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Dignity's Dilemma: Categorical Objections to Autonomous Weapons and Their Pacifist Entailments

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dignity objections to autonomous weapon systems are prominent in contemporary military ethics, yet their theoretical foundations remain underexamined. This article reconstructs those foundations, showing what categorical dignity objections require to function as absolute prohibitions.
Timothy Dubber
wiley   +1 more source

Competition Law in Macedonia in 2011–2012: New Perspectives and New Challenges [PDF]

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 2013
Keeping in mind that competition policy is of key importance for the European Union, the Republic of Macedonia (hereafter, R.M.) has taken it upon itself to introduce and adopt a domestic competition law regime in the framework of its EU accession ...
Adnan Jashari, Nora Ziba Memeti
doaj  

Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi, Lucrezia Masci, Georgios C. Liakopoulos, Monica Bini, Alexander Francke, Ilaria Isola, Carlo Ricotta, Laura Sadori, Alexander Sarantis, Sławomir Sprawski, Jakub Sypiański, Irene Tunno, Cristiano Vignola, Bernd Wagner, Giovanni Zanchetta, Adam Izdebski   +15 more
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Probing the Energy Trilemma Pillars: Do Innovation Pathways Deliver Cleaner and More Equitable Energy Systems?

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing reliable energy supply, equitable access, and environmental sustainability is a central challenge of the global energy transition. This study examines how innovation influences the energy trilemma by shaping energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability across 115 countries from 2011 to 2023.
Kingsley Imandojemu, Omozele Lynda Showunmi, Felix Orole, Damilola Felix Eluyela, Hammed Oluwaseyi Musibau, Romanus Osabohien   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Inclusion and Carbon‐Intensive Path Dependence: Evidence From Oil‐Exporting Economies

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether financial inclusion mitigates environmental degradation or, conversely, reinforces carbon‐intensive development pathways in oil‐exporting economies, consistent with carbon lock‐in dynamics. Drawing on resource curse and structural specialization frameworks, we argue that financial deepening may amplify carbon ...
Tasos Stylianou, Muhammad Waqas, Waqas Khalid   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Connectivity to Complexity: Supply Chain Digitalisation, Governance Capacity, and Climate Vulnerability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The complexity of the global supply chain system, coupled with advanced digitalisation makes it difficult to estimate its domino effects on climate vulnerability. A clear understanding of the possible climate vulnerability consequences generated all over the world is, however, a fundamental step toward building socio‐economic resilience and ...
Kingsley Imandojemu, Felix Orole
wiley   +1 more source

Democratic anchorage through administrative reforms [PDF]

Published online: April 2025This note develops the concept of democratic anchorage as an analytical lens for assessing how administrative reforms contribute to the legitimacy of public governance.
KOVAREK, Dániel, STONE, Diane Lesley, VALLISTU, Johanna, VAN DE WALLE, Steven, BRANDSEN, Taco, RADTKE, Ina, STEEN, Trui, RADAELLI, Claudio M., BAUER, Michael W.   +8 more
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IN THE “WAITING ROOM” OF REFORM: BALANCING AUTONOMY AND PROTECTION IN NORTH MACEDONIAN FAMILY LAW WITH A FOCUS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT’S RULINGS REGARDING THE CHILD’S RIGHT TO KNOW THEIR ORIGINS

Dijete i Obitelj u Suvremenom Društvu
The Macedonian Family Law, adopted in 1992 following the country’s independence, sought to establish a distinct national identity while still reflecting Yugoslav legal traditions.
Elena Ignovska
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Can Digital Finance Drive Green Growth and Sustainable Development? Evidence From 118 Countries Across Development Status and Crisis Contexts

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether and under what conditions digital finance advances green growth (GG) and broader sustainable development (SD) objectives in a financially volatile, climate‐constrained, and developmentally unequal world. Using annual data for 118 developed and developing countries from 2004 to 2022, we construct four Principal ...
Sehar Saleem, Zakaria Boulanouar, Shumaila Zeb, Sami Ullah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Perils of Proportional Representation for Ethnic Minorities

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Two arguments about ethnic minorities run through the debate over replacing first past the post. One promises that proportional representation would represent minorities better; the other worries that it would empower the parties they have most reason to fear. This article argues that the promise is unreliable and the worry real.
Tarunabh Khaitan
wiley   +1 more source