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Role of Ukraine's military power, military policy, and economic security in preserving its independence; relations with Russia and the West. Some focus on Ukraine's atomic weapons.

Based on Bass' Jeadership model (1985, 1990), the M.L.Q. questionnaire (Multifactor Leader­ship Questionnaire) was validated for the assessment of Jeadership styles in Argentinean civil and military population. Data were gathered (N=363) on military (cadets and officers) and ci­ vilian population. A factorial structure of seven grouped in three styles of Jeadership (34 items) was obtained and it was confirmed by means of confirmatory factor analysis. The results point out better adjustment of the obtained pattern for civil population than for military. Individual differences were also found among the styles of leadership of civilians and military population. In the first ones characteristics related with the exchange and the negotiation prevail. In the mi­ litary environments The style of transformational Jeadership prevails in military environments. In both populations valued Jeader characteristics were perceived with more intensity in self-per­ ception format than in the perception of subordinates regarding their superiors. ; Basados en la teoría de Bass (1985, 1990), se adaptó el cuestionario M.L.Q. (Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire) para la evaluación de los estilos de liderazgo civiles y militares argentinos. Se recogieron datos de 363 sujetos, civiles (53%) y militares cadetes y oficiales (47%). Se realizó un análisis factorial exploratorio y luego confirmatorio resultando una escala de 34 ítems que responde a un modelo de siete factores agrupados en tres estilos de liderazgo. Los resultados señalan mejor ajuste del modelo para población civil que para militar. Se encontraron diferencias individuales entre los estilos de liderazgo de civiles y militares. En los primeros predominan las características relacionadas con el intercambio y la negociación. En los ámbitos militares predomina el estilo de liderazgo transformacional. En ambas poblaciones las características más valoradas de los líderes se autopercibían con mayor intensidad en el formato de autoregistro que en la percepción del subalterno respecto del superior.

This book offers a new analytical framework for studying nuclear command and control (C2), based on a comparative study of four nuclear weapons states (NWS)The subject of nuclear operations management has long been shrouded in secrecy, and whilst the importance of nuclear C2 cannot be disputed, there are few academic studies into how and why states develop these systems. This volume includes a comparative study of the development of nuclear C2 by four different NWS (Britain, China, India, and Pakistan) and demonstrates that, despite several differences, there is a central set of factors that remain constant. The analytical framework used in this study identifies key factors that can potentially shape the evolution and stability of nuclear C2. These factors include geostrategic (threat) environment, international norms, leadership, and control of nuclear operations (civil-military control) The book also analyses the interaction among different stakeholders within the nuclear C2 enterprise. It recognises that politicians, the military and scientists all have key but different roles to play, and the way these stakeholders have learned to co-exist with each other is explored. This volume offers a set of dynamics that could form a global norm for nuclear C2, serving as a standard for new entrants into the nuclear club.This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, global governance, and International Relations in general.

La relación entre Actores Armados No estatales ha sido un fenómeno presente en distintas guerras civiles en el mundo, y Colombia no es la excepción. El objetivo de esta tesis es entender cómo se construyeron las relaciones entre las FARC y el ELN, especialmente de 2005 a 2010. Para la investigación de este fenómeno se tomó en cuenta múltiples investigaciones del fenómeno en otros países del mundo, además de un estudio histórico a la interacción político-militar de las organizaciones desde sus orígenes. Finalmente, el propósito de este estudio es como algunos factores y en que circunstancias modificaron las relaciones entre las FARC y el ELN. Todo lo anterior en aras de contribuir a una mayor comprensión de los múltiples fenómenos que ocurrieron durante los años de guerra civil en Colombia. ; Abstract: The relationship between Non-State Armed Actors has been a phenomenon present in different civil wars in the world, and Colombia is no exception. The objective of this thesis is to understand how the relations between the FARC and the ELN were built, especially from 2005 to 2010. For the investigation of this phenomenon was taken into account multiple investigations of the phenomenon in other countries of the world, besides a historical study To the political-military interaction of organizations from their origins. Finally, the purpose of this study is how some factors and under what circumstances changed the relations between the FARC and the ELN. All of the above in order to contribute to a greater understanding of the multiple phenomena that occurred during the years of civil war in Colombia. ; Maestría

Julius Caesar has been the inspiration to countless military commanders over the last two millennia. Born into an aristocratic family, his early military campaigns, part of his progression along the cursus honorum, included campaigning in the east, Spain and in the early Roman civil wars. His participation in the Gallic Wars is known mainly through the commentary on the wars that he wrote and published, along with his incursions into Britain. This concise history details his military life, and how it impacted with his political career, from his youth through the civil wars that resulted in his becoming the dictator of Rome, and his legacy

Rudyard Kipling has been one of the few British writers born in India whose writing exhibits a range of sentiments, strength and struggle of the British, the Anglo-Indians and the native Indians alike. His 39 stories published in Civil and Military Gazette under the title of Plain Tales from the Hills between November 1886 and January 1887 and later edited versions of the tales, 29 from Civil Military Gazette and 11 new tales, exhibit the said range. Most of these stories are concerned with Anglo-Indian life, civilian and military, that include Kipling's soldier trio, Mulvaney, Learoyd and Ortheris.

VARIATION IN THE NEED FOR HELP FROM MILITARY ALLIES AFFECTS THE DEGREE TO WHICH FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICIES WILL DISCRIMINATE IN FAVOR OF MILITARY ALLIES AND AGAINST ADVERSARIES AND OTHER COUNTRIES. POWERS IN NEED OF MILITARY SUPPORT WILL PURSUE DISCRIMINATORY FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICIES IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF DOMESTIC INTERESTS TO FAVOR NOT ONLY CLOSER ECONOMIC RELATIONS BUT ALSO CLOSER POLITICAL RELATIONS. BY STRENGTHENING DOMESTIC SUPPORT FOR AN ALLIANCE, POLICY MAKERS MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEIR ALLIES TO RENEGE ON ALLIANCE COMMITMENTS. STRONGER POLITICAL RELATIONS REINFORCE THE DETERRENT EFFECT OF THE ALLIANCE. POWERS THAT OPERATE ALONE, BECAUSE THE NET STRATEGIC BENEFITS FROM CLOSER RELATIONS IN THEIR CASE ARE LOWER, WILL REFRAIN FROM DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES. SHIFTS IN STRATEGIC NEED MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN VARIATIONS IN THE LINKS BETWEEN SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS AND FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICIES WITHIN ALLIANCES OVER TIME AND ALSO ACROSS ALLIANCES. BRITISH GRAND STRATEGY IN THE 1930'S ILLUSTRATES HOW SHIFTS IN STRATEGIC NEED INFLUENCE THE DEGREE TO WHICH FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICIES DISCRIMINATE IN FAVOR OF POTENTIAL MILITARY ALLIES.

The original colleges for military engineers—the Royal Military Academy (RMA) Woolwich and the East India Company (EIC) Seminary at Addiscombe—were the only outlet for a curriculum based on the theory and practice of engineering taught within an academically orientated institution in Britain during the nineteenth century. Overall, engineering in Britain was taught through work-related traditional apprenticeship systems that focused on the 'practical man' concept, supported from 1853 onwards with funding based on a payments-by-results system administered by the Department of Science and Art. This trend continued despite the introduction of modest engineering faculties within the British university system. In India, matters were different: there were four colleges of civil engineering, the oldest, Thomason College, having been founded in 1847. Their role was to provide civil engineers for the Indian Public Works Department. Both in Britain and in India, the administration and management of science, technical and engineering education was undertaken by officers from the Royal Engineers and the Indian Army equivalent, (commonly referred to as sapper officers). This trend in civil/military relationships continued with the establishment of the Royal Indian Engineering College (also known as Cooper's Hill College) in 1870, specifically to train civil engineers in England for duties with the Indian Public Works Department. The comparisons between engineering education in Britain and India during the nineteenth century are stark. The role of the military in the development of engineering education both in Britain and India was crucial. The Indian Public Works Department, although technically a civilian organisation, relied on military engineers during its life until 1947. An examination of the topic from both the British and Indian perspective gives an insight not only into comparative engineering education but also into the civil/military relationships that existed in Britain and India during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

"April 29, 2003." ; Shipping list no.: 2003-0191-P. ; Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. ; "Referred to the Committee on International Relations." ; Mode of access: Internet.

"October 16, 2000." ; Shipping list no.: 2001-0081-P. ; Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. ; "Referred to the Committee on International Relations." ; Mode of access: Internet.

Since the early 1990s and the end of the Cold War, the implications of China's rising power have come to dominate the security agenda of the Asia-Pacific region. Although China's prioritization of economic development has created many valuable trade and investment opportunities, and encouraged China's gradual integration into the international community, economic growth is enabling China to modernize its armed forces, which, if present trends continue, will soon be among the largest and most powerful in the region. How China will flex its increased political, economic and military might is a key question for all China's neighbors. This book examines ASEAN-Chinese relations over recent years, showing how worries about China's developing role have been a significant factor in shaping the nature of ASEAN and its policies. The book includes a discussion of economic relations between China and the different ASEAN countries, an examination of how external powers have influenced the regional security environment, and an assessment of how China-ASEAN relations might develop over the next few decades against a backdrop of rising Sino-US competition.

Civil society and the power to build peaceful and inclusive societies / by Peter van Tuijl -- Civil society and the 2030 agenda : forging a path to universal sustainable peace through policy formulation / Erin McCandless -- The politics of inclusion : civil society engagement in the new deal / Kristen Wall and Rachel Fairhurst -- Integrating gender into the new deal process / Dewi Suralaga, Mahbouba Seraj and Karen Robinson -- From national security to human security : developing effective partnerships between the UN, regional organizations and civil society / Darynell Rodriguez -- The role of WANEP in crafting peace and security architecture in West Africa / Emmanuel Bombande -- The role of women in regional peace and security : experiences from the Pacific / Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls and Laurel Stone -- Civil society's peacebuilding approach to civil-military-police coordination in security sector reform / Lisa Schirch -- Unlikely partners for conflict transformation : engaging the military as stakeholders for peace in Mindanao / Myla Leguro and Hyunjin Deborah Kwak -- POLSEDE, civil society, and security sector reform in Guatemala / Bernardo Arévalo de Leon and Ana Glenda Táger -- Conclusion : civil society empowerment for human security / David Cortright, Melanie Greenberg, Laurel Stone and Anna Milovanovic.

Offset agreements represent a mechanism widely used by national governments, from which they pursue economic, commercial, industrial and technological benefits. It is the most popular and sophisticated counter-trade instrument, underpinning government procurement policy, involving a wide range of compensatory activities, such as licensed production, co-production, subcontracted production, investment, and technology transfer. National governments require these compensatory activities to foreign firms hired to supply high-cost goods and services, which confers high bargaining power on purchasing governments. Estimates of the magnitude of the offset arrangements presented in the literature are heterogeneous but vary between 5% and 30% of the total value of international transactions, corroborating the importance of this topic. The objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of this policy scarcely explored by Brazilian literature, elucidating some issues that permeate it, such as adopted mechanisms, intended objectives, difficulties faced towards the achievement of goals, regulatory aspects, historical, military and civil offset. From the methodological point of view, this study is eminently qualitative, exploratory and descriptive, supported by bibliographical and documentary research.