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Non-state Armed Groups and International Humanitarian Law

Московский журнал международного права, 2013
The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the problems associated with a significant increase in the number of private military and security companies are actively involved in armed conflict presents issues of legality of their participation in ...
I. I. Коtlyarov, Yu. V. Puzyreva
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

Decoding the Circular Economy Job Market in the EU: A Quantitative and Comparative Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy (CE) is increasingly promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, yet systematic evidence on the structure of the CE labor market remains limited. Little is known about how CE‐related job opportunities are distributed across countries, which job characteristics dominate this market, and how such patterns compare with ...
Pavlos Fafalios, Theodoros Daglis, Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Private Military Companies, Necropower and Fragile States

Contexto Internacional
Private military companies (PMCs) have gained prominence in the international arena since the end of the Cold War. Offering a wide range of services, these companies have been contracted by state and private actors to operate in international conflicts ...
Karina Junqueira, Cristiano Mendes
doaj   +1 more source

PRIVATIZATION OF SECURITY IN THE 20TH CENTURY. FROM MERCENARIES TO PRIVATE MILITARY CORPORATIONS

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Studia Europaea, 2018
The present paper aims to emphasize the context of the privatization of security in the 20th century and to show the differences between these newly created corporations and the old mercenaries.
Ramona Ioana GOGA
doaj   +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

STATE, LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE AND ACTIVITIES OF PRIVATE MILITARY-SECURITY COMPANIES IN THE MODERN WORLD

Сравнительная политика, 2015
State, legitimate violence and activities of private military-security companies in the modern world.
D. O. Novikova
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