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Benjamin Robins's New Principles of Gunnery and the Response From the British Mathematical, Educational, and Military World of the Mid‐Eighteenth Century

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses to what degree Benjamin Robins's discoveries in his book New Principles of Gunnery, 1742, affected the British mathematical, military, and educational world of the mid‐eighteenth century. While it drew praise and critique from Europe, especially from the notable mathematician Leonhard Euler, his mathematical theories were
Samuel Dodson
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of methods for calculating the penetrating effect of the main types of ammunition and fragmentation damage to defensive structures

Будівельні конструкції. Теорія і практика
In the current realities arising from the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and in light of the rapid technological development of highly effective weapons, the issue of ensuring the reliability and stability of ...
Денис Михайловський, Олег Комар   +1 more
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Beyond Manoeuvre Theory for European Defence

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to the debate about European defence in the light of the Russo‐Ukraine war and growing doubts about US commitment to Europe. It argues that Europeans need to fundamentally relearn the ability to imagine military strategy from a European viewpoint.
Lukas Mengelkamp, Sam Vincent
wiley   +1 more source

The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
wiley   +1 more source

Deterrence Through Resilience and Civil Preparedness: The Comprehensive and Militarised Models of Civil Defence

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As hybrid threats blur the line between war and peace and challenge conventional deterrence logics, states increasingly turn to concepts of resilience, civil preparedness and whole‐of‐society as elements of their security strategies. This raises the question of how civilian agency can be viewed as an element of deterrence and what the ...
Agata Mazurkiewicz, Heljä Ossa
wiley   +1 more source

US‐China Rivalry and the Global Governance Trilemma: Three Scenarios for World Order

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the consequences of US‐China rivalry for future world order in light of the global governance trilemma. The trilemma captures persistent trade‐offs between three dimensions of global governance: authority, breadth, and universality. The contemporary US‐China rivalry exacerbates the global governance trilemma, making these trade‐offs
Matthew D. Stephen, Steve Biedermann, Steven Langendonk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing the Demand for Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

, 2010
The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been characterized by armed violence carried out against civilian populations. Despite a formal end to hostilities with outside states, numerous cease fire agreements and an internationally ...
Van Houten, Kirsten
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Gender perspectives on small arms and light weapons Regional and international concerns

, 2002
'Die vorliegende Publikation stellt fuer das Internationale Konversionszentrum Bonn (BICC) eine Premiere dar. Die zahlreichen Veroeffentlichungen zum Thema 'Kleinwaffen' werden durch den brief24 'Gender perspectives on small arms and light weapons ...
Bonn International Center for Conversion -BICC- (Germany), Gebre-Wold, Kiflemariam (eds.), Farr, Vanessa A.   +2 more
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Risk Scenarios for European Rearmament

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Union has launched a flurry of initiatives to ramp up European defence spending. Efforts to bolster European defence have further intensified in response to the United States' increasingly hostile stance towards its erstwhile European allies.
Mette Eilstrup‐Sangiovanni
wiley   +1 more source

Proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the Karamajong cluster

Gradus
This study explored the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the karamajong cluster by examining the impact of socio-economic and political factors on proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the Karamajong Cluster. The study sought to find out how small arms and light weapons move within the study area and their effect.
openaire   +1 more source