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terrorism in the context of a South Asian country. Using monthly data for the period from January 2003 to December 2014, we … analyze the impact of terrorism in Pakistan on the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investments, and … definitions and indicators of terrorism as well as the inclusion of various macroeconomic variables. These findings indicate that …
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Ernährungssituation in Nordkorea verharmlosen. Es wird auch nicht behauptet, dass Hunger, Unterernährung oder Mangelernährung nicht … Nordkorea. Humanitäre Hilfe umfasst bestimmte Bedeutung generierende Praktiken wie z.B. Untersuchungen der Ernährungssicherheit …
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Within international discourses on security, North Korea is often associated with risk and danger, emanating paradoxically from what can be called its strengths - particularly military strength, as embodied by its missile and nuclear programs - and its weaknesses - such as its ever-present...
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This article revisits Maurizio Lazzarato's 1994 text on the strategies of the political entrepreneur in the context of Noko Jeans, a recent Sweden-based venture to produce jeans in North Korea, while simultaneously influencing the political regime in the country. After a brief introduction to...
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North Korea is perceived by many as one of the most totalitarian societies of modern time. But in the wake of the economic collapse of the 1990s, North Korean totalitarianism has grappled with new conditions. This paper examines how the country's totalitarian character has been upheld through...
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Satellite imagery plays an important role in contemporary geopolitics. Arguably the most well-known example is Colin Powell's (in)famous presentation to the UN Security Council in February 2003, during which he used satellite pictures to legitimate the invasion of Iraq. Satellite photographs...
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zeigen deutlich, dass Politik jenseits des geteilten Entsetzens über die Ausmaße des internationalen Terrorismus doch in … horror of the extent of international terrorism. …
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Camera surveillance has recently gained prominence in policy proposals on combating terrorism. We evaluate this … evidence on crime, we expect camera surveillance to have a relatively smaller deterrent effect on terrorism than on other forms …
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The existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform phenomenon and does not distinguish … terror. We analyze determinants of domestic and international terrorism, for target and origin using the Global Terrorism …
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We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and...
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