“On target”: precision and balance in the contemporary law of targeting [PDF]
, 2014 The law of targeting lies at the heart of international humanitarian law (IHL). As such it is the fulcrum around which discussion of combat operations revolves.
Schmitt, Michael N., Widmar, Eric
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Blood revenge and violent mobilization: evidence from the Chechen Wars [PDF]
, 2015 Despite a considerable amount of ethnographic research into the phenomena of blood revenge and blood feud, little is known about the role of blood revenge in political violence, armed conflict, and irregular war.
Aliyev, Huseyn, Souleimanov, Emil Aslan
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Towards supranational governance in EU counter-terrorism? - The role of the Commission and the Council Secretariat [PDF]
, 2010 New security threats have emerged as major new areas of policy development in the European Union, especially during the 'war on terror'. This paper makes two significant points that counter theoretical expectations of EU counter-terrorism.
Kaunert, C
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Hostile Protected Persons or Extra-Conventional Persons: How Unlawful Combatants in the War on Terrorism Posed Extraordinary Challenges for Military Attorneys and Commanders [PDF]
, 2004 First, this Article reviews policymakers\u27 and commentators\u27 categorization of participants in Operation Enduring Freedom, the armed conflict in Afghanistan against al Qaeda and Taliban fighters.
Kantwill, Paul E., Watts, Sean
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The 'War on Terrorism'- perspectives from radical Islamic groups [PDF]
, 2005 Contrary to both popular and academic belief, the ‘War on Terrorism’ launched by the United States has one very clear enemy: radical Islamism. The varied and complex world of Islamism has been reduced to one unitary enemy, and that enemy is being fought ...
Cavatorta, Francesco
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The development of educational system of Afganistan
Хабаршы. Психология және социология сериясы, 2013 Afghanistan education history began with Islamic background and Islamic education system started from Maktab Khana (Mosque school) and High level were in Madrasa. Modern education was developed in the 1950s and continued in the 1960s and 1970s.
M. Y. Zaki, N. U. Shedenova
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The politics of recognition versus the politics of hatred [PDF]
Hatred of America expressed in the 11 September attack is more than matched by the hatred by Americans for Islamists expressed in the war on Afghanistan, the War against Terror and the threatened wars against the ‘Axis of Evil’.
Arran Gare
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The ISCIP Analyst, Volume IV, Issue 7 [PDF]
, 1999 This repository item contains a single issue of The ISCIP Analyst, an analytical review journal published from 1996 to 2010 by the Boston University Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and ...
Cavan, Susan +8 more
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The Specificity of Afghan Identity in the Context of Globalization
Vestnik RUDN. International RelationsThe article addresses the issue of identifying a Muslim country in the context of globalization, with Afghanistan serving as a case study. For almost 20 years, Western attempts to introduce liberal democratic values into Afghan society have failed.
Georgy G. Machitidze
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Tajikistan: 'Revolutionary situation' or a Resilient state? EUCAM Policy Brief 12, 19 December 2009 [PDF]
, 2009 Since 2008, after the period of relative growth and social stability, the situation in Tajikistan has been steadily deteriorating; thus leading to increased speculation that the country could emerge as a failing state.
Matveeva, Anna.
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