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Charles C. Moskos (1934-2008) / Laura Miller -- The glocalization of bereavement : bereaved families, economic discourse and the hierarchy of Israeli casualties / Udi Lebel -- Cultural and political challenges in military missions : how officers view multiculturality in armed forces / Tibor Szvircsev Tresch -- Latin America in peacekeeping operations : a sociopolitical overview / Marina Malamud Feinsilber -- Polish military forces in peacekeeping missions and military operations other than war : experiences after 2000 / Marcin Sinczuch, Marian Kloczkowski, Mariusz Wachowicz -- South Korean experiences in peacekeeping and plan for the future / Kyudok Hong -- Hungarian experiences from peacekeeping in Afghanistan / Zoltan Laszlo Kiss -- Greece's contribution to the Korean War (1950-1955) / Dimitrios Smokovitis -- ESDP and Russia : a decade of unfulfilled promise / Sandra Fernandes -- Asymmetric warfare : an introduction / Giuseppe Caforio -- Expeditionary military networks and asymmetric warfare / Paul C. van Fenema -- Payday in the Afghan National Army : from western administrative liabilities to local realities / Christiaan Davids, Joseph Soeters -- New wine, new bottles, or both? Social science contributions to thinking about and reorganizing for irregular warfare / Wilbur J. Scott, George R. Mastroianni, David R. McCone -- Interaction rituals and language mediation during peace missions : experiences from Afghanistan / Iris Hoedemaekers, Joseph Soeters -- New ways of military thinking and acting for a better world : new models preparing forces to master unavoidable transitions / Hermann Jung -- The asymmetric answers (with the focus on Russia's rhetoric and actions) / Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- The symmetries of asymmetry : myths surrounding the notion of asymmetric war / Antulio J. Echevarria -- Many views on peace / Bandana Purkayastha -- Soldiers and scholars in a world of growing interdependence / John Allen Williams -- Conflict, peacemaking and the dynamics of humiliation / Dennis Smith -- Lloyd J. Dumas / The military role in the amnesty, reconciliation, and reintegration (AR2) process : an expanded framework analysis -- Michael W. Mosser / Introduction -- Giuseppe Caforio

This book examines culture, the "bedrock of military" effectiveness, from a theoretical and a practical point of view. In comparing Canadian and American military cultures, it concludes that while the culture of the Canadian Forces has been "Americanized" to a certain extent, the culture of the US armed forces, due to changes in their personnel and roles, has experienced a certain degree of "Canadianization" at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries.

"Nuclear technology has been an organizing premise of the international system since 1945. Eight countries have officially acknowledged the possession of nuclear weapons. Many countries have harnessed the atom for electricity generation and other civilian uses. Roughly 440 commercial nuclear reactors operate in thirty countries providing 14 percent of the world's electricity. Volatile oil prices and concerns about climate change have led newly emerging economies in Asia to express keen interest in using nuclear energy to meet growing energy demands. Since the basic technological apparatus for both civilian and military nuclear programs is the same, there are concerns about the potential spread of dual-use technology. The future stability of the international order depends on the responsible management of their nuclear assets by nuclear powers. The relationship between civilian authorities and the military takes on special significance in states with nuclear weapons or near-weapon capability. The constitutional balance of powers, the delegation of authority during wartime and peace, influences from public opinion and bureaucratic structures on the formulation of doctrine, crisis management, and communications with the international media and the general public are influenced by civil-military relations and organizational culture."--Publisher's website

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Who Are the Refugees? A Demographic Analysis -- 2 Serbia and the Migration Crisis: The Power of Framing -- 3 From Ambiguous Refugees to Potential Citizens: Turkey's Domestic and International Challenges and Its Syrians -- 4 The Ex-Yugoslav States and the 2015 Refugee/Migrant Crisis: Victims or Opportunists? -- 5 Policing the Mediterranean: The Use of Naval Forces in Immigration Enforcement -- 6 Italy and the Refugee Crisis: The Humanitarian Dilemma -- 7 Challenged Integration: Europe's Refugee Crisis -- 8 From Technologies of Control to "Facebook Refugees": The Unintended Consequences of the EU-Turkey Agreement on the Refugee Crisis in Greece