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The Great Cosmic Silence: What Does the Fermi Paradox Tell About the Future of Humanity?

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how institutional time horizons shape the long‐term survival prospects of human technological civilisation. While research on global catastrophic and existential risks has expanded, the temporal structures of political‐economic institutions remain underexamined.
Heikki Patomäki
wiley   +1 more source

Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone artifacts, spanning 3.3 Ma, rare instances of ethnographic stone tool‐making, and stone tool archives from diverse ecological settings, making it an anchor for ...
Deborah I. Olszewski, Amanuel Beyin, Justin Pargeter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
wiley   +1 more source

Framing Norm Through Riskification: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Anti-Nuclear Weapons Norm

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
This article combines research strands on international norms, framing, and riskification to elaborate the framing methods used by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) to effect an anti-nuclear weapons norm around the Treaty for ...
Christian Harijanto
doaj   +1 more source

Pan‐Europe Revisited: Inter‐War Debates and the EU's Pursuit of Geopolitical Power

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union's (EU) transformation from a peace project to an assertive geopolitical actor reflects enduring tensions in integration theory dating back to the inter‐war period. This paper develops a comparative framework distinguishing territorial integration logic, which emphasises bounded political communities and collective defence ...
Kamil Zwolski
wiley   +1 more source

From Tactical Utility to Human Cost: The Normative Shift in the Prohibition of Combatant Suffering

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
This article examines the evolving interpretation of the principle prohibiting superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering in international humanitarian law (IHL) applicable to combatants.
Jaroslav Krasny
doaj   +1 more source

Thinking and Talking About War: How the Public in Six Countries Discusses the Outbreak of the War in Ukraine

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The Russian aggression in Ukraine, launched on 24 February 2022, marked the return of conventional war in the European continent. While Western leaders have framed the ongoing conflict through a common narrative when speaking internationally, which varies in its national nuances, much less is known about the images and lenses that the European
Carlotta Mingardi, Claudio Cozzi Fucile, Pierangelo Isernia   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Irreversibility in Nuclear Arms Control: Lessons from the US-Soviet/Russian Arms Control Process

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The United States and Soviet Union/Russian Federation signed several arms control treaties that mandated reductions in their numbers of deployed nuclear weapons.
Amy F. Woolf
doaj   +1 more source

Franco‐British Bilateral Diplomacy After Brexit, 2020–2025: Mending the Ties That Bind

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Brexit shook to its very core one of the European Union's (EU's) prominent partnerships, the Franco‐British bilateral relationship (FBBR), disrupting diplomatic routines and shattering interpersonal trust before circumstances changed and the relationship rapidly began to mend. In this article, we analyse the breakdown and restoration of Franco‐
Helen Drake, Pauline Schnapper
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention: Transparency and Denial as Complementary Approaches

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) remains a cornerstone of international disarmament but faces persistent challenges due to the absence of a verification regime and the dual-use nature of biological research.
Jaroslav Krasny
doaj   +1 more source