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JABAL AMIL: A GÊNESE DO ATIVISMO XIITA CONTEMPORÂNEO

Foro Internacional
Esse artigo objetiva demonstrar que o ativismo secular de famílias tradicionais xiitas originárias de Jabal Amil, no sul do Líbano, está na gênese de fenômenos sociais e políticos transformadores do mundo xiita contemporâneo, particularmente os ...
Issam Rabih Menem, Silvia Regina Ferabolli   +1 more
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Who Wants to be a Martyr? [PDF]

As logical as the poverty-breeds-terrorism argument may seem, study after study shows that suicide attackers and their supporters are rarely ignorant or impoverished. Nor are they crazed, cowardly, apathetic or asocial.
Scott Atran
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Modern Israel\u27s Right to the Land [PDF]

, 2009
The modern state of Israel is under attack like never before since her 1948 founding from all sides throughout the world. Recently a secular Israeli said shortly after this summer’s war (2006) with Hezbollah, “Every year they hate us more.” No matter ...
Ice, Thomas D.
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DIVERSITY OF ETHNICITY AND STATE INVOLVEMENT ON URBAN INFORMALITY IN BEIRUT [PDF]

Urban informality has become the dominant feature of urban growth on Beirut City and its periphery. Beirut context, as the rest of Lebanese cities, sheds light on a new era of controversy on urban informality.
Ahmed M. SOLIMAN
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Spartan Daily, September 25, 2006 [PDF]

, 2006
Volume 127, Issue 16https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10274/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Travel Intelligence: Enhancing Counterterrorism and National Security

Bulletin of "Carol I" National Defense University
In the contemporary landscape of global security challenges, addressing the intricate dynamics of Counterterrorism and National Security is paramount. This paper emphasizes the pivotal role of Travel Intelligence (TRAVINT) in enhancing Counterterrorism (
Anastasios-Nikolaos KANELLOPOULOS, Dimitrios STAVROPOULOS   +1 more
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Justice or Peace? The Hariri Assassination and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Perspectives on Terrorism, 2011
The assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri represented a turning point in the modern history of Lebanon. The death of the tycoon, who reshaped Beirut following years of internal strife, has resulted in a major uprising that changed ...
Maria-Rita Kassis
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Strategic Options for Iran: Balancing Pressure with Diplomacy [PDF]

, 2013
This third report from The Iran Project, considers the successes, shortfalls, and risks of strategies designed to pressure the Iranian government into changing its policies. It explores some of the advantages and disadvantages for U.S.

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Israel, Latin America and the United States: A peripheral-realist perspective [PDF]

This document is the paper-format version of the keynote address delivered by its author on August 2, 2009, to the opening session of the Latin American section (AMILAT) of the 15th World Congress of Jewish Studies, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Carlos Escudé
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The Governance of Non-State Armed Actors in Failing States

Czech Journal of International Relations, 2014
Using the case of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, the article deals with the phenomenon of the governance of non-state armed groups in failing states and the conditions for its emergence. It argues that one of the key requirements for the emergence and
Jan Daniel
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