International Security and the United States: An Encyclopedia
Author: Paul Bellamy File Type: pdf Shaped by often very dramatic events, international security and the international system have changed significantly in recent years. The conclusion of the Cold War, the emergence of new political systems, the growth of significant threats such as terrorism, and the development of new security doctrines have driven global transformation. These volumes provide detailed information on countries from every geographic region and continent on the globe, evaluating their relationship with the United States and measuring the potential security threats posed by each. The contributors consider factors such as geography and history the political systems of each state their human rights records the ability to maintain law and order and provide security within their own borders the impact of current administrations, rulers, or regimes on a nations foreign policy and the regional factors that often dictate local politics, in order to make their assessments.All of the entries in this set follow a standardized outline and present a concise, but detailed assessment of each country. Each entry begins with a discussion of geography through which the contributors identify the states natural resources, environmental issues, and the extent of its territorial jurisdiction. The focus then shifts to social and political organizations. Populations are broken down by not only numbers, but by ethnic and religious affilitations, access to health care, education, housing, and income. All of those aspects are often a reflection of the system of government in place. Like the United States, those governments are comprised of different parties or leaders with various interests. The contributors assess those entities and interests within each country. They measure the ways in which factors of religion, nationalism, and globalism impact and shape not only domestic policies but also foreign policy, and, ultimately, the countrys relationship to the United States. Other areas, such as military organizations and activities, records on human rights and justice (recognition of and adherence to international conventions), and national attitudes towards security are also considered. Every entry also includes an assessment of current and potential security issues and an analysis of current terrorist threats that may already be in place or that are beginning to develop in various nations. Each entry concludes with a summary of current relationships with the United States. Those relationships are defined by the indentification and brief analysis of formal trade, aid, or military treaties in place between the United States and other nations, the general attitude of a nations citizenry and its government towards the U.S., and, finally, indentifying any social and cultural links between nations and the U.S. (migration patterns, language, economies). Finally, possible changes and trends that will impact security issues are identified by the contributors. Taken in their entirety, these encyclopedias contain a wealth of information in a concise format that will serve as a valuable reference guide not only for specialists, but general readers as well.**
Author: Peter Gratton
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Wide-ranging essays on Jean-Luc Nancys thought.Jean-Luc Nancy is one of the leading voices in European philosophy of the last thirty years, and he has influenced a range of fields, including theology, aesthetics, and political theory. This volume offers the widest and most up-to-date responses to his work, oriented by the themes of world, finitude, and sense, with attention also given to his recent project on the deconstruction of Christianity. Focusing on Nancys writings on globalization, Christianity, the plurality of art forms, his materialist ontology, as well as a range of contemporary issues, an international group of scholars provides not just inventive interpretations of Nancys work but also essays taking on the most pressing issues of today. The collection brings to the fore the originality of his thinking and points to the future of continental philosophy. A previously unpublished interview with Nancy concludes the volume.This invaluable collection engages with the full range of Nancys philosophical concerns to offer a series of enriching and highly illuminating critical perspectives. It demonstrates the importance of Nancys work for philosophical reflection on the contemporary world. Ian James, author ofThe Fragmentary Demand An Introduction to the Philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy Wide-ranging essays on Jean-Luc Nancys thought. Jean-Luc Nancy is one of the leading voices in European philosophy of the last thirty years, and he has influenced a range of fields, including theology, aesthetics, and political theory. This volume offers the widest and most up-to-date responses to his work, oriented by the themes of world, finitude, and sense, with attention also given to his recent project on the deconstruction of Christianity. Focusing on Nancys writings on globalization, Christianity, the plurality of art forms, his materialist ontology, as well as a range of contemporary issues, an international group of scholars provides not just inventive interpretations of Nancys work but also essays taking on the most pressing issues of today. The collection brings to the fore the originality of his thinking and points to the future of continental philosophy. A previously unpublished interview with Nancy concludes the volume. This invaluable collection engages with the full range of Nancys philosophical concerns to offer a series of enriching and highly illuminating critical perspectives. It demonstrates the importance of Nancys work for philosophical reflection on the contemporary world. Ian James, author of The Fragmentary Demand An Introduction to the Philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy**
Author: Michal Kravel-Tovi
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Religious conversion is often associated with ideals of religious sincerity. But in a society in which religious belonging is entangled with ethnonational citizenship and confers political privilege, a convert might well have other motives. Over the last two decades, mass non-Jewish immigration to Israel, especially from the former Soviet Union, has sparked heated debates over the Jewish states conversion policy and intensified suspicion of converts sincerity. When the State Winks carefully traces the performance of state-endorsed Orthodox conversion to challenge the assumption that Israel turns a blind eye to the bad faith of its subjects. Instead, it highlights the collaborative labor that goes into the making of the Israeli state and its Jewish citizens.In a rich ethnographic narrative based on fieldwork in conversion schools, rabbinic courts, and ritual bathhouses, Michal Kravel-Tovi follows conversion candidatesmostly secular young women from a former Soviet backgroundand state conversion agents caught between the contradictory demands of their nationalist and religious commitments. She complicates the popular perception that conversion is a wink-wink relationship in which both sides agree to treat the converts pretenses of faith as real. Instead, she demonstrates how their interdependent performances blur any clear boundary between sincere and fraudulent conversions. Alongside detailed ethnography, Kravel-Tovi develops new ways to think about the complex connection between religious conversion and the nation-state. Kravel-Tovi emphasizes how state power is created and managed through winkingthe subtle exchanges and performances that animate everyday encounters between state and citizen. In a country marked by tension between official religiosity and a predominantly secular Jewish population, winking permits the state to save its Jewish face.
Author: Aubrey Stewart
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Author: Andrew Pressman
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Design thinking is a powerful process that facilitates understanding and framing of problems, enables creative solutions, and may provide fresh perspectives on our physical and social landscapes. Not just for architects or product developers, design thinking can be applied across many disciplines to solve real-world problems and reconcile dilemmas. It is a tool that may trigger inspiration and the imagination, and lead to innovative ideas that are responsive to the needs and issues of stakeholders. Design Thinking A Guide to Creative Problem Solving for Everyone will assist in addressing a full spectrum of challenges from the most vexing to the everyday. It renders accessible the creative problem-solving abilities that we all possess by providing a dynamic framework and practical tools for thinking imaginatively and critically. Every aspect of design thinking is explained and analyzed together with insights on navigating through the process. Application of design thinking to help solve myriad problems that are not typically associated with design is illuminated through vignettes drawn from such diverse realms as politics and society, business, health and science, law, and writing. A combination of theory and application makes this volume immediately useful and personally relevant. **Review Andrew Pressmans exemplary new book is an accessible, readable, and eminently usable introduction to design thinking. The book encourages individual experimentation and flexibility, empowering readers to make the design thinking process their own. Marilys R. Nepomechie, FAIA, ACSA Distinguished Professor, Florida International University About the Author Andrew Pressman, FAIA, an architect, Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland, leads his own award-winning architectural firm in Washington, DC. He has written numerous critically acclaimed books and articles, and he holds a Masters degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Author: Julie Kleiva
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Dans Intertextualite surrealiste dans la poesie de Rene Char, Julie S. Kleiva montre comment la figure dArtine, initialement une representante du surrealisme charienne, se transforme en une image complexe, polymorphe et considerablement presente a travers loeuvre de Rene Char (1907-1988). En adoptant une approche intertextuelle, Kleiva soutient que la figure dArtine represente la force deroutante au coeur de limagination poetique charienne. Limage revenante dArtine favorise lidee dune continuite dans loeuvre poetique de Char malgre la rupture articulee au milieu des annees 30. In Intertextualite surrealiste dans la poesie de Rene Char, Julie S. Kleiva demonstrates how the initially surrealist figure of Artine becomes a complex, polymorphus and, most importantly, significally present image throughout the work of the French poet Rene Char (1907-1988). By adopting an intertextual approach, Kleiva argues that the figure of Artine is a disturbing and confusing creative agency that corresponds to the core of Chars poetry. The reappearing image of Artine serves to demonstrate that Chars poetic rupture of the years from 1935-1937 has been exaggerated, and must be viewed as a development rather than a clean break. **
Author: Robert Taylor
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Terrorism is not a new phenomenon nor is it solely a tactic of extremist groups with anti-American views. This historical look at terrorism examines how extremists have found their voice in acts of terror going back generations and in settings around the world. (20020901)From BooklistReviewed with other books in the Lucent Terrorism Library.Gr. 6-12. The four-volume Lucent Terrorism Library (America under Attack Primary Sources Terrorists and Terrorists Groups America under Attack September 11, 2001 The History of Terrorism) is an excellent resource that demonstrates thorough research and opens up issues for discussion. America under Attack presents headline stories from September 11, 2001, through the following month, highlighting details of the attack with first-person accounts from witnesses at the scene. Then there are the responses from political leaders and ordinary people in the U.S and abroad. The History of Terrorism helps broaden the definition of terrorism, identifying some form of terrorist mentality in nearly every major political and military upheaval throughout human history. From the assassinations of U.S. Presidents and other world leaders to the murder of Olympic athletes and the bombings of major buildings across the globe, this chronological account shows that terrorism has been part of human disputes for thousands of years. Only the destructive power of the weapons has changed. The other two volumes are equally successful. All books include thorough documentation, occasional black-and-white photographs, and an annotated bibliography of books, periodicals, and Internet sources. Roger Leslie American Library Association. ltReviewThis set of titles is a good source of information about the horrifying and heroic events of September 11, 2001. Detailed factual information in understandable language explains the complicated goals that motivated the 911 terrorist attacks, while personal accounts touch readers emotions... Readers who want a full picture of these world-altering events, as well as those who just need a concise reference for class assignments, would find these volumes useful.-- Library Media Connection (January 2003) (Library Media Connection 20030101)This will be a sought-after research tool. Stewart tells much of the story through footnoted, anecdotal account. There is an emphasis on the horror and panic, with graphic descriptions. -- School Library Journal (September 2002) (School Library Journal 20021101)This set of titles is a good source of information about the horrifying and heroic events of September 11, 2001...Readers who want a full picture of these world-altering events, as well as those who just need a concise reference for class assignments, would find these volumes useful. -- Library Media Connection (January 2003) (Library Media Connection )Gr 8 Up - Maintaining a balanced approach throughout,these titles provide timely and accurate information. Currie profiles several well-known terrorists and organizations,..excellent historical background gives focus to the content and captioned, black-and-white illustrations and photographs enhance it...Adding these titles would be an excellent way to provide accurate, updated information on this much-discussed, worldwide problem. --School Library Journal (November 2002) (School Library Journal )
Author: Mike J. C. Walker
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This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods.Coverage includesthe concept of time in Quaternary Science and related fieldsthe history of dating from lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphythe development and application of radiometric methodsdifferent methods in dating radiometric dating, incremental dating, relative dating and age equivalencePresented in a clear and straightforward manner with the minimum of technical detail, this text is a great introduction for both students and practitioners in the Earth, Environmental and Archaeological Sciences.Praise from the reviewsThis book is a must for any Quaternary scientist. SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, September 2006very well organized, clearly and straightforwardly written and provides a good overview on the wide field of Quaternary dating methods JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, January 2007