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For a state that has gained a global reputation as a violator of international norms, not least through its unwavering pursuit of nuclear weapons, North Korea's determination to become a nuclear-armed state is puzzling. If nuclear weapons beget security, insecurity, and other costs for the state, how might we understand this pursuit, and the delinquent behaviour that has arisen from it? In North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order, Edward Howell offers an answer to this question, focusing on North Korea's quest for status in the international system and developing the theoretical framework of 'strategic delinquency'. Featuring previously unpublished and new interviews with international negotiators with North Korea, and drawing upon new academic literature, Howell proffers an original theoretical framework to apply to the North Korean case. Covering a time period from the 1990s to the present-day, and using unprecedentedly rich empirical evidence, he makes the overarching argument that North Korea has strategically deployed behaviour that breaks international norms in order to reap benefits. In so doing, this book posits how over time, North Korea has learnt that despite the low status and opprobrium that might ensue, bad behaviour can pay.

Dirt, development and displacement -- Preservation and its permutations -- Building bridges and digging moats : the infrastructure for affordable housing preservation -- Policy and practice foundations for preservation -- Strange bedfellows : governance infrastructures for preservation -- Housing for community power and voice -- Conclusion and lessons learned.

What is climate change? -- Fossil fuels -- Global warming -- Rising sea levels -- Focus on the Greenland ice sheet -- Farming and food -- Habitats and wildlife -- Focus on sea turtles -- Desertification -- Focus on desertification in China -- Extreme weather -- Focus on Hurricane Harvey -- Stopping climate change -- Glossary.

What is pollution? -- Water -- Focus on Lake Erie -- Ocean plastic -- Focus on the great Pacific garbage patch -- Landfill -- Air -- The greenhouse effect -- Focus on air pollution in India -- Nuclear waste -- Focus on Fukushima -- Light and sound -- Reducing pollution.

Picture Post' magazine was made famous by its pioneering photojournalism, which vividly captured a panorama of wartime events and the ordinary lives affected. This book is the first to examine this fascinating primary source as a cultural record of women's dress history. Reading the magazine's visual narratives from 1938 to 1945, it weaves together the ways in which design, style and fashion were affected by, and responded to, the state of being at war - and the new gender roles it created for women

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Origins -- Chapter One: The Crossroads Cabinet -- Chapter Two: The Wind Changes -- Chapter Three: The Seventy-Niners -- Chapter Four: The Tigress Emerges -- Chapter Five: Manoeuvres at Court -- Chapter Six: Origins and Fears -- Chapter Seven: Unspinning the Past -- PART TWO: Roots and False Dawns -- Chapter Eight: Roots of the Revolution -- Chapter Nine: Heath and Hopes -- Chapter Ten: Wrong from the Start -- Chapter Eleven: A Diversion: What If? -- Chapter Twelve: A Tale of Two Roles -- Chapter Thirteen: Ireland, Europe and the Eternal Question -- PART THREE: The Inheritance -- Chapter Fourteen: Technology Unravels the Global Order -- Chapter Fifteen: Asian Reset -- Chapter Sixteen: The Mother of All Networks -- Chapter Seventeen: Flaws in the Tapestry -- Chapter Eighteen: What Is to Be Done? -- Chapter Nineteen: The New Labyrinth -- Chapter Twenty: The Case for Looking Back -- Chapter Twenty-one: How to Safeguard Democracy Now -- Chapter Twenty-two: Conclusions, Answers, Lessons, Hopes -- Chapter Twenty-three: Afterthoughts: On the Head of a Dictator, the Power of Us and Catching Up -- Appendix I: A 'Chequered Career' -- Appendix II: The Times: Mr Howell's Account of the Whitelaw Years in Belfast -- Bibliography -- Index -- By the Same Author -- Copyright.

Appendix B. Comparison of Chains of CommandChapter 2; Withdrawal from International Agreements: Legal Framework, the Paris Agreement, and the Iran Nuclear Agreement*; Summary; Introduction; Forms of International Agreements and Commitments; Withdrawal under International Law; Withdrawal under Domestic Law; Withdrawal from Executive Agreements and Political Commitments under Domestic Law; Withdrawal from Treaties under Domestic Law; Domestic Practices Related to Treaty Termination and Withdrawal; Domestic Legal Challenges to Unilateral Treaty Termination by the Executive

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) Mobility, Reconnaissance, and Firepower Programs* -- Abstract -- Why Is This Issue Important to Congress? -- Background -- Types and Numbers of BCTs -- Light IBCTs -- Airborne IBCTs -- Air Assault IBCTs -- How IBCTs Are Employed -- Operational Environment -- Current and Projected IBCT Capability Gaps -- How Programs Address Capability Gaps -- The Systems -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- Programmatic Overview -- The Army's Acquisition Strategy -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- Budgetary Considerations -- FY2018 Budget Request -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2018 (House-Passed Version) -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- Mobile Protected Firepower -- S. 1519, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2018 (Senate Committee-Passed Version) -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- H.R. 3219, Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, FY2018 (House-Passed Version) -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- Potential Issues for Congress -- IBCT Deployability -- GMV, LRV, and MPF Fielding -- Additional Resources to Support GMV, LRV, and MPF -- The Way Ahead for LRV -- Impact of a Potential Fiscal Year-Long Continuing Resolution (CR) on GMV, LRV, and MPF -- Chapter 2 -- Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress* -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background -- Aegis Ships -- Ticonderoga (CG-47) Class Aegis Cruisers -- Overview -- "2-4-6" Program for Modernizing 11 Existing Aegis Cruisers -- Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) Class Aegis Destroyers -- Flight I/II and Flight IIA DDG-51s Procured in FY1985-FY2005 -- No DDG-51s Procured in FY2006-FY2009 -- Procurement of DDG-51s Resumed in FY2010 -- Transition to Flight III DDG-51 Design in FY2016 or FY2017 -- Aegis Ships in Allied Navies -- Aegis BMD System -- Versions of Aegis BMD System