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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the Turkish state's Village Guard system, revived in the 1980s as part of its counterinsurgency strategy against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). While often framed as a defensive militia, the Village Guards became central to the state's exceptional governance in Kurdistan, both facilitating military control and ...
Francis O'Connor +3 more
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Do Wishes Matter? National Security and the Limits of Normative Entrepreneurship in Anti-Personnel Landmine Regime Formation [PDF]
The Review of International AffairsNormative entrepreneurs, i.e., those political actors who attempt to promulgate a norm into wide acceptance, can influence the formation of international regimes once the norm they promote becomes widely accepted by most of the world’s countries. However,
Milan Varda, Uroš Popadić
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The highly conserved Escherichia coli transcription factor YhaJ regulates aromatic compound degradation [PDF]
, 2016 The aromatic compound 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT), a common impurity in 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) production, has been suggested as a tracer for the presence of TNT-based landmines due to its stability and high volatility.
Belkin, Shimshon +3 more
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Quantifying Mozambique's Peace Dividend: An Application of the Synthetic Control Method
Review of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 847-864, May 2026.ABSTRACT Using the synthetic control method and data from 20 African countries, this study quantifies the peace dividend in Mozambique, a country that experienced over 15 years of civil war. More specifically, we use data from 1977 to 2018 to investigate whether the end of the civil war in Mozambique in 1992 brought significant benefits to the country ...
Tendai Gwatidzo, Aldo Sitoe, Busani Moyo
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Comillas Journal of International RelationsLa Convención de Ottawa sobre la prohibición de las minas antipersonales de 1997 entró en vigor hace 25 años, el 1 de marzo de 1999, y fue el resultado del Proceso de Ottawa, un proceso independiente de negociación fuera de los foros facilitados por las ...
Amaya Valcárcel Silvela
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Notes on the Limitations of Strategic Philanthropy [PDF]
, 2013 While there are benefits to strategic grantmaking, organizations should beware of taking the trend too far. As Scanlon concludes about the Public Welfare Foundation's adoption of a strictly strategic approach to philanthropy, "We threw the PWF baby ...
Thomas Scanlon
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Blast mines: physics, injury mechanisms and vehicle protection. [PDF]
, 2009 Since World War II, more vehicles have been lost to land mines than all other threats combined. Anti-vehicular (AV) mines are capable of disabling a heavy vehicle, or completely destroying a lighter vehicle.
Bull, AM +4 more
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Critical Review for One‐Class Classification: Recent Advances and Reality Behind Them
WIREs Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2026.This review presents a new taxonomy to summarize one‐class classification (OCC) algorithms and their applications. The main argument is that OCC should not learn multiple classes. The paper highlights common violations of OCC involving multiple classes.
Toshitaka Hayashi +3 more
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Remote SensingCommonly found landmines, such as the TM-62M, MON-100, and PDM-1, in the recent Russia–Ukraine war confirm the continued use of metals in munitions. Traditional demining techniques, primarily relying on handheld metal detectors and Ground Penetrating ...
Sagar Lekhak +2 more
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The Lancet Public Health, 2017 Summary: Background: Explosive remnants of war (ERW)—landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and abandoned explosive ordnance (AXO)—have been recognised as a threat to health since the 1990s.
Alexandra Frost, MSc +6 more
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