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Maritime Diplomacy: Advancing Africa’s Strategic Interests

Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
Maritime diplomacy is an evolving yet underappreciated tool in modern international relations, being essential in defining and advancing maritime security agendas at national, regional, and global levels through a mix of cooperative, suasive, and ...
Michelle Nel, Mark Blaine
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South Africa’s Defence Diplomacy in Africa

, 2020
CITATION: Liebenberg, I. & Steenkamp-Fonseca, R. 2020. South Africa's Defence Diplomacy in Africa, in Liebenberg, I., Kruijt, D. & Paranjpe, S. (eds) 2020. Defence diplomacy & national security strategy : views from the global south. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480556/06.
Liebenberg, Ian, Steenkamp-Fonseca, Raymond   +1 more
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Unmanned Aerial Systems for Corrosion Detection: Multi‐Sensor Technologies, Challenges, and Opportunities for Next‐Generation Inspection

Quality and Reliability Engineering International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corrosion remains a critical threat to the integrity and service life of infrastructure in industries such as oil, gas, construction, renewable energy, and transportation. Traditional inspection methods, being labor‐intensive, hazardous, and often subjective, fall short in addressing modern inspection demands.
Alhossein Alharbi, Yunes Alqudsi, Alhasan Ali Alharbi, Mohammed Basheer Mohiuddin   +3 more
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A Method for Identifying Rainfall‐Runoff Events at Sub‐Hourly Time Scales: Applications for Nature‐Based Solutions and Water Resources

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how changes in catchment conditions affect ecohydrology in response to rainfall‐runoff events is crucial when developing informed strategies to enhance flow resilience, restore natural habitats, interpret water quality data or reduce flood risk.
Josie Ashe, Daniella Montali‐Ashworth, Alan Puttock, Naomi Gatis, David Luscombe, Kirsty Frith, Pia Benaud, Richard E. Brazier   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Security ties between autocracies: Insights into authoritarian alignment through the case of China

European Journal of International Security
Over the past decade, China has significantly expanded its security cooperation with other authoritarian regimes, yet existing research struggles to capture the informal and ambiguous nature of these relationships.
Sabine Mokry
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National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne, Adis Dzebo, Zoha Shawoo, Mario Cardenas, Pierrick Chalaye, Alexia Faus Onbargi, Cassilde Muhoza, Patricia Nicdao, Nokwethaba Makhanya, Navam Niles, Priyatma Singh   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

FUNDAMENTAL CORRELATES OF PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY AND COERCIVE DIPLOMACY

Annals: Series on Military Sciences
This paper examines the relationship between preventive diplomacy and coercive diplomacy in an international system marked by the proliferation of armed conflicts, great-power rivalry, and the expansion of hybrid instruments of pressure.
Teodor FRUNZETI, Aliodor MANOLEA
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MILITARY RECRUITMENT MODEL FOR ARMED FORCES OF SMALL STATES AND MIDDLE POWERS

Revista UNISCI, 2018
States have many functions. The core one should be keeping its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Diplomacy and international law cannot guarantee their security.
Jaroslav Usiak , Erik Gorner
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Artificial Intelligence Patents and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and China

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) is a general‐purpose technology with wide‐ranging implications for sustainable development; yet, little is known about how its innovation trajectories have aligned with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Ern Chern Khor, Moon Choi
wiley   +1 more source

City Diplomacy as a Green Strategy? International Sister City Partnerships and Urban Decarbonization

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The establishment of international sister city partnerships (ISCPs) has expanded since the postwar era, developing from cultural exchanges into strategic diplomatic channels for sustainable development. While their socioeconomic benefits are well‐documented, their potential as instruments for global environmental governance and urban ...
Fubin Luo, Zimeng Kong, Xinyu Wang, Can Zhang, Yunzheng Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source