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The Soviet Dimension Of Normalization: Motivations And Obstacles Involved In The Normalization Of U.S.-China Relations, Andrea Dixon

History in the Making

The United States of America and the People’s Republic of China established full diplomatic relations on January 1, 1979, after decades of the United States failing to fully recognize the legitimacy of the government in mainland China. This “normalization” of relations between the United States and China was completed by the Carter administration and Deng Xiaoping after more than a year of negotiation between the two parties. The governments of the United States and China were motivated to normalize their relations due to many factors, and they overcame significant obstacles to do so. This paper argues that both governments evaluated …

Change And Continuity: Foreign Affairs And Procedure At The Supreme Court 2024–25, Margaret E. Mcguinness

St. John's Law Review

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The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Law School is a wonderful occasion to discuss how research and teaching form us as professors within the St. John’s community. I teach, research, and write about international law, international human rights, diplomacy, and the ways in which international law becomes law in the United States. I also teach civil procedure and international litigation. These two strands of my work allow me to think about the complex interplay between international law and domestic court procedure. I also have professional experience in each of these areas: First, as a career diplomat for …

Gci Hydrocarbon Normalization & Mechanical Fuel Conditioning Platform (V1.5), Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

GCI Hydrocarbon Normalization & Mechanical Fuel Conditioning Platform (v1.5)

This technical architecture outlines the builder-ready integration and test-bench realization of the GCI Hydrocarbon Normalization & Mechanical Fuel Conditioning Platform (v1.5). By unifying multi-system innovations across the Caldwell open-hardware portfolio—specifically integrating biomimetic fishbone micro-channel flow conditioning from the Mechanic’s Battery (GCI #288-ULTRA), Helmholtz acoustic resonance and microbubble cavitation arrays from CVNR-F1.5, high-velocity convergent-divergent shear mechanics from VETI-3.0, anisotropic CTE-tuned thermal control from the Arachne v8.7 substrate, and gyroid-lattice thermal buffering from Forgecell Prime—this platform provides a completely mechanical, non-catalytic method for processing complex hydrocarbon streams.

The system achieves continuous molecular chain …

The Shorthorn: April 2, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: November 21, 1985

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: November 22, 1985

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: October 17. 1985

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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Cmsi Translations #34: Research On Integrated Defense Against Precision Strikes By The Powerful Enemy At Sea, Zhang Debao, Sun Yunxing, Hu Xiaolong

CMSI Translations

The United States has initiated substantive preparations for high-end warfare and continues to exert coercive pressure on China. Drawing on insights from over a dozen localized conflicts, this article analyzes the US military’s strike capabilities, operational patterns, and systemic ground vulnerabilities. Grounded in the concepts of resilience and survivability, systems-based confrontation, and tiered defense, it proposes targeted operational principles, countermeasures, and strategic recommendations for countering precision strikes by the powerful enemy.

Single Fluorogens And Orientation-Localization Microscopy For Quantifying Chemical And Biomolecular Dynamics At The Nanoscale, Yiyang Chen, Yuanxin Qiu, Matthew D. Lew

Electrical & Systems Engineering Publications and Presentations

Many chemical systems look uniform only because ensemble measurements average over their most interesting molecules. Electron-transfer rates vary across electrode surfaces; lipid membranes contain nanodomains with distinct packing and fluidity; peptide aggregates exhibit local polymorphism; and biomolecular condensates contain transient networks of interactions that are blurred in ensemble images. A central challenge in chemical imaging is not simply to see smaller structures, but to measure chemical variables such as polarity, redox potential, and molecular confinement at the single-molecule level. In this Account, we describe how fluorogens, molecules whose brightness, blinking, spectral shifts, orientation, rotational mobility, and motion are directly shaped …

Toroidal Plasmonic Nanodimers For Enhanced Near-Infrared Emission In Heterostructured Inp Quantum Dots, Arda Gülücü, Emre Ozan Polat

Turkish Journal of Physics

Near-infrared (NIR) emitters operating in the 650--900 nm spectral range are highly attractive for imaging and sensing in turbid media. However, cadmium-free InP-based quantum dots (QDs) often exhibit limited brightness owing to nonradiative recombination pathways and inefficient photon outcoupling. In particular, heterostructured InP QDs may possess band alignments that induce partial spatial separation of charge carriers, thereby reducing the electron-hole wavefunction overlap. This characteristic modifies the intrinsic recombination dynamics and increases the sensitivity of their emission to the surrounding photonic environment. Here, we investigate silver toroidal plasmonic nanoantenna dimers (Ag TPNDs) using finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations as a geometry-tunable platform …

Education And Inequality:: Shaping Conflict And Peace In Broken Socio-Economic Structures, Anna Zherdeva, Daniel Kamphambale, Lucía Morales

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

This study engages in a critical literature review that offers insights into systemic and structural problems that immigrants face. Being forced, in many cases, to flee from their countries of origin, migrants face many challenges due to a lack of clear educational pathways, cultural integration and social lifts within the world's most advanced countries. For instance, migrants often experience labour-market resistance, as evidenced by consistent, stagnant rates of advancement into higher positions in their host countries and by their limited integration into communities and society. An additional problem is that segregation by country of origin matters significantly, as migrants face …

Generation X’Sperspectives On Indonesian National Pride: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis, Rizal Kurniawan, Sartana Sartana, Avin Fadhila Helmi

The Qualitative Report

Having a sense of national pride is crucial for the well-being and progress of a country. It plays a vital role in the overall development of a nation and its people. Generation X (individuals born between 1960 and 1980) in Indonesia have experienced many national events and these events influence how they feel about being part of Indonesia. However, empirical research has not shown which events are sources of pride for them. Our study identifies sources of national pride for Generation X in Indonesia. The research data was collected using an open questionnaire and analyzed using a reflexive thematic analysis …

Before Urgent Fury: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Grenada During The Ford And Carter Administrations, Nicholas Jake Durell

War, Diplomacy, and Society (MA) Theses

When the United States pulled out of Vietnam in 1973, it experienced a military and psychological defeat unlike any in its modern history. Following President Richard Nixon’s resignation from the Watergate scandal, Gerald Ford, the House Minority Leader who had become Vice President, now assumed the presidency of a deeply fractured nation. As the Cold War persisted, Washington struggled to reassert its superpower status globally while desperately avoiding further foreign entanglements. Consequently, the Ford administration adopted a cautiously detached approach to foreign policy, a strategy vividly illustrated by its posture toward the Eastern Caribbean. This calculated ambivalence, continued by the …

Srividhya Ragavan, Srividhya M. Ragavan

Faculty CVs

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Art In Walled Gardens, Angela Zhao, Sonia K. Katyal

UC Law Journal

Years ago, Lawrence Lessig warned society of the dangers of a “permission culture” and a “pay per use” society that requires licenses in order to create. With the rise of licensing and contractual restrictions in the digital creative marketplace, we are seeing the risk of these predictions coming to pass. As we argue, the unsettled law surrounding digital art is an important heuristic for examining its broader future. While many scholars rightfully question the authorship of AI-generated digital art within the governing realm of copyright law, we argue that irrespective of those questions, one overlooked aspect of digital art lies …

Bridging The Theory-Practice Gap: A Delphi Study Of Faculty Composition In New York State Superintendent Preparation Programs, Michael A. Tromblee

Education Doctoral

The 2021 closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant eliminated approximately one third of a New York State school district’s revenue, producing a fiscal crisis that exposed a gap between what superintendent preparation programs teach and what the role demands. Grounded in Situated Learning Theory, this study examined whether the faculty composition of superintendent preparation programs, specifically the balance between practitioner faculty and academic faculty, was associated with graduates' perceived readiness, job satisfaction, and career longevity.

The study used a two-round modified Delphi design with an expert panel of 12 sitting New York State superintendents, 10 of whom completed …

Structure Meets Context: A Simulation Study Of Centralized And Decentralized Decision-Making In Complex Environments, Murat Balci

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The question of when to centralize or decentralize decision-making authority is a foundational problem in organizational theory and management science. Yet existing research often favors decentralized structures, frequently treating them as universally superior, and provides limited guidance on when centralization may be more effective. Leaning toward decentralization without thoroughly exploring options leaves organizational designers without clear direction under varying environmental conditions. This study addresses that gap by developing and applying a simulation-based framework to evaluate the context-dependent effectiveness of centralized and decentralized decision-making structures.

Drawing on contingency theory and decision science, the study conceptualizes environmental complexity along two dimensions: dynamism …

War Of The Unknown: The Increase In Cybercrime Reveals A Lack Of Remedy And Protection Under International Law, Ava Fields

Florida Journal of International Law

The rapid growth of cybercrime poses significant challenges to the international legal framework, revealing gaps in both remedy and protection. This Note examines the rise of cybercrime and its causes, and highlights the inadequacies of current international legal mechanisms. This Note will do so by delving into three prominent case studies to illustrate these challenges and will provide possible solutions to these issues.

Out Of The Shadows: Us Intelligence Sharing And The Russia-Ukraine War, 2021–24, Frank Leith Jones

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Focusing on the period from 2021 to 2024, this monograph argues the declassification and public disclosure of US intelligence in anticipation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—together with the subsequent sharing of intelligence with Ukraine during the conflict—have significant implications for national security policy making and military operations in future support of allies and partners. The monograph differs from previous studies in three ways. First, it examines public disclosure as a tool of strategic messaging in information warfare. Second, it serves as a model for intelligence sharing for both reassurance and operational support, with the latter highlighting the role of intelligence …

Rethinking The Legal Status Quo In Cyberspace To Legally Attribute State Responsibility, And Enhance Accountability And Deterrence, Dan Efrony

International Law Studies

The absence of formal legal attributions of State responsibility for malicious cyber operations reflects a strategic choice by influential States—foremost the United States and the United Kingdom—rather than doctrinal certainty. So long as States avoid creating legal rules for attribution, they entrench cyberspace as a legal gray zone and expose the limits of collective attribution as a governance mechanism. This article identifies probative and institutional impediments in the secondary rules of attribution: the effective control test is difficult to satisfy for proxy cyber operations, the lack of an authoritative standard of proof enables plausible deniability, and, absent consent, States remain …

The Sinking Ship: Victor’S Justice And The Case For Accepting Tu Quoque In International Law, Cyrus S. Theodor

Ohio Northern University International Law Journal

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Arts & Literature: Gaza And The Question Of Prevention—An Interview With Bruce Robbins, Luis Gonzalez-Aponte

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

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The Tragedy Of The Cognitive Commons: How Ai Could Disrupt The Regeneration Of Professional Expertise, Nolan C. Lovett

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

Artificial intelligence is reshaping cognitive work, but Human Resource Development scholarship has treated this transformation as an organizational training challenge, leaving the collective regeneration of professional expertise unexamined. This conceptual paper introduces the Cognitive Commons framework, integrating commons theory, HRD scholarship, and distributed cognition to explain how rational AI adoption decisions can deplete the shared expertise pool professions require for renewal. The framework distinguishes Internalized Mastery (deep domain knowledge from sustained practice) from Distributed Mastery (orchestrating human-AI systems), and develops the Validation Tether: effective AI oversight depends on the expertise AI adoption may undermine. Early labor market and clinical evidence …

Economic Warfare: A Foundation For Twenty-First-Century Strategic Practice, Greg Kennedy, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii, Anna Brinkman-Schwartz

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

For over a decade and a half, concerns and tensions between states have been arising over the use of the economic domain in the peer-to-peer competition between large powers. Through this competition, powers aim to gain an economic advantage in their relative positions in the international order. The peer-to-peer competition between large powers has been seen as a growing facet of the strategic competition between the United States and China. The beginning of the Russia-Ukraine War in February 2022 elevated the Sino-American peacetime economic competition from one that could be classified as a hybrid form of warfare, a condition of …

The Aga Khan University Charter

Charter of the University

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Content Literacy In The Digital Age: Integrating The Development Of Digital Language Skills Into Civic Education, Cedric Lawida, Ina-Maria Maahs

Journal of Media Literacy Education

The digital transformation creates new demands on reading and writing. This entails the expansion of the goals of content literacy to explicitly include the development of digital reading and writing skills. The study explores how a social media project at a school in Germany supports students in developing digital language competencies. In the civics education project politik.informiert (informed politics), students create and share political content via an Instagram channel. The qualitative case study, based on observations and interviews, finds that the project offers rich opportunities for digital reading and writing, especially in researching information, evaluating sources, and producing audience oriented …

Quantum Leap In The Legal Paradigm, Katri Nousiainen, Joonas Keski-Rahkonen

Journal of Science & Technology Law

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Vincent Mosco ¡Presente! A Personal And Professional Chronicle, Gerald Sussman

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

This essay discusses the work of Vincent Mosco, presenting a brief historiographic analysis of his ideas, and describing how he in turn influenced my writing (and many others) and the course of my academic career. Within the text and references, I cite core ideas and key works of Herbert Schiller, Dallas Smythe and Mosco, all of whom were leaders in the field of critical communication research, Mosco belonging to the second generation of neo-Marxist scholars in the field. I also cite my own publications that flowed from the influence of these foundational thinkers and discuss the small contributions I’ve had …

Review Of "Canada’S Army: Waging War And Keeping The Peace, 3rd Ed." By J.L. Granatstein And "Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military At War Since 1867" By David A. Borys, Jean-Michel Turcotte

Canadian Military History

Review of Canada’s Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace, 3rd ed. by J.L. Granatstein and Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military at War Since 1867 by David A. Borys

Review Of "The Next War: Indications Intelligence In The Early Cold War" By Timothy Andrews Sayle, Adam Coombs

Canadian Military History

Review of The Next War: Indications Intelligence in the Early Cold War by Timothy Andrews Sayle