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The Erosion of Strategic Stability and the Future of Arms Control in Europe
Études de l’Ifri Proliferation Papers 60 THE EROSION OF STRATEGIC STABILITY AND THE FUTURE OF ARMS COntrOL IN EUROPE Corentin BRUSTLEIN November 2018 Security Studies Center The Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) is a research center and a forum for debate on major international political and economic issues. Headed by Thierry de Montbrial since its founding in 1979, Ifri is a non- governmental, non-profit organization. As an independent think tank, Ifri sets its own research agenda, publishing its findings regularly for a global audience. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Ifri brings together political and economic decision-makers, researchers and internationally renowned experts to animate its debate and research activities. The opinions expressed in this text are the responsibility of the author alone. ISBN: 978-2-36567-932-9 © All rights reserved, Ifri, 2018 How to quote this document: Corentin Brustlein, “The Erosion of Strategic Stability and the Future of Arms Control in Europe”, Proliferation Papers, No. 60, November 2018. Ifri 27 rue de la Procession 75740 Paris Cedex 15 – FRANCE Tel.: +33 (0)1 40 61 60 00 – Fax: +33 (0)1 40 61 60 60 Email: [email protected] Website: Ifri.org Author Dr. Corentin Brustlein is the Director of the Security Studies Center at the French Institute of International Relations. His work focuses on nuclear and conventional deterrence, arms control, military balances, and U.S. and French defense policies. Before assuming his current position, he had been a research fellow at Ifri since 2008 and the head of Ifri’s Deterrence and Proliferation Program since 2010. -
Sex Morals and the Law in Ancient Egypt and Babylon James Bronson Reynolds
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Volume 5 | Issue 1 Article 4 1914 Sex Morals and the Law in Ancient Egypt and Babylon James Bronson Reynolds Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc Part of the Criminal Law Commons, Criminology Commons, and the Criminology and Criminal Justice Commons Recommended Citation James Bronson Reynolds, Sex Morals and the Law in Ancient Egypt and Babylon, 5 J. Am. Inst. Crim. L. & Criminology 20 (May 1914 to March 1915) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology by an authorized editor of Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons. SEX MORALS AND THE LAW IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND BABYLON. JAMEs BuoNsoN REYNoLDS.' EGYPT. Present knowledge of the criminal law of ancient Egypt relating to sex morals is fragmentary and incomplete in spite of the fact that considerable light has been thrown upon the subject by recent excava- tions and scholarship. We have not yet, however, sufficient data to de- termine the character or moral value of Egyptian law, or of its in- fluence on the Medeterranean world. Egyptian law was, however, elaborately and carefully expanded during the flourishing period of the nation's history.2 Twenty thousand volumes are said to have been written on the Divine law of Hermes, the traditional law-giver of Egypt, whose position is similar to that of Manu in relation to the laws of India. And while it is impossible to trace the direct influence of Egyptian law on the laws of later nations, its indirect influence upon the founders of Grecian law is established beyond ques- tion. -
What Were the Aims and Origins of the 1942 Dieppe Raid?
1 TITLE: What were the Aims and Origins of the 1942 Dieppe Raid? CONTENTS: IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SOURCES: ................................................................ 2 INVESTIGATION: ............................................................................................................................................ 3 REFLECTION: .................................................................................................................................................... 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY: .............................................................................................................................................. 7 2 IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SOURCES: This study will investigate the question: “What were the aims and origins of the 1942 Dieppe Raid?” At the time, Operation Jubilee was the single largest combined operation of WWII and it proved to be a complete bloodbath for the allied forces involved. Beyond the two sources chosen for evaluation, the study uses a range of sources that are listed in the bibliography. These include a report by Canadian Military Headquarters1, a book by military historian Mark Zuehlke2, and an analysis of the significance and impact of the raid by the Canadian Veteran Affairs Organization3. The military report on the planning and execution of the raid outlines the Military’s official position on Operation Jubilee. This information is supported by the official analysis of the events at Dieppe by the Canadian government. However, individual historians such as -
Air Operations at Dieppe: an After-Action Report
Canadian Military History Volume 12 Issue 4 Article 6 2003 Air Operations at Dieppe: An After-Action Report Trafford Leigh-Mallory Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh Part of the Military History Commons Recommended Citation Leigh-Mallory, Trafford "Air Operations at Dieppe: An After-Action Report." Canadian Military History 12, 4 (2003) This Feature is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars Commons @ Laurier. It has been accepted for inclusion in Canadian Military History by an authorized editor of Scholars Commons @ Laurier. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Leigh-Mallory: Air Operations at Dieppe Air Operations at Dieppe An after-action report by Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory he ill-fated action at Dieppe in August 1942 is control organization was used for this purpose and Tmost often remembered for the heavy casualties it proved very successful in co-ordinating the various suffered by the Canadian land forces deployed in the offensive and defensive air operations during the assault and the political controversy that followed Dieppe Raid. A system of forward air control was also this ‘military debacle’. Lingering doubts over the established using radio links onboard headquarters rationale for the raid, and persistent statements ships. This enhanced the flexibility of the air forces that lives were lost in vain, continue to this day. But by linking centralized control with decentralized the Dieppe Raid was much more than casualties delivery. Moreover, it was on the basis of the success and questionable military decision making. It had achieve by the air forces during the Dieppe Raid that immediate and valuable implications on the planning the air plan for Operation Overlord was devised. -
Total War / BOOM Powerpoint
Class Building: BOOM! ¨ Use your playing card to find someone else in the room with the same number as you on their card. They will be your partner for ROUND 1! ¤ Thumbs up or Thumbs down ¤ Then THROW choice of” Thumbs” ¨ If you MATCH your partner, you both celebrate by yelling BOOM! ¨ If you DON’T MATCH your partner, you put your hands behind your back and go again. ¨ Now… on to ROUND 2! What were the outcomes of Canada’s participation in a “Total War”? Did we make a difference? On Land Land Spies In the Air (Espionage) Total Air War OnHome The AtSea Sea HomefrontFront Socrative Quiz: ¨ Download the SOCRATIVE app to your Smart device. It’s FREE! ¨ Join the class GWSSDuncan ¨ And select the active Quiz: Early Battles of WWII Be sure to ¨ This Socrative Quiz will be download the running during the entire lesson STUDENT version today. When you think you of the app know the answer to a question, answer it on your Smart phone. Uh oh… ¨ Blitzkrieg – Lightning War; strategy used to overwhelm the opposition. ¨ Denmark fell in a day ¨ Norway fell in a month ¨ The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg fell to Germany in quick succession ¨ Hitler turns his attention on France ¨ The Maginot Line (aka. The IMaginot Line) fails to defend France The Miracle at Dunkirk ¨ May to June 1940 ¨ Nazis invade and take control of France pushing Allied soldiers back to the coast ¨ 338,000 troops saved ¨ 800 Privately owned “little ships” ¨ +222 Naval Vessels including 4 Royal Canadian Navy destroyers http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/ wwtwo/ launch_ani_fall_france_campaign.shtml -
The Dieppe Raid
, 2012 Mud and Canadians Take Vimy Ridge Death at In 1917, Canadians took part in a First World War battle that even Passchendaele today is a national point of pride. The scene was Vimy Ridge—a long, In the fall of 1917, Canadian troops in heavily defended hill along the Belgium fought in the Third Battle of Western Front in northern France Ypres, better known as the Battle of near Arras. The British and French Passchendaele. had tried unsuccessfully to capture it earlier in the war. On April 9, 1917, The autumn rains came early that year it was Canada’s turn. to Flanders Fields. The fighting churned the flat terrain into a sea of muddy clay. Early that morning, after months Trenches filled with cold water and of planning and training, the first collapsed. Shell holes overflowed with group of 20,000 Canadians attacked. muck. Men, equipment and horses that Through the snow and sleet, Allied slipped off the duckboards (wooden artillery laid down a “creeping walkways in trenches and on paths) barrage”—an advancing line of precise were sucked into the swampy mess— shell fire. Soldiers followed closely Photo: LAC PA-004388 often never to be seen again. behind the explosions and overran A tank advancing with infantry at Vimy Ridge. the enemy before many of them could The Canadians took over from the leave their underground bunkers. approximately 11,000 of our men first time the four Canadian divisions, battered British forces who had been Most of the ridge was captured by were killed or wounded. uniting more than 100,000 Canadians fighting there since July. -
Thesis Abstract Final
Abstract EMILY LAWRENCE British and American Special Forces in World War II: Easy Company and the No. 4 Commando (Under the Direction of DR. JOHN MORROW JR.) A study of the British No. 4 Commando and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
Rethinking Strategic Advantages of Air Supremacy in Modern Warfare Revista De Derecho, Núm
Revista de Derecho ISSN: 0121-8697 [email protected] Universidad del Norte Colombia Melamed Visbal, Janiel David New Wars, New Challenges: Rethinking Strategic Advantages of Air Supremacy in Modern Warfare Revista de Derecho, núm. 44, julio-diciembre, 2015, pp. 226-246 Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=85141031010 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative artículo de investigación New Wars, New Challenges: Rethinking Strategic Advantages of Air Supremacy in Modern Warfare* Nuevas guerras, nuevos desafíos: Repesando las ventajas estratégicas de la supremacía aérea en las guerras modernas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14482/dere.44.7174 Janiel David Melamed Visbal** Universidad del Norte (Colombia) * The following article is the result of research, regarding international security, new wars and asymmetrical armed conflicts, developed within the framework of the “Agenda Internacio- nal” research group. ** Lawyer and holds a M.A. in Government, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism from the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy (IDC-Israel). He is a full time profes- sor within the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Universidad del Norte (Colombia), and is currently enrolled in a doctoral degree program in International Secu- rity at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), through the Instituto Uni- versitario General Gutiérrez Mellado (IUGM). [email protected] / [email protected] REVISTA DE DERECHO N.º 44, Barranquilla, 2015 ISSN: 0121-8697 (impreso) ISSN: 2145-9355 (on line) 226 Abstract The objective of the following article is to conduct an analysis of air power and its role in modern warfare. -
Overlord Volume 10 - Capítulo 3
Overlord Volume 10 - Capítulo 3 O Império Baharuth Tradutor: União Overlord Revisor: Tio Vlad Parte 1 Albedo estava prestes a partir para o Reino em um dia claro e ensolarado, e Ainz foi ao pátio de sua residência para se despedir dela. Havia cinco carruagens luxuosas estacionadas lá. Uma delas era para Albedo e outra para sua bagagem. Uma das carruagens restantes continha presentes para o rei, para dar ênfase na diferença entre o poder do Reino e do Reino Arcano. Em torno destas carruagens estavam 20 Cavaleiros da Morte que Ainz tinha criado. Teria sido muito mais fácil apenas tele transportá-los para o Reino, mas haviam escolhido não fazer isso. Albedo e seu grupo eram os responsáveis por demonstrar o poder do Reino Arcano. Parte disso significava usar monstros no lugar de cavalos para puxar as carruagens. Uma ameaça implícita, por assim dizer. "Então, Ainz-sama, por favor, se cuide por um tempo." "Umu, tenha cuidado. Ainda não encontramos as pessoas que controlaram Shalltear. É por isso que não podemos excluir a possibilidade de que eles possam estar tentando controlá-la, e então usá-la como parte de uma grande aposta para infligir danos maciços em Nazarick. " "Claro. Eu vou ser cuidadosa e nunca deixarei isso acontecer comigo." Albedo estava abraçando um item de classe mundial em seu peito. "Eu acredito que possuir isso deva eliminar o risco de ser hipnotizada por um Item de classe mundial. No entanto, o inimigo pode não estar limitado a usar apenas esse item. Além disso, embora este Item de Classe Mundial que você possui é o mais poderoso contra objetos físicos, não se esqueça que não é muito útil contra alvos individuais." "É assim mesmo? Mas, usarei isto como uma arma principal assim que mudar sua forma..." "É mais fraco do que um item de classe divina especializado. -
Air Supremacy in US Air Force History, Theory, and Doctrine
A HOUSE BUILT ON SAND: Air Supremacy in US Air Force History, Theory, and Doctrine E. Taylor Francis Major, USAF Air University James B. Hecker, Lieutenant General, Commander and President LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education Brad M. Sullivan, Major General, Commander AIR UNIVERSITY LEMAY CENTER FOR DOCTRINE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION A House Built on Sand: Air Supremacy in US Air Force History, Theory, and Doctrine E. Taylor Francis, Major, USAF Lemay Paper No. 6 Air University Press Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama Air University Commander and President Accepted by Air University Press May 2019 and published April 2020. Lt Gen James B. Hecker Commandant and Dean, LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education Maj Gen Brad Sullivan Director, Air University Press Lt Col Darin M. Gregg Project Editor Dr. Stephanie Havron Rollins Illustrator Daniel Armstrong Print Specialist Megan N. Hoehn Distribution Diane Clark Disclaimer Air University Press Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied 600 Chennault Circle, Building 1405 within are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily repre- Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6010 sent the official policy or position of the organizations with which https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/AUPress/ they are associated or the views of the Air University Press, LeMay Center, Air University, United States Air Force, Department of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AirUnivPress Defense, or any other US government agency. This publication is cleared for public release and unlimited distribution. and This LeMay Paper and others in the series are available electronically Twitter: https://twitter.com/aupress at the AU Press website: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/AUPress/ LeMay-Papers/. -
Reasons Why the Japanese Were Fascinated with General Macarthur
University of New Orleans ScholarWorks@UNO Senior Honors Theses Undergraduate Showcase 5-2012 American Shogun: Reasons Why the Japanese were Fascinated with General MacArthur Tommy Louk University of New Orleans Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/honors_theses Recommended Citation Louk, Tommy, "American Shogun: Reasons Why the Japanese were Fascinated with General MacArthur" (2012). Senior Honors Theses. 15. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/honors_theses/15 This Honors Thesis-Unrestricted is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by ScholarWorks@UNO with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this Honors Thesis-Unrestricted in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) directly, unless additional rights are indicated by a Creative Commons license in the record and/or on the work itself. This Honors Thesis-Unrestricted has been accepted for inclusion in Senior Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. American Shogun: Reasons Why the Japanese were Fascinated with General MacArthur An Honors Thesis Presented to the Department of International Studies of the University of New Orleans In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, with University Honors and Honors in International Studies by Tommy Louk May 2012 2 Abstract This paper will provide an insight into why the Japanese liked General MacArthur during the American occupation of Japan after World War II. -
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