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NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY SECURITY

open access: yesSecurity and Defence Quarterly, 2017
The article discusses security within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation with respect to threats which may appear in its near and more distant surroundings.
Bogdan Grenda
doaj   +1 more source

The Power to Care for Oneself: Power Increases Self‐Compassion

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sense of power and self‐compassion both impact important intrapsychic and interpersonal outcomes. However, how powerholders treat themselves when experiencing failure or personal setbacks is unclear. We propose that powerholders are more apt than their lower‐power counterparts to exhibit self‐compassion when faced with difficulties. Across six
Robert Körner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

KEY DIRECTIONS OF LATINAMERICAN WEAPONS MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES AND THREATS IN MILITARY AND POLITICAL SPHERES

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2018
In the article in the state of Russias national security goes out analysis of the main threats and security issues of Latin American countries in internal and foreign policy areas and also to the study of key trends impacting on the weapons market and ...
Nikolai Sergeevich Stolyarov   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Demand for Military Spending in Egypt [PDF]

open access: yes
Egypt plays a pivotal role in the security of the Middle East as the doorway to Europe and its military expenditure reflects its involvement in the machinations of such an unstable region, showing considerable variation over the last forty years.
Shadwa Zaher   +3 more
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ballistic threats on military helicopters

open access: yesScientific Bulletin of Naval Academy, 2020
The importance of helicopters cannot be disputed, since they perform missions of transport, search and rescue, medical evacuation, and of course, air ground-support, being a real weapon, when are properly equipped. This article presents the ballistic threats on military helicopters, the risks that helicopters face, the threats that appears during the ...
openaire   +1 more source

Military Spending and Economic Growth [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper proposes to test the relationship between military expenditure and economic growth by including the impact of the share of military and civilian components of government expenditure in an economic growth model with endogenous technology.
Luca Pieroni
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Recent advances in multifunctional soft robots: A materials–structures–systems co‐design perspective for synergistic integration

open access: yesFlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soviet industry and the Red Army under Stalin : a military-industrial complex? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The paper considers some of the views of the Stalin–era relationship between Soviet industry and the Red Army that are current in the literature, and disentangles some confusions of translation.
Harrison, Mark
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Interdisciplinary Study on Combating Hybrid Threats

open access: yes, 2023
NPS NRP Executive SummaryThis research sought to answer three broad questions: how will Russia, and adversaries in general, likely seek to upgrade their hybrid threats toolkit in the aftermath of the conventional conflict in Ukraine; what methods will ...
Karimova, Tahmina, Walzer, Lawrence
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