article examines the representation of the United Nations in speeches delivered by its Secretary General. It focuses on the role of metaphor in constructing a common ‘imagining’ of international diplomacy and legitimising an international ...
Barthes R   +25 more
core   +1 more source

High atmospheric pressure rescues plant growth under humidity stress: A model for climate‐resilient deep underground agriculture

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
High atmospheric pressure (120 kPa) in deep underground counteracts humidity‐induced physiological stress in plants, stabilizing water balance and enhancing antioxidative defenses. This synergy boosts biomass despite elevated humidity, demonstrating sustainable deep underground agriculture potential under climate uncertainty.
Yuxin He   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Composite Index of Formal Sovereignty for Small Islands and Coastal Territories

open access: yesIsland Studies Journal, 2020
We build a composite index of formal sovereignty as an alternative to the binary classification ‘Sovereign vs Affiliated’ for the purpose of a comparative, quantitative analysis on a large sample of small islands.
François Alberti, Michaël Goujon
doaj   +2 more sources

Foreign Policy and Policy Diffusion in Lula da Silva’s Brazil (2003-2010)

open access: yesContexto Internacional, 2022
The article argues that international policy diffusion should also be understood as one of the many foreign policy instruments, and that it is a rather versatile one, as it can be coupled to most or perhaps all traditional foreign policy instruments ...
Carlos Aurélio Pimenta de Faria
doaj   +1 more source

“Passive” Scalecraft as a State Strategy in Post‐Authoritarian Environmental Governance: A Case From South Korea

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs a scalar politics framework to unpack how participatory rhetoric operates statecraft in a post‐authoritarian context, thereby illuminating hybrid‐regime behavior along a continuum of environmental governance. An examination of the environmental governance of an ecotourism project in South Korea is performed using ...
Souyeon Nam
wiley   +1 more source

EU DIPLOMACY AFTER LISBON: INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION, DIPLOMATIC PRACTICES AND INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY [PDF]

open access: yesChallenges of the Knowledge Society, 2014
This paper analyses the institutional changes to European Union diplomacy constituted by the Lisbon Treaty and the creation of the European External Action Service. These changes were meant to solve serious problems of horizontal and vertical incoherence
Steffen Bay RASMUSSEN
doaj  

BOOK REVIEW: "RESHAPING DEFENCE DIPLOMACY: NEW ROLES FOR MILITARY COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE"

open access: yesRevista Conjuntura Austral, 2011
Resenha do livro Rehaping Defense Diplomacy: New Roles for Military Cooperation and Assistance. Trata-se de uma obra que discorre a respeito dos novos papéis da cooperação militar em tempos de paz no período pós-1990, apontando padrões, sucessos e ...
Lucas Pereira Rezende
doaj   +1 more source

Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colonial and gendered peace: Decolonial perspectives on peace in Nagorno‐Karabakh

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article critically interrogates peace processes in the aftermath of the First Nagorno‐Karabakh War by centering the lived experiences and political voices of Armenian and Azerbaijani internally displaced and refugee women, based on ethnographic fieldwork and in‐depth interviews conducted in 2019.
Ramil Zamanov
wiley   +1 more source

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