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The perfect nanny : a novel
\"When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The politicization of intellectual property rights in the context of Karabakh
Until recently, intellectual property law has been kept away from the political realm, as it was merely linked to economic and legal factors. However, in light of recent geopolitical processes and politically charged conflicts, political science has taken dominance in terms of intellectual property (IP) development and proclivities. In contemporary international politics, it is critical to explain and perceive IP tendencies and systems from the perspectives of political science and political economy, to consider appropriate retorts to processes arising from IPR conflicts in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan during the occupation. Azerbaijan had been confronted with limitations of its control over its territory due to the nearly three decades of the Karabakh conflict. In this regard, the article will answer questions related to the violation of intellectual property rights in the Karabakh region, the exploitation of goods and services, and the IPR problems encountered by Azerbaijan during the occupation of Karabakh.
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The bones of grace : a novel
\"On the eve of her departure to find the bones of the walking whale--the fossil that provides a missing link in our evolution--Zubaida Haque falls in love with Elijah Strong, a man she meets in a darkened concert hall in Boston. Their connection is immediate and intense, despite their differences: Elijah belongs to a prototypical American family; Zubaida is the adopted daughter of a wealthy Bangladeshi family in Dhaka. When a twist of fate sends her back to her hometown, the inevitable force of society compels her to take a very different path: she marries her childhood best friend and settles into a traditional Bangladeshi life\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Banality of \Ethnic War\
Mueller examines the ethnic violence in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the 1990s and claims that in both cases the bloodshed was not the result of ethnic hatred that inflamed entire groups to attack one another. The violence was primarily the work of \"small, ill-disciplined, and essentially cowardly bands of thugs and bullies\" who were recruited by political leaders and operated under their general guidance.
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Structural Realism after the Cold War
Waltz considers three phenomena that some theorists assert are transforming international politics--the spread of democracy, increased national interdependence and the changing role of international institutions. There is no evidence that any of these factors have caused states to begin subordinating their national interests to international concerns.
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Is Ecuador facing a non-international armed conflict against organized crime groups? Reality, inconsistencies and jurisprudential developments
On 9 January 2024, the president of the Republic of Ecuador decreed a state of exception in which he recognized the existence of a non-international armed conflict (NIAC) involving twenty-two criminal groups. By July 2024, the president had declared four additional states of exception. The Constitutional Court examined the decrees and ruled against the existence of a NIAC. In this context, the objective of this article is to present, contrast and analyze the positions of the president and the Constitutional Court and highlight the most notable jurisprudential developments. This case study is relevant to exploring some of the challenges of classifying armed conflicts involving organized crime. In respect of the position of the president, inconsistencies were identified between the recognition of the armed conflict and the actions taken to confront it. As to the Court's jurisprudence, some notable developments identified include the incorporation of international humanitarian law treaties into the block of constitutionality and the ruling on challenges of contemporary armed conflicts such as spillovers, coalition formation and the participation of criminal groups in armed conflicts.
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Understanding Security Practices in South Asia
This book explores the ways in which non-state actors (NSAs) in South Asia are involved in securitizing non-traditional security challenges in the region at the sub-state level.
South Asia is the epicentre of some of the most significant international security challenges today. Yet, the complexities of the region’s security dynamics remain under-researched. While traditional security issues, such as inter-state war, border disputes and the threat of nuclear devastation in South Asia, remain high on the agendas of policy-makers and academics both within and beyond the region, scant attention has been paid to non-traditional or ‘new’ security challenges.
Drawing on various case studies, this work offers an innovative analysis of how NSAs in South Asia are shaping security discourses in the region and tackling security challenges at the sub-state level. Through its critique of securitization theory, the book calls for a new approach to studying security practices in South Asia – one which considers NSAs as legitimate security actors.
This book will be of much interest to students of security studies, Asian security, Asian politics, critical security studies, and IR in general.
1. Introduction: South Asia, Non-State Actors and Securitization Theory 2. Understanding Security in South Asia: An Overview 3. Securitizing Misgovernance in Bangladesh: The Daily Star, New Age and The Bangladesh Today 4. Tackling Human Trafficking in Nepal: Shakti Samuha and Maiti Nepal 5. Shaping India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 6. Conclusion: NSAs, Securitization Theory and Security Practices in South Asia
Monika Barthwal-Datta is a research fellow at the Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney.
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Cluster Munitions and International Law
This book offers a comprehensive argument for why pre-existing international law on cluster munitions was inadequate to deal with the full scope of humanitarian consequences associated with their use. The book undertakes an interdisciplinary legal analysis of restraints and prohibitions on the use of cluster munitions under international humanitarian law, human rights law, and international criminal law, as well as in relation to the recently adopted Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). The book goes on to offer an in-depth substantive and procedural analysis of the negotiations which led to the 2008 CCM, in part based on the author's experiences as an adviser to Cluster Munitions Coalition-Austria.
Cluster Munitions and International Law is essential reading for practitioners and scholars of International Law, including International Humanitarian, Human Rights, International Criminal or Disarmament Law and anyone interested in legal and humanitarian perspectives on cluster munitions legislation and policy. It is unique in bringing a practitioner's perspective to a scholarly work.
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Legal Warfare as a Strategic Instrument in the Configuration of Contemporary Conflicts
In the context of the intensification of hybrid wars and global geopolitical competition, international law and national legal norms no longer function solely as regulatory mechanisms but have become instruments of influence within the logic of confrontation. This article examines the main modalities of lawfare, ranging from the use of international courts and the imposition of economic sanctions to the exploitation of normative gaps and the adoption of legislation with extraterritorial effects. The analysis of representative case studies (Israel-Palestine, USA-China, Russia-Ukraine) demonstrates that lawfare simultaneously serves as a tool for justifying one’s own actions and discrediting adversaries, producing significant consequences for public perception and the balance of power. The article highlights the consolidation of lawfare as a strategic instrument of hybrid warfare and underscores its implications for the stability and legitimacy of international law.
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Visual Expansions in Narrating Contemporary Conflicts and History. The Possibilities of Virtual Reality (VR) Films
Furthermore, the author uses multi-modal critical theory as the primary methodological tooi to focus on modes experienced through different sensual channels during the 360° screenings. [...]it is also analyzed how the dis-course applied in chosen examples influences the presentation of historical events in a Virtual Reality environment. Keywords contemporary conflicts, VR film, immersion, multimodal theory, digital learning and teaching Introduction In the digital era, audiovisual media are shaping the perception of contemporary conflicts on national and international levels.1' Understanding contemporary conflicts seems cru-cial in the process of informed decision-making and developing an insight into global security issues, which influence not only the economy and social structures but also shape modern art, literature, and popular culture. The foundation text for further research on immersion and visual expansions was Gene Youngblood's book Experimental Cinema, published in 1970.2) Further, researchers such as Oliver Grau and Philippe Bédard offered critical in-sights into user experiences within audiovisual spectacles3' and cinema.4' After the emergence of VR, immersion was redefined, for example, by Mei Slater, as an objective proper-ty of the VR system. Significant analysis was also devel-oped by Philip Sabin, who described the relationships between the players' reactions and the design of digital war and conflict strategy simulations in the context of narrative mod-eling techniques.19' Sabin underlined that the level of immersion and satisfaction depends on the level of rationality and probability of role-playing scenarios.20' Similar issues were tackled by Elliott and Kapell,21' as well as Hammond and Pótzsch22' in their publications about war games.
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