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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"war in Afghanistan"”.
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Organizational images : towards a model of organizations
… the analysis of organizational behavior by focusing on the notion that organizations develop unique information-processing frameworks, which it labels "organizational images" or "images of operations," that strongly determine their behavior. The model is then used to draw inferences about the …
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'Operation Enduring Nightmare'? : a strategic critique of the military intervention in Afghanistan from October 2001-October 2008
In October 2011, the war in Afghanistan reached its ignominious ten year anniversary. As the conflict rolls on relentlessly, observers from across all disciplines, and indeed the general public themselves, have attempted to identify why the intervention, which began as Operation Enduring Freedom, …
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The Effect of Emotionally Arousing Negative Images on Judgments About News Stories
<p>Two experiments investigated the effects of the presentations of photographic images (highly emotionally arousing/low arousal/no image) on people's attitudes after reading a news story. Experiment 1 presented a story and images about U.S. involvement in the Afghanistan War. Experiment 2 …
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Military and the media examining the wartime framing of Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan
Through a content analysis of 72 print news articles and 12 official sources disseminated following the 2010 troop surge in Afghanistan, this study contends that the relationship between the major print news media and the Canadian government in times of war is characterised by a broad and diffused …
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Explaining Civil War Persistence in Afghanistan
This study asks why the civil war in Afghanistan persists. Put slightly differently, what is preventing the state/government from achieving outright victory, against the rebel organization/forces? A central theme in civil war research is that `weak states? are especially prone to (prolonged) civil …
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Narrative Characteristics in Refugee Discourse: An Analysis of American Public Opinion on Afghan Refugee Crisis After the Taliban Takeover
The United States (U.S.) military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 was met with turmoil as Taliban regained control of most of the country, including Kabul. These events have affected many and were widely discussed on social media, especially in the U.S. In this work, we focus on Twitter …
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Targeted Killing Technologies and U.S. Counterterrorism Policy
… is permissible because the United States is in a legitimate armed conflict with al-Qaeda. This armed conflict, initially in Afghanistan, was sanctioned by the U.S. Authorization of Use of Military Force and the U.N. Security Council. The United States insists the use of force in Pakistan and …
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The status in international law of Guantanamo Detainees
Under International Humanitarian Law, persons captured in war do not lose their rights to be treated as human beings. Indeed, humanitarian law as well as human rights law ordain that such persons must be treated humanely. Following the war in Afghanistan of October, 2001, the Americans captured a …
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Applying Durkheim’s Theory of Suicide: A Study of Altruism and Anomie Among Canadian Veterans of Afghanistan
… Canadian service-personnel returned from the war in Afghanistan, more than one third believe they did not make a successful transition. This study inquiries into the lived-experience of Canadian Veterans who have made this transition and demonstrates how difficult transition experiences can …
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Redefining military memorials and commemoration and how they have changed since the 19th century with a focus on Anglo-American practice
… with a focus on Anglo-American practice. The main question is: How has history defined military memorials and commemoration and how have they changed since the 19th century. In an effort to resolve this, the work examines both historic and contemporary forms of memorials and commemoration and …
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The strategic use of external threat in the shaping of Russian domestic and foreign policies
… of Russia has experienced multiple shifts during various phases of its development and, along with that, it has influenced the world of international diplomacy on a grand scale. From being the world`s second superpower with huge military and political capabilities to becoming a disintegrated …
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Narratives of Normalisation: War Discourses in German Politics and Literature After Unification
… gradual re-militarisation and participation in offensive military engagements abroad, and investigates to what extent German authors – through their literary writing and in their role as public intellectuals – have participated in, advanced or even shaped the narratives that supported this …
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Exposure to risk and its impact on human capital : essays on combat exposure, military labor, and conflict duration
This dissertation examines the impact of contemporaneous American participation in war on military labor and conflict duration. Chapter one uses variation in occupation-specific retention bonuses and mortality risks observed in the U.S. Army during the war on terror to estimate the rate at which …
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Compliance and defiance in patron-client state relationships: a case study of Pakistan’s relationship with the united states, 1947-2013
By employing the theoretical construct of patron-client state relationships, this thesis conducts a historical analysis of the relationship between Pakistan and the United States from Pakistan’s independence in 1947 to its first successful transition from one elected government to another in 2013. …
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Compliance and defiance in patron-client state relationships: a case study of Pakistan’s relationship with the united states, 1947-2013
By employing the theoretical construct of patron-client state relationships, this thesis conducts a historical analysis of the relationship between Pakistan and the United States from Pakistan’s independence in 1947 to its first successful transition from one elected government to another in 2013. …
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In the Service of Conscience
This professional project consists of three magazine style articles examining the motives and the process of a relatively small group of American soldiers who have sought conscientious objector status since the end of conscription. Those who decide to become conscientious objectors in the …
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In the Service of Conscience
This professional project consists of three magazine style articles examining the motives and the process of a relatively small group of American soldiers who have sought conscientious objector status since the end of conscription. Those who decide to become conscientious objectors in the …
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An Empirical Analysis of Foreign Aid Heterogeneity According to Donors for Pakistan
This dissertation is compiled of three chapters in determining the effect of bilateral foreign assistance on the economy of Pakistan. The effect of foreign assistance will be measured in terms of public expenditure and revenue. The factors associated in the provision of aid commitments and …
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The politics of drugs and conflict: the challenges of insurgency and state-building in Afghanistan
… thesis explores the dynamics of conflict by focusing on two aspects of the problem – (a), links between illicit drugs and conflict and (b), the mechanism and extent to which illicit drug production and trade weaken the state. The research question I have set out for this project is: “what is the …
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Photography and the Falklands Conflict : Homeric Heroism in Modern Warfare
… with the same degree of excitement and fascination as most of the British population. In the following year, as a direct result of the passion and glory that surrounded the war I joined the British Army as a Royal Military Policeman. It quickly became apparent to myself, if not the military, …