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ASEAN’S DEFENCE DIPLOMACY: THE ROAD TO SOUTHEAST ASIAN DEFENCE COMMUNITY?
, 2017 The purpose of this study is to examine whether the practice of ASEAN member states’ defence diplomacy through practical defence cooperatives for handling security challenges in Southeast Asia contains the characteristics of a defence community which ...
Pedrason, Rodon
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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 +3 more
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Australia and the United States' defence diplomacy
This chapter continues the focus on specific tools of statecraft, by analysing defence diplomacy. While diplomacy has traditionally been understood as the role of civilian diplomats, defence diplomacy has long played an important role in the Pacific ...
Rose, M. +3 more
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Defence diplomacy and the Australian defence force: smokescreen or strategy?
, 2020 The practice of military-to-military engagement has been strongly embraced in the last few decades as a central tool for strategic management. Many governments in the Asia-Pacific, including Australia, have accepted the practice as an instrument of ...
Carr, Andrew, Baldino, Daniel
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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 +7 more
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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 +10 more
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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
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Does Europe Need a New Missile Defence System? ESF Working Papers No. 27, November 2007 [PDF]
, 2007 US plans for a ballistic missile defence system in Europe have given rise to opposition in Russia and tensions in Europe. While some argue that the defence shield is needed to protect Europe against new threats from the proliferation of long-range ...
Slocombe, Walter +2 more
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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 +4 more
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Russian counter-trade as a mechanism for promoting arms sales and diplomatic influence
European Journal of International SecurityWhy and how does Russia engage in the arms trade? Scholars have largely focused on why Russia participates in the arms trade, often neglecting the equally crucial question of how it conducts this trade.
Jonata Anicetti +2 more
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