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Researching Baltic security challenges after the annexation of Crimea

open access: yesJournal on Baltic Security, 2019
The article aims to provide an insight into academic and military studies that investigate security challenges in the Baltic region after the annexation of Crimea.
Veebel Viljar
doaj   +1 more source

Racism at Work: A Critical Qualitative Investigation

open access: yesThe Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An area of life that is profoundly impacted by anti‐Black racism is the world of work. Black Americans face persistent barriers from hiring to wage inequality to everyday mistreatment. In response, we conducted a critical qualitative investigation to explore how racism manifests in workplaces, uncover overlooked aspects of Black Americans ...
Michael Gordon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

China and outer space [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
China’s space program began in the 1950s as part of its nuclear weapons program. Today it spans both civilian and military requirements, as well as bolstering national prestige: China is only the third country, after the United States and Russia, to ...
Brückmann, H., Ferbert, A.
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Deterrence through captivity: China’s use of detention to dissuade threats to regime security

open access: yesEuropean Journal of International Security
Captivity is a complex phenomenon in international politics with a broad range of purposes, functions, and consequences. Existing scholarship suggests that states use captivity, for example, to facilitate hostage or prisoner exchanges, to extract ...
Karl Gustafsson
doaj   +1 more source

In Aid of Removal: Due Process Limits on Immigration Detention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
In this Article, I seek to demonstrate the radical consequences that taking due process seriously would have for immigration detention as currently practiced.
Cole, David
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Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Driving Forces Behind Iran’s Nuclear Deterrence Strategy: A Novel Methodological Approach

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The perplexing nature of Iran’s nuclear program is evident in its simultaneous growth of enrichment capacity and the concurrent denial of any aspirations toward nuclear weapons development.
Mohammad Eslami
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BAANKRUPTCY-Usury-Plaintiff\u27s Claim for Compound Interest Ruled Usurious; Simple Interest Disallowed to Give Effect to State\u27s Deterrence Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 1976
Usury is the charging of interest for the use of money as a rate in excess of that permitted by statute. The Bankruptcy Act allows the trustee-in-bankruptcy to plead the defense of usury to a creditor\u27s claim.
Bohm, Gerald
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Parents despite support networks? An intersectional analysis of disabled parenthood

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article uses an intersectional perspective that considers patriarchal and ableist mandates to understand how family and professional support networks impact the reproductive trajectories of disabled people. The study analyzes 16 semi‐structured interviews with disabled people and 1 with a non‐disabled support worker.
Laura Sanmiquel‐Molinero   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Zero: The new old agenda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The project of abolishing all nuclear weapons has been given fresh impetus but the old questions remain. Having regard to the manifold problems of definition and verification, is 'Global Zero' realistic in a world in which proliferation seems more likely
Smith, Ron C.
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