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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"international environment"”.
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Terrorism and the new international environment
… the characteristics of terrorism in the new international environment following the Cold War in which international terrorism is undergoing drastic changes in its sources and characteristics; The breakdown of the bipolar system and concomitant diffusion of political power have given way to …
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Securities regulation in the international environment
… securities markets are becoming increasingly international and increasingly integrated. The internationalization of the world’s securities markets is one of the most significant developments affecting the securities markets of many nations. “How should regulators respond?” is an issue that is …
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Operational code beliefs of Ronald Reagan: the nature of the international environment and image of the Soviet Union
… about politics - the operational code - in international relations. Specifically, this paper uses qualitative content analysis to examine Ronald Reagan's operational code during both terms in office and look for evidence of modified or discarded beliefs which may reflect the changing …
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The Economics of Proliferation: An Examination of the Changing Nature of the Nuclear Marketplace
… Actors seek security in an unpredictable international environment through the acquisition of a weapon that has the potential to inflict a tremendous amount of pain upon an adversary for a minimal price. Because of the high value placed upon these weapons, the technology and knowledge …
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China's development and the Chinese overseas, 1978-1994: State and diaspora in the contemporary world order
… states will maintain their central role in the international environment. This debate has only intensified with changes evident in the post-cold war world. In Asia, the ambiguity surrounding the role of states is reflected in discussions of ""Greater China,"" an imprecisely defined entity whose …
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CHALLENGES OF TEACHING ONLINE IN A MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT: PERCEPTIONS, ATTITUDES AND STRATEGIES OF E-TUTORS
… the role of the online tutor in a multicultural environment. The result is a grounded theory which aims to increase the quality of online tutoring at University. By using the open qualitative approach of the Grounded Theory (GT) methodology (Strauss & Corbin, 1994) within a field where little …
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The Blessed and the Damned: Peacemakers, Warlords, and Post Civil War Democracy
… negotiated settlement, credible commitments via international enforcement, demobilization, and a cooperative international environment. The hypotheses derived are tested through an event history analysis for two different standards of democracy. The results suggest that factors indicative of all …
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Covert Action: Examining the Use and Utility of the Third Option
… limited resources in a budget- constrained environment, the country is at a critical juncture in which it must evaluate its foreign policy and counterterrorism strategy. The United States faces this challenge on the heels of twelve years of war that saw the decline of its reputation …
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The Recent Evolution of American Naval Power
… U.S. naval policy is well-suited to the current international environment, one long-term effect has been a degradation of the Navy's ability to maintain American supremacy in the open ocean, which could have a profound detrimental effect upon future American security.
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The total onslaught and the total strategy : adaptations to the security intelligence decision-making structures under P.W. Botha's administration
… a breathing-space, but that ultimately the international environment, and internal demographic and economic pressures are such as to make the degenerative collapse of the regime a more likely long-term scenario.
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A study of the causes of the real net-of-tax cigarette price increases in South Africa (1990-2012)
… research has incorporated the effect that the international environment might have on price setting in the cigarette industry through tariffs. Using a Bertrand duopolistic model this paper presents a theoretical model to explain the effect that tariffs, and other relevant causal factors such as …
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Puissances émergentes et coopération Sud-Sud. Les enjeux de la pénétration chinoise en République Démocratique du Congo
… immaterial attributes (identity, recognition and international representation). All these attributes are reinforced by South-South cooperation that allows emerging countries to extend their power away from their area of direct influence. 2. It is this model of cooperation that Chinese actors have …
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North Korea's Policy Toward the United States: Rappochement to Confrontational Diplomacy in the 1970s and the 1990s
… Korea's pragmatic adaptations to the changing international environment of the Northeast Asian region. While North Korea's policy matrix was modified significantly when the confrontational approach began to displace the rapprochement approach in the 1990s, if the nuclear program-related …
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The analysis of the accession of Sultanate of Oman to the World Trade organization (WTO) and its consequences
… this accession, focusing on the importance of international economic integration -as one of the key issues now facing Oman represented by the successful outcome of the Uruguay Round GATT negotiations establishing the WTO. In addition, it examines the importance of economic integration with Gulf …
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Intelligence-policy relations and the problem of politicization
A growing literature in international relations theory explores how domestic institutions filter and mediate international signals. The study of intelligence-policy relations fits naturally into this mold, because intelligence agencies are specifically designed to collect and interpret information …
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Kínai nagyhatalmiság. A Kínai Népköztársaság nagyhatalmi ambíciói, szerepvállalása, és partnerei a XXI. században = Great power with Chinese characteristics. Great power ambitions, role and partners of the People’s Republic of China in the twenty-first century
… People's Republic of China found itself in an international environment, in which it had never been before. Although the international rejection, which surrounded the country, proved to be relatively brief, it was enough for the Chinese leadership to make sure that it wants to avoid similar …
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Automotive policy and the restructuring of the south african industry, 1990 - 2005.
… as reduced protection has led to much greater international integration. This thesis analyses the restructuring of the sector in response to these developments. The first major section provides a detailed assessment of the international environment and its impact on the prospects for growth of …
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Building an Integrated Transport System in Northeast Asia: a Delphi Study
In the current international environment characterized by globalization and regionalization, the importance of the transport and logistics system integration which is the basis of regional economic cooperation has been highlighted. Northeast Asian Region which covers 5.7% of the total world’s area …
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DNA: Diplomacy, Negotiations, and the Arctic: An analysis of the friendliest land border dispute in the world, the Hans Island conflict
… through the lens of constructivist theory in international relations with the help of a case study as a method. The thesis explores the reasons why this conflict took over 50 years to be settled, how it was solved, and what was the outcome. The first part of the thesis includes a general …
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Youth Policy in Ireland and India: a comparative study
… interests, institutions, ideas and international environment. It examines the major ‘factors and actors’ that have influenced the historical development of youth policies in both countries and situates these in their broader regional contexts. There are many obvious differences …
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