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The Unlawfulness Of The Use Or Threat Of Use Of Nuclear Weapons [PDF]
, 2002 Our current policy is nuclear deterrence, whereby we threaten the use of nuclear weapons against any adversary who uses nuclear, chemical, biological, or even massive conventional weapons against ...
Moxley, Charles J., Jr.
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Middle Powers and Limited Balancing: Syria and the Post‐October 7 Wars
Middle East Policy, EarlyView.Abstract This article contends that to explain the grand strategies of states in the Middle East, we must employ the concept of middle powers. Analyzing the case of Syria between 2011 and 2021, it finds that these actors preferred a strategy of limited balancing against direct threats to their national security.
Chen Kertcher, Gadi Hitman
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What Deters? Strength, Not Weakness [PDF]
, 2018 The risks of sharp reductions are of the greatest magnitude, and so are the possible consequences. “Existential deterrence,” the pivotal concept in Admiral Turner’s scheme, is a very risky and dangerous approach to nuclear deterrence—for if it fails, it ...
Barnett, Roger W.
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Teen Unions and Intimate Partner Violence in South America
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract Precocious exits from adolescence via early union formation are often argued to represent a strong risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. However, causal evidence for this claim is scant. This study examines the impact of teen union formation (before age 18) on experiences of IPV in Brazil and Colombia, where early ...
ORSOLA TORRISI
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.Summary The production of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines can be achieved by transient expression of the spike (S) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in agroinfiltrated leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana. Relying on bacterial vector Agrobacterium tumefaciens, this process is favoured by co‐expression of viral silencing suppressor
Louis‐Philippe Hamel +9 more
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Book Talk: Nuclear Weapons and International Law [PDF]
Please join Visiting Clinical Instructor Brett Jones for an engaging book talk with Charles J. Moxley Jr., author of Nuclear Weapons and International Law: Existential Risks of Nuclear War and Deterrence Through a Legal Lens.
The Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights +1 more
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Plant Biology, EarlyView.Steroidal glycoside diversity among organs across ontogeny in relation to candidate gene expression in two Solanum dulcamara chemotypes. Abstract Solanaceous plants, such as Solanum dulcamara, produce steroidal glycosides (SGs). Leaf SG profiles vary among S.
R. A. Anaia +5 more
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Plant Biology, EarlyView.Herbivore‐induced plant volatiles differ between aboveground leaves and belowground roots both within and among plant species in the Cucurbitaceae, and these differences are correlated with plant domestication and herbivore coexistence history, but not phylogenetic relatedness. Abstract When attacked by insect herbivores, plants emit blends of chemical
M. N. Thompson +3 more
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