This working paper documents research on inter-denominational philosophical convergences and intra-denominational philosophical divergences among the three main monotheistic faiths during the Middle Ages (600-1500), in the Mediterranean World and beyond. It surveys Jewish, Christian and Islamic...

A headline of the Venezuelean daily El Nacionalista, published June 16, 2008, read: “Venezuela se negó a seguir de rodillas ante las pretensiones del gobierno norteamericano”. A few weeks before, on May 8, president Hugo Chávez himself had said that Venezuela “would not watch...

This is a follow-up report on the unilateral disarmament experiment described in our working paper # 426 of July 2010. After the 2001-02 crisis, despite the heavy military expenditures and arms procurements of its neighbors, Chile and Brazil, Argentina accentuated a policy of unilateral...

After the 2001-02 crisis, despite the heavy military expenditures and arms procurements of its neighbors, Chile and Brazil, Argentina accentuated a policy of unilateral disarmament that had begun in the '90s. The South American historical record shows that the region is less war prone than...