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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Complex Interdependence"”.
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An Analysis: Complex Interdependence and the Chinese-United States Cyber Relationship
… a unique relationship due to the high levels of interdependence between the countries' political, economic, military, and social functions. This association has been complicated in the past by Chinese industrial cyberespionage (CE) carried out against United States organizations and individuals …
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The foreign policy of the People's Republic of China : towards global integration or a tactical quest for super-power status?
… Optimists maintain that China's formation of complex economic and political ties with regional and international countries will bring both prosperity and security in the region, claiming that China's foreign affairs will focus on the maintenance and protection of these relations, upholding the …
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Europeanization of the Estonian Electricity Sector: Historical Legacies and Security Concerns
… historical legacy in the form of the oil shale complex that was built during the Soviet rule. The small size of the Estonian electricity market, the relative poverty of the state and the inability of the politicians to decide for the future development of the sector have been identified as …
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Laboratory Experiments Investigating Entrainment By Debris Flows
… of instantaneous entrainment rates reveal a more complex interdependence between the stress associated with the flow, the granular temperature and the entrainment rate. Specifically, for most cases, with the initial experimental debris flow, as stress associated with flow increases, entrainment …
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China’s shifting role and motives in East Asian economic integration : a Chinese perspective on China-ASEAN economic cooperation in the 1990s and 2000s
… in 2001 within a theoretical framework of complex interdependence. In the bilateral interdependent economic relations, China became a mutual complementary partner of ASEAN from a natural competitor; and became a foreign direct investment (FDI) source of ASEAN from a net recipient after the …
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An analysis of the interdependence within the bilateral relationship between South Africa and Lesotho
… an interdependent relationship. The concept of interdependence and the theory of complex interdependence provide some theoretical basis from which to analyse the 'web of interactions' between the two countries. While apartheid South Africa was regarded as the quintessential realist actor, the …
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New risks of interdependence in shifting world order – Developing a sustainable risk framework for the Belt and Road
1. There are fields in which complex interdependence will likely continue, while there are also fields in which a highly normative, geopolitical contest is underway that potentially undermines interdependence. 2. In international finance, a shared risk approach was demonstrated by the emergence of …
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Cooperative Human Rights Obligations: Operationalising Cooperation for the Effective Protection of Civil and Political Rights in Transnational Constellations
This thesis examines how complex interdependence among states can be reflected and the consequent imperative of cooperation to effectively ensure civil and political rights operationalised in international human rights law. It has long been recognised that in light of states’ economic …
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Ukraine's foreign and security policy 1991-2000: the regional dimension
… the economic aspects of international relations, complex interdependence also maintains its explanatory power. As for regional level theories, although neofunctionalism provides some insight into Ukraine's regional behaviour, as does neoliberal institutionalism, both struggle to provide a coherent …
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Coastal wetlands food provisioning ecosystem services under a changing climate
… socio-ecological systems (SESs), captures this complex interdependence, emphasizing that social and ecological systems cannot be fully understood separately. CC-induced modification of ecological processes and social system could indeed generate cascading and non-linear effects on both …
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The Questions of Compliance With the NPT Regime and Complex Multilateral Nuclear Negotiations: A Comparative Analysis of North Korea and Iran As Defector States
<p>With the exception of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, nuclear weapons have never been used in a war despite the conditions of international relations characterized by constant conflict and instability. The norm of nuclear nonproliferation institutionalized by the …
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Reliable design of interdependent service facility systems under correlated disruption risks
… Furthermore, facility systems often exhibit complex interdependence when: (1) facilities are spatially correlated due to physical connections/interrelations, and (2) facilities provide combinatorial service under cooperation, competition and/or restrictions. These further complicate the …