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Coordinating Global Health Responses. Policy Brief Issue 2016/1 • October 2016 [PDF]
, 2016 From the Introduction. The end of the Cold War gave the (Western) world an apparent reprieve from weapons of mass destruction. Then came HIV and AIDS. Since then, a host of human insecurities and pandemic threats have converged to upend that semblance of
Šehović, Annamarie Bindenagel
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Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.Effective wildlife law enforcement is important in the drive for biodiversity conservation. This study examined the challenges of wildlife law enforcement in Oyo and Lagos States of Nigeria across four security outfits (Nigerian Police Force [NPF], Nigerian Customs Service [NCS], National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency ...
Oluwatosin Mercy Dada +2 more
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Why Should we Worry about Nigeria's Fragile Security?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the multifaceted implications of Nigeria's persistent security crisis, highlighting its domestic, regional and global consequences. It examines the humanitarian toll, economic disruption, poverty, food insecurity and the erosion of social cohesion within Nigeria. Regionally, it analyses how Nigeria's instability exacerbates
Onyedikachi Madueke
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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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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research focuses on how the North Korean Democratic Women's Union (NKDWU), the umbrella women's organisation in North Korea formed soon after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, forged international leftist women's solidarity during the North Korean state's liminal, revolutionary period (1945–1949).
Taejin Hwang
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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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‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
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Jurisprudential Necessity of the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Plan: Nuclear Weapons Ban from Perspective of Islamic and International Law [PDF]
پژوهش تطبیقی حقوق اسلام و غرب, 2015 : Arms control, especially nuclear weapons is considered one of the most important issues in the contemporary world. Islamic position as a form of an Islamic government behavior in relation to such weapons is one of the divisive issues that must be ...
Saeed davoodee Limouni +1 more
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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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‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front
History, EarlyView.Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
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