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THIS ARTICLE ASSESSES THE THREATS POSED BY TERRORISM IN THE POST COLD WAR ERA. IT FINDS THAT TERRORISM OF TODAY AND THE FUTURE WILL LIKELY DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS; DE-TERRITORIALIZATION, OR LOCATION IN INACCESSIBLE AREAS; ABSENCE OF STATE SPONSORSHIP; A HYBRID CHARACTER, PARTLY "POLITICAL," PARTLY CRIMINAL; THE ABILITY TO CHANGE CONFIGURATION RAPIDLY; AND, ENORMOUS KILLING POWER. THE NEW NATURE OF THESE THREATS REQUIRES ADDITIONAL VIGILANCE AMONG SECURITY AND ANTI-TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS THE ADOPTION OF NEW METHODS.

To date, war history has focused predominantly on the efforts of and impact of war on male participants. However, this limited focus disregards the complexity of gendered experiences with war and the military. The Oxford Handbook of Gender, War, and the Western World since 1600 investigates how conceptions of gender have contributed to the shaping of military culture, examining the varied ideals and practices that have socially differentiated men and women's wartime experiences. Covering the major periods in warfare since the seventeenth century, The Handbook explores cultural representations of war and the interconnectedness of the military with civil society and its transformations.

Vielfältige Rezeptionsprozesse und wechselseitige Transfers haben daran mitgewirkt, dass seit dem späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert der Advaita-Vedānta nicht nur zur indischen Philosophie und dem Vedanta schlechthin wurde, sondern auch zur Grundlage des Hinduismus und zum Hauptexponenten östlicher Mystik. Im Zentrum des Artikels stehen indische und deutsche Denker, die maßgeblich daran beteiligt waren. Analysiert werden die Repräsentationen von Swami Vivekananda, Arthur Schopenhauer, Paul Deussen, Rudolf Otto, Hermann Hesse und Swami Chinmayananda, die als namhafte Mediatoren advaita-vedāntisches Wissen im Westen verbreiteten und dabei je eigene Interessen und Programmatiken verfolgten.

A revised version of a paper presented earlier at the Internat'l Soc Sci Council Round Table on Comparative Res suggesting the need for more historical studies of the processes of nation-building & nat'l integration (the extension of civic, pol'al, & SE rights & participation) in Western Europe. The basic res, whether within a single nation (as most historical studies will be) or comparative, calls for fuller cooperation between historians & other soc sci'ts. It is useful to recall some of the characteristics of the work by most professional historians, so as to minimize the illusions that may plague efforts at needed cooperation. One series of studies now under way brings together people of a number of disciplines & many nations in historical & current analysis of the all-too-little-Known pol of the smaller European democracies. As the West provides the models of nation-building, one ought to look at the small European democracies to see experiences signif'ly diff from those of the large nations. Also, study of these democracies may aid in establishing conditions under which peoples may harmonize the study of nation-building, as human freedom is a main objective in such often contradictory goals as freedom & discipline, & nat'l integrity & internat'l cooperation. Modified HA.

Public diplomacy is an effective, steadily evolving foreign policy tool used all over the world. In the context of current global trends promoting one's own values and the way of thinking as an objective of public diplomacy is of special interest. Democracy and human rights are among the main values of the Western countries and are promoted by them through a wide range of measures aimed at foreign country's authorities as well as foreign public including different target audiences. This paper addresses the foundations of public diplomacy activity aimed at democracy promotion abroad. It states that the value of democracy is advantageous to public diplomacy of the West and allows it to hold leading positions offering an attractive model of development for the rest of the world. Democratization measures in conditions of gradual development of democratic institutions as well as in crisis situations are considered.

Martyrs of Lyons: a story from the beginning -- A witch-hunting panorama, 1500-1750 -- The Malleus maleficarum: a book and its travels -- Windsor, CT, 1654: a town under attack by Satan -- Witch-hunting in the American colonies, 1607-1692 -- Mary Parsons: a life under suspicion -- Rebecca Nurse: a "witch" and her trials -- The most famous witch-hunt of all, 1692-93 -- Rev. Cotton Mather: a minister and his demons -- Anti-Masonry: a politics of panic -- A saga of scares, 1700-2000 -- Fells Acres Day School: a question of abuse