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The Dynamic Impact of the Energy Transition on Food Security in Developing Countries
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the context of persistent food insecurity and the global push for the transition toward clean energy in developing countries, understanding the association between clean energy access and food affordability is increasingly important to inform multisectoral policy interventions. Against this background, this study explores the dynamic impact
Boris D. Soh Wenda +5 more
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Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings +3 more
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Strategies for Countering Western Hybrid Warfare Against the Islamic Republic of Iran [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rāhburdī-i SiyāsatIntroduction The concept of hybrid warfare is a framework for studying the various components of Western pressure and conflict against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mohammad Hadi Raji, Asghar Eftekhari
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Congenital malformations at a referral hospital in Gorgan, Islamic Republic of Iran [PDF]
, 2005 This study recorded the rate of congenital malformations in 10 000 births at a referral hospital in Gorgan, Islamic Republic of Iran in 1998-99. The overall incidence of congenital malformations was 1.01% (1.19% in males and 0.76% in females).
Ahmadpour-Kacho, M. +2 more
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Counterclaims in investor-state arbitration [PDF]
, 2011 This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal regime governing counterclaims in investor-State disputes. It challenges the frequent presumption that the right to assert counterclaims is hindered by the fact that investment treaties impose no ...
Kryvoi, Yaraslau
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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Deterrence Misapplied: Challenges in Containing a Nuclear Iran [PDF]
, 2010 Argues against relying on deterrence against a nuclear Iran by analyzing problems with the disproportionate focus on Iran's current leadership in debates over deterrence strategies and considering the implications of various doctrines of ...
Frederick W. Kagan
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State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies
History, EarlyView.Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This piece examines the systematic erosion of academic freedom and the institutionalized censorship and repression of academics in Iran following the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, where universities have been reshaped into extensions of the security state through ideological vetting, pervasive surveillance, and the purging of dissenting ...
Arash Beidollahkhani
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Persian-Islamic Pattern of Development in Health Science and Technology
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2011 The issue of "Persian-Islamic pattern of development" and "Persian-Islamic science and technology" have arisen from a wide historical process. Revolutionary Muslims in Iran developed the “Islamic republic theory” to develop the revolution.
AR Koohpaei +3 more
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