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Study of plastic scintillator based reactor neutrino detector [PDF]
, 2012 Recently nuclear power plant becomes one of the important electric power sources to reduce the greenhouse gasses emission. Nuclear reactor fuel consists of the uranium-235 (235U) enriched uranium and produces the thermal energy via nuclear fission ...
Hiroaki Ono +11 more
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South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
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Divided They Dally? The Arab World and a Nuclear Iran [PDF]
, 2010 Explores how the Arab states -- Gulf States, non-Gulf States, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria -- might react to a nuclear Iran. Considers possible changes to inter-Arab relations and the United States' role in working with Arab states to contain ...
Michael Young
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“You Are Safe Now”: Migrant Youth Constructions of Safety and Schooling in the U.S.
Anthropology &Education Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on multisited ethnographic research with migrant families from Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras who were detained, separated, or endured prolonged transit due to US immigration policies, we articulate how ideas of “relational safety” are situated in relationships with people, place, and time. Contrasting abundant literature
Michelle J. Bellino, Gabrielle Oliveira
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An anatomy of worldmaking: Sukarno and anticolonialism from post‐Bandung Indonesia
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract This article analyzes the anticolonial worldmaking of postcolonial Indonesia's first president Sukarno, during Guided Democracy (1959–1965). Using worldmaking as a conceptual interface, the article offers three interconnected interventions.
Say Jye Quah
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Cooperative Security: A New Paradigm For A World Without Nuclear Weapons?
Cadmus, 2013 If there is a loose consensus on aiming at a world free of nuclear weapons in the future, there are clear oppositions as to the timeframe as well as the means for achieving this goal.
Marc Finaud
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract How can defense alliances reap the efficiency gains of working together when coordination and opportunism costs are high? Although specializing as part of a collective comes with economic and functional benefits, states must bargain over the distribution of those gains and ensure the costs of collective action are minimized.
J. Andrés Gannon
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Cirincione: \u27Nuclear Nightmares\u27 Threaten Planetary Destruction [PDF]
, 2013 Ploughshares Fund President, global security expert Joseph Cirincione outlines nuclear threats, predicts progress with Iran at President\u27s Distinguished Speakers Series ...
Patricio, Melissa A.
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Alliances are typically understood as agreements intended to deter aggression from enemy states. By signaling an ally's commitment to a protégé state, a shared enemy may be deterred from attacking. In light of this signaling logic, secret alliances are puzzling.
Peter Bils, Bradley C. Smith
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