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Security By Contractor: Outsourcing In Peace And Stability Operations, Volker Franke Dec 2013

Security By Contractor: Outsourcing In Peace And Stability Operations, Volker Franke

Volker C. Franke

No abstract provided.


Export Controls: A Contemporary History, Bert Chapman Dec 2013

Export Controls: A Contemporary History, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Provides highlights of my recently published book Export Controls: A Contemporary History. Describes the roles played by multiple U.S. Government agencies and congressional oversight committees in this policymaking arena including the Commerce, Defense, State, and Treasury Departments. It also reviews the roles played by international government organizations such as the Missile Technology Control Regime, export oriented businesses, and research intensive universities.


Is The Law Of Armed Conflict Outdated?, Sibylle Scheipers Dec 2013

Is The Law Of Armed Conflict Outdated?, Sibylle Scheipers

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Commentaries And Replies, Usawc Press Dec 2013

Commentaries And Replies, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Economic Statecraft: China In Africa, Douglas W. Winton Dec 2013

Economic Statecraft: China In Africa, Douglas W. Winton

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Little India Riot: The Dog That Did Not Bark, Tan K. B. Eugene Dec 2013

Little India Riot: The Dog That Did Not Bark, Tan K. B. Eugene

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

In a commentary, SMU Associate Professor of Law and NMP Eugene Tan said that in the aftermath of the Little India riots, the focus and dominant narrative had been on law and order issues, with the Government emphasising that it was a spontaneous "one-off" event. He said that there was a need to consider if Singapore was prepared to shoulder more of the costs of having a large foreign labour force. However, he also noted that an immediate cutback of the workforce size would be simplistic and is not the solution, as reducing reliance on foreign workers could not be …


13th Meeting Of The States Parties To The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (2013), Apmbc Dec 2013

13th Meeting Of The States Parties To The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (2013), Apmbc

Global CWD Repository

The 13MSP was a formal meeting of the 161 States which have accepted the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction. It was held in accordance with Article 11 of the Convention and pursuant to the decisions of the 2009 Second Review Conference and the 2012 Twelfth Meeting of the States Parties (12MSP).

The 13MSP was important because it was the last annual assessment of the application of the Cartagena Action Plan 2010-2014 prior to Convention’s Third Review Conference in 2014. This assessment of challenges encountered and work …


Rebalancing Us Military Power, Anna Simons Dec 2013

Rebalancing Us Military Power, Anna Simons

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii Dec 2013

From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


A War Examined: Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003, Usawc Press Dec 2013

A War Examined: Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


The True Tragedy Of American Power, Isaiah Wilson Iii Dec 2013

The True Tragedy Of American Power, Isaiah Wilson Iii

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


The Coming Financial Wars, Juan C. Zarate Dec 2013

The Coming Financial Wars, Juan C. Zarate

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Repurposing Cyber Command, Frank J. Cilluffo, Joseph R. Clark Dec 2013

Repurposing Cyber Command, Frank J. Cilluffo, Joseph R. Clark

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Artile Index, Vol. 43, 2013, Usawc Press Dec 2013

Artile Index, Vol. 43, 2013, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


What The Qdr Ought To Say About Landpower, Francis G. Hoffman Dec 2013

What The Qdr Ought To Say About Landpower, Francis G. Hoffman

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Redirecting Us Diplomacy, James Goodby, Kenneth Weisbode Dec 2013

Redirecting Us Diplomacy, James Goodby, Kenneth Weisbode

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Defeating Violent Nonstate Actors, Robert J. Bunker Dec 2013

Defeating Violent Nonstate Actors, Robert J. Bunker

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Confronting Africa's Sobels, Robert L. Feldman, Michel Ben Arrous Dec 2013

Confronting Africa's Sobels, Robert L. Feldman, Michel Ben Arrous

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Waging Financial War, David J. Katz Dec 2013

Waging Financial War, David J. Katz

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, Usawc Press Dec 2013

Book Reviews, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Exploring Police Active Shooter Preparedness In Michigan: A Grounded Study Of Police Preparedness To Active Shooter Incidents, Developing A Normative Model, Daryl Darwin Green Dec 2013

Exploring Police Active Shooter Preparedness In Michigan: A Grounded Study Of Police Preparedness To Active Shooter Incidents, Developing A Normative Model, Daryl Darwin Green

Dissertations

On September 22, 2013, at a memorial for people killed in a September 16, 2013 active shooter incident, President Barack Obama stated that the United States “can’t accept” the killing of 12 people at Washington’s Navy Yard as “inevitable” and that the shooting should “lead to some sort of transformation” (Merica, 2013). Active shooter incidents remain a constant societal concern that are deserving of continued academic research. The following grounded theory study examined the active shooter incident preparedness systems of police agencies in three Michigan counties. The principal investigator observed the strategic and tactical objectives of police agencies relative to …


Ddasaccident809, Hd-Aid Nov 2013

Ddasaccident809, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The four Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines were clearing the range of unexploded ordnance and consolidating it as part of an annual training exercise, according to a Marine report about the results of the investigation. The Marines moved 40-millimeter rounds into one area surrounding an M60 105-millimeter white phosphorous round that could not be safely moved, the investigation found. They were moving rounds from the consolidation point to the demolition pit when one of the rounds exploded in the demolition pit, causing the other 40- millimeter rounds at the consolidation point and the demolition pit to explode, the investigation found.


Somali Battlegrounds: On Interest And Accountability, Ines Mzali Nov 2013

Somali Battlegrounds: On Interest And Accountability, Ines Mzali

Human Rights & Human Welfare

In the wake of the latest and deadliest of Al-Shabab's attacks in Kenya since Kenyan troops entered Somalia in October 2011, Ben Rawlence reiterates the question raised anew by each attack: "What is Kenya doing in Somalia and is it worth the price?" The question leads him to explore the contradiction between the official objectives of the mission and Kenya's particular motivations to launch an offensive of its own. This problematic discrepancy also draws attention to the question of accountability when violations of international humanitarian law have occurred in the context of a military operation by a neighboring country and …


Nor Any Drop To Drink: Global Water Security Is Key To U.S. Long-Term Security, Cori W. Curtis Oct 2013

Nor Any Drop To Drink: Global Water Security Is Key To U.S. Long-Term Security, Cori W. Curtis

Ex-Patt Magazine

No abstract provided.


Book Review: The Arab Spring, Democracy And Security: Domestic And International Ramifications, Efraim Inbar (Ed), Zenonas Tziarras Oct 2013

Book Review: The Arab Spring, Democracy And Security: Domestic And International Ramifications, Efraim Inbar (Ed), Zenonas Tziarras

Zenonas Tziarras

To oer analysis on an on going political event is always a challenging task. Yet, the “Arab Spring” has given rise to many questions about the past, the present and the future of the Arab world and the Middle East more generally. The Arab Spring, Democracy and Security:Domesc and International Ramifications addresses some of these questions. The chapters of this edited volume have been written by selected Israeli scholars focusing on “issues such as democratization, the role of economic factors in political change and explanations for variations in regime stability in the Middle East.” The relationship between internal and external …


New York Times V. U.S.: Implications And Relevance In The 21st Century, Maria E. Lombardi Oct 2013

New York Times V. U.S.: Implications And Relevance In The 21st Century, Maria E. Lombardi

Student Publications

In 1971, the New York Times released the first installment in a series later referred to as the Pentagon Papers that would eventually have significant political, social, and historical impacts that are felt even in the 21st Century. Following the first release, President Nixon’s administration sought an injunction against the publication of the remaining contents of the classified study, ultimately becoming an extensive legal process that culminated in the Supreme Court. In a per curiam opinion, the Court ruled that in accordance with Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe and Near v. Minnesota that the federal government did not …


International Military Autobiographies, Esmeralda Kleinreesink Sep 2013

International Military Autobiographies, Esmeralda Kleinreesink

Esmeralda Kleinreesink

Presentation given at the Veteran Authors symposium organized by the Dutch Veterans' Institute as a general introduction to international military autobiographies, detailing the results from my study into military Afghanistan memoirs, showing who these contemporary authors are, what they write and why they write.


Parameters – Full Issue, Usawc Parameters Sep 2013

Parameters – Full Issue, Usawc Parameters

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

Dilemmas for US Strategy: David S. Sorenson, Gregory Aftandilian, Richard W. Weitz, Dennis V. Hickey. US Landpower in Regional Focus: Kimberly Field, James Learmont, Jason Charland, W. Andrew Terrill, John R. Deni. Lessons From Limited Wars: Todd R. Greentree, David C. Brooks


The New Normal, Hannah M. Frantz Sep 2013

The New Normal, Hannah M. Frantz

SURGE

On September 19, 2013 an individual wielding a military-grade assault rifle fired sixteen bullets into a Chicago park harming thirteen individuals, among them a 3-year old named Deonta Howard who was shot in the cheek.

On September 16, 2013 a man by the name of Aaron Alexis opened fire on the cafeteria at the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. Thirteen people died, and eight others were injured.

On December 14, 2012 Adam Lanza shot twenty-six people—twenty of whom were children between the ages of 6 and 7—in Newtown, Connecticut. Barack Obama called it the “worst day of [his] presidency.”

On …


On Learning And Unlearning, Katherine M. Patterson Sep 2013

On Learning And Unlearning, Katherine M. Patterson

SURGE

I remember passing our lunch lady–the nice one with a big bleach-blond afro. She was perched on an elementary-school-sized desk, eyes fixated to the television. I glanced at the screen on the way into my classroom while my teacher hesitated in the hallway, whispering to the other adults. She reentered the room a few minutes later to explain.

In the following months, my television provided me with one of the most formative, practical and comprehensive educational experiences of my life. First it was vocabulary building, with the words like “hi-jacker,” and “terrorist.” Then it was physics, learning that inertia is …