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Third or “Second and a Half”? Continuity, Path Dependence, and the Third Nuclear Age

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The world has entered a new nuclear age. Scholars have characterized this “third nuclear age” as one of renewed competition among nuclear‐armed great powers and the coming maturation of new technologies. I trace the origins of the new nuclear age. Focusing primarily on US strategies with two case studies on conventional strike capabilities and
Jan Ludvik
wiley   +1 more source

Introductory Lecture [PDF]

arXiv, 1999
This brief introduction to the NATO ASI offers comments on current controversies, on the limits and prospects of cosmology in the coming decade, and on how the `sociology' of our subject may change in the decades beyond that.
arxiv  

Romania: Political Developments and Data in 2024

European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2024, Romania organized elections at all levels. Those for the Romanian and European Parliaments saw increased support for anti‐system, Euroskeptic, and sovereigntist parties, which together won over one‐third of the vote. The Constitutional Court's annulment of the first round of presidential elections in December allowed for new ...
LAVINIA STAN, RAZVAN ZAHARIA
wiley   +1 more source

Phase Transitions in Non-Equilibrium Systems [PDF]

arXiv, 2000
Phase transitions and critical behavior of driven systems are reviewed. Models exhibiting phase transitions, spontaneous symmetry breaking, phase separation and coarsening processes in d=1 dimension are discussed.
arxiv  

The Netherlands: Political Developments and Data in 2024

European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, EarlyView.
Abstract Following the 2023 national elections, the first half year of 2024 focused on negotiations between four parties from the centre‐right to the radical right, resulting in the formation of the Schoof Cabinet. With an independent former top civil servant as Prime Minister, the new government proposed more stringent migration measures, budgetary ...
SIMON OTJES, LÉONIE DE JONGE
wiley   +1 more source

Review of The Price of Alliance: The Politics and Procurement of Leopard Tanks for Canada’s NATO Brigade by Frank Maas [PDF]

, 2019
Review of The Price of Alliance: The Politics and Procurement of Leopard Tanks for Canada’s NATO Brigade by Frank ...
Isinger, Russell
core   +1 more source

Sigma(1385) Resonance Studies with STAR at sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV [PDF]

arXiv, 2004
In p+p, d+Au, and Au+Au collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC, \Sigma(1385)\to\Lambda+\pi were measured using two techniques; three-particle mixing and a hybrid mixing technique. We present results from both of these methods and compare the invariant mass spectra and the backgrounds.
arxiv  

Sweden: Political Developments and Data in 2024

European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, EarlyView.
Abstract The political year of 2024 was characterised by stability. The right‐of‐centre minority coalition stayed in office without serious challenges. There was a reshuffle in September, but the party composition and political direction of the government remained unchanged.
ANDERS WIDFELDT
wiley   +1 more source

Status of precision tests of the Standard Model [PDF]

NATO Adv.Study Inst.Ser.B Phys.365:1-31,1997, 1996
The status of precision tests of the Standard Model is reviewed.
arxiv  

Border fortification and legibility: Evidence from Afghanistan

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract States often fortify their borders against militant threats. How do these efforts shape civilian welfare and perceptions in borderland communities? I conceptualize border fortification as a legibility‐building endeavor. By bolstering state reach in areas of weak historical penetration, fortification enhances the government's capacity for ...
Christopher W. Blair
wiley   +1 more source