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Strengthening the protection of civilian infrastructure in armed conflict: Practical measures to operationalize IHL and reduce civilian harm

International Review of the Red Cross
Strengthening the protection of civilian infrastructure – particularly that which is related to the provision of essential services – is crucial to preventing and mitigating both immediate and long-term human suffering in contemporary armed conflicts ...
Bárbara Morais Figueiredo
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Between Autonomy and Dependency: The Territorialisation of Agroecology in the Colombian Peasant Reserve Zones

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Peasant movements employ a spectrum of politico‐economic strategies for territorialising agroecology, ranging from autonomy to (inter)dependency. To substantiate this argument, I draw on qualitative fieldwork and historical analysis to examine the Colombian Peasant Reserve Zone movement's strategies for territorialising agroecology at both the
Daniel Ortiz Gallego
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Japan and Its Complex Position in the Nuclear Age: Moving from Vagueness to Concreteness

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Although Japan has experienced the tragedy of the use of nuclear weapons during warfare in 1945, it stands as a prominent nation that has adopted a substantial reliance on nuclear weapons in its security strategy.
Wakana Mukai
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Does Islamic Religiosity Constrain Liberal Democratic Attitudes?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between Islam and democracy remains contested. Although some scholars argue that the two are inherently incompatible, others maintain that they can coexist harmoniously. Although the existing literature includes a growing number of empirical studies testing these competing claims, many are constrained by limitations in data ...
Zeki Sarigil
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Disarmament in the context of the international economic order [PDF]

This paper focuses on an economic aspect of the disarmament question: the international market of armaments. I shall explore the thesis that arms trade is an increasingly important factor in North-South economic relations, that it affects not only ...
Chichilnisky, Graciela
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The Development of International Law on Nuclear Disarmament and the Rule of Law

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The purpose of this paper is to clarify how international law on nuclear disarmament has developed and what effect it has produced in the last 80 years.
Mitsuru Kurosawa
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Towards a Responsible Liberalism

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Liberalism has many faces, ranging from that which emphasises the laissez‐faire approach of freedom from interference to the interventionist perspective on providing the conditions for people to exercise their liberty. In this essay, after summarising the arguments made by four prominent liberal scholars (namely, Keynes, Hayek, Buchanan and ...
Adam Oliver
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THE FATHERS, COMPUTERS AND US

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
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Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration [PDF]

, 2007
Disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration programmes are now established as an integral part of post-conflict reconstruction, and a key component to promoting and establishing peace.

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The role of Brazil in multilateral disarmament efforts

Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 2017
This article examines Brazil’s motivations, objectives, and action in international instances related to nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, and arms control, particularly the Treaty of Tlatelolco and the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear ...
Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte
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