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Israel and the safety of diaspora Jews -- Eichmann's capture and the birth of the Irgún -- From spontaneous activities to an organized and institutionalized self-defense -- Beating for Zionism -- Troubled waters : the Uruguayan version of self-defense -- Nazi war criminals and Arab propagandists in Uruguay.

Preliminary Material -- International commercial arbitration as a private international law enterprise -- Arbitral jurisdiction and the arbitration agreement -- Choice of law governing the arbitration agreement -- The lex arbitri and the arbitral seat -- Parallel litigation and arbitration -- Choice of substantive law -- Limits to party autonomy in choice of law -- The award -- Annulment of awards -- Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards -- Index -- About the Author -- Printing Information.

This article reviews developments in the understanding of a right to self-determination under international law in terms of the right's applicability and potential for resolving the Tibetan people's claims for self-government or independence. While a right to self-determination could likely justify Tibetan independence or secession from China, especially in light of continuing human rights abuses in Tibet, current political realities and global trends toward an expansion of 'internal' options for realising self-determination within existing states make secession unlikely. Less radical solutions, such as greater autonomy, federal political structures and an improved minority rights regime, could provide more realistic mechanisms for settling the Tibetan question. Successful resolution, however, ultimately depends on the level of genuine international concern as well as the extent to which the Chinese Government is willing to accept greater democratic participation and consider more flexible notions of state sovereignty and territorial integrity. ; published_or_final_version

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force should take the initiative in promoting the concept of the Noncombat Military Operation (NCMO), especially humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, in the Asia-Pacific region. It should begin by forming a new mind-set—"Yes, it is possible."

The associations are explored between personality vulnerability and the use of defense mechanisms in the prediction of depression. A nonclinical community sample of 187 respondents and their same-sex best friends reported on participants' personality vulnerability factors (Self-criticism,
Dependency and Efficacy), defense mechanisms (Mature, Immature and Emotion-avoiding), and depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale: CES-D; Radloff, 1977). It was found that Mature defenses were associated only with Efficacy. Extensive use of Immature and Emotion-avoiding
defenses was associated with vulnerability to depression. Furthermore, Immature defenses interacted with personality vulnerabilities. Specifically, highly self-critical participants who reported low levels of Immature defense were less depressed than were participants high on both Self-criticism
and Immature defense. High Immature defense scores mediated the effect of Dependency on depression. Finally, more severe vulnerability was found when targets both rated themselves and were rated by their best friends as higher on Dependency and/or on Emotion-avoiding defenses. The implications
of these findings for the study of the role of defense mechanisms in personality configurations and their susceptibility to depression, as well as for the use of multisource assessment strategies in the study of personality, are discussed. Finally, the practical and theoretical implications
of these findings are discussed.