Results 31 to 40 of about 6,177 (295)

Private Military and Security Companies in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Problems and Perspectives

Международная аналитика, 2020
While some of the UN member states refrain from providing peacekeepers due to security reasons, the UN frequently turns to the private security market for support.
М. A. Nebolsina
doaj   +1 more source

Privateers in Australia’s conflict and disaster zones [PDF]

, 2015
The private security industry has become an established component in the conflict and disaster zones where the Australian Government operates and looks set to be an enduring feature of the security landscape.
James Brown
core  

A Critical Analysis of Microsoft's Rhetoric and Reality of Sustainability Engagement

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study critically examines Microsoft's environmental, social and governance (ESG) rhetoric and operational reality, to offer insights that extend beyond conventional greenwashing or bluewashing. Drawing on over 20 years of Microsoft's sustainability reports (2003–2024), third‐party ESG evaluations and media investigations, it employs ...
Omaima A. G. Hassan, Iqbal Khadaroo
wiley   +1 more source

Current Trends in Regulating the Legal Status of Private Military and Security Companies

Journal of Danubian Studies and Research, 2021
The presence of employees of private military and security companies in the grey zones and in military operations is a reality. The legal regulation of the status of these companies, the types and essence of the services provided, as well as the legal ...
Cauia Alexandr, Zacon Corina
doaj  

Private Military and Security Companies in the United States - Evolution, Legal Regulation and Perspectives

, 2021
The United States is currently the most important subject of international law regulating and using the services of private military and security companies nationwide This type of companies as well as mercenary as a negative phenomenon specific to ...
Zacon Corina, Cauia Alexandr
core  

A consensus roadmap for post‐traumatic epilepsy: Clinical biomarkers, research priorities, policy barriers, and pathways to interventional trials

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding the mechanisms underlying post‐traumatic epilepsy (PTE) following traumatic brain injury (TBI), and developing strategies to prevent or modify its progression, has been the focus of large collaborative efforts within the epilepsy and TBI research communities for over a decade.
Elisa R. Zanier, Ilaria Lisi, Elaine K. O'Loughlin, Federico Moro, Edilberto Amorim, David L. Brody, Daniel J. Correa, Dominique Duncan, Pavel Klein, Firas H. Kobeissy, Wolfgang Löscher, Edward J. Needham, Asla Pitkänen, Mary Jo Pugh, Jack Somers, Annamaria Vezzani, Amy K. Wagner, Laura S. Lubbers, International Conference on PTE Attendees, Denes Agoston, Edilberto Amorim, Sneha Anand, Hibah Awwad, Ginevra Bayon, Naima Belhachemi, Akash Bera, Costanza Bertani, Guido Bertolini, David L. Brody, Serena Brusatori, Francesca Buffelli, Aurora Chiapperini, Mara Chioccola, Severn Churn, Daniel J. Correa, Ramon Diaz‐Arrastia, Chris Dulla, Dominique Duncan, Chiara Ferlito, Aristea Galanopoulou, Angela Galic, Heidi Matos Galicia, Bin Gu, William Haskins, Victoria Johnson, Nigel Jones, Lowie Joseph, Pavel Klein, Firas Kobaissy, Ilaria Lisi, David Loane, Luther Loose, Laura S. Lubbers, Wolfgang Löscher, Edoardo Mazzone, Melissa Miller, Federico Moro, Edward J. Needham, Irma Wati Ngadimon, Terence O’Brien, Elaine K. O’Loughlin, Asla Pitkanen, Mary Jo Pugh, Teresa Giovanna Ravizza, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Massimo Rizzi, Rossella Di Sapia, Tawfeeq Shekh‐Ahmad, Doug Smith, Jack Somers, Kevin Staley, Francesca Tribuzio, Alexandra Ulyanova, Gloria Vegliante, Annamaria Vezzani, Joost Wagenaar, Amy K. Wagner, Kevin W. Wang, Justin Weppner, Peter J. West, Karen Wilcox, John Wolf, Elisa R. Zanier   +82 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge sourcing, geopolitics, and FDI: An empirical analysis on the US green and digital sectors

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This paper examines how foreign direct investment (FDI) shapes firms' sourcing of knowledge in the digital and green domains under rising geopolitical frictions. We assemble a firm–country dyadic panel (2013–2020) linking US patent backward citations to firms' FDI, enriched with bilateral geopolitical distance and host‐country
Alberto Maria Radici
wiley   +1 more source

UN’s Use of Private Military and Security Companies in Peacekeeping Operations

Politikon, 2016
PMSCs are not only hired by states, the UN makes use of PMSCs as well. Due to the UN member states’ passivity there has not been a single peacekeeping operation without the involvement of PMSCs since 1990. But is there a legal basis?
Tina Linti
doaj   +1 more source

Geopolitics and global strategy: Making money under anarchy

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Multinational firms conduct cross‐border trade and investment in a world of anarchy, where nation‐states must secure their survival in the absence of a world government. We develop a geopolitical‐economic order (GEO) framework to argue that the extent of geopolitical competition incentivizes states to create one of two types ...
Daniel J. Blake, Srividya Jandhyala, Quan Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and Deployment of DeepSeek‐Based Applications in Healthcare: A Chinese Perspective

Health Care Science, EarlyView.
Generative Artificial Intelligence based on DeepSeek drives the comprehensive development of healthcare in China, demonstrating potential application across multiple areas. ABSTRACT Background Artificial intelligence (AI) is already showing enormous potential in the healthcare sector.
Maoxin Lv, Ning Li, Hui Zhang, Chao Liu, Ge Wu, Zheng Zhu, Yao Zhu, Mengchun Gong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source