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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract The Beqaa Valley in Lebanon has become increasingly polluted, and residents are attributing illness to improper waste disposal and dumping. This article explores local epistemologies of pollution’s causes and effects in three films, which were researched and produced by local residents of Bar Elias, a small town in the Beqaa, which has rapidly
Hannah Sender +2 more
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Defining a Class of Cyber Weapons as WMD: An Examination of the Merits
Journal of Strategic Security, 2018 This article examines the merits of defining a class of offensive destructive cyber weapons as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). It analyzes the growing danger of destructive cyber weapons in the future joint operating environment and the devastating ...
Benjamin B. Hatch
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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The Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Conflict
Toxics, 2014 This paper aims at explaining the lessons learned from the chemical attacks that took place in 2013 in the Syrian military conflict, especially the sarin attacks on the Ghouta area of Damascus on August 21.
René Pita, Juan Domingo
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Defining the Debate on Controlling Biological Weapons [PDF]
, 2001 Looks at the 1972 Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention, and outlines the series of measures being negotiated by the world community to create a strong, effective, and enforceable biological weapons ...
B. Alan Rosenberg
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Sperm Transfer Under Behavioral and Morphological Constraints in the Orb‐Web Spider Genus Argiope
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.The polygamous mating system of the orb‐web spider genus Argiope provides a model to study the evolution of sperm transfer under morphological and behavioral constraints. This helps us to understand how male and female behavioral and morphological reproductive traits influence sperm transfer.
Chathuranga Dharmarathne +3 more
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Artificial intelligence and weapons of mass destruction [PDF]
Ante PortasThere is considerable evidence in the modern history of warfare that when tensions between states are high, decision makers are more likely to seek detours or shortcuts to war to avoid great losses and costs. Accidental wars and unintentional escalations
Thornike Zedelashvili, Alika Guchua
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U.S.-Turkey Strategic Dialogue [PDF]
, 2012 "The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) hosted a Track II dialogue on weapons of mass destruction and regional security in Istanbul from October 31 to November 2, 2012.
Clement, Victoria, Gingeras, Ryan
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International Law of Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation: Application to Non-State Actors [PDF]
, 2019 International legal responses to the threat of nuclear terrorism by non-state actors have been many but often inconsistent, inadequate, and legally unsound.
Iqbal, Imrana
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT An inherent divide features within the Lisbon Treaty between civilian and military/security competences; something previously more obvious via the ‘pillar system's’ separations. This division follows the Member States (MS) (natural) protection of their military/defence autonomy; their core sovereign powers.
Charlie J. P. Bennett
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