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Book Our Unstable Neighbourhood

Download or read book Our Unstable Neighbourhood written by Jonathan Pearlman and published by Australian Foreign Affairs. This book was released on 2022-07-11 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If Australia's primary strategic objective in South-East Asia is to build coalitions against China, it will be disappointed." ALLAN GYNGELL The fifteenth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the challenges confronting South-East Asia as it finds itself at the epicentre of the rivalry between the United States and China. Our Unstable Neighbourhood looks at the fragile state of democracy and the growing threat of instability in the region, as well as the risks for Australia as it navigates ties with nations which have vastly differing interests and outlooks. Allan Gyngell reviews Australia's diplomacy in the region and puts a case for a new kind of statecraft. Sebastian Strangio explores the increasing influence of China in South-East Asia. Nicole Curato looks at the Marcos comeback in the Philippines and what it reveals about attitudes towards democracy in South-East Asian countries. Kishore Mahbubani explains how South-East Asia views China differently to Australia and advocates for Australia to change its course. Sheila Fitzpatrick examines the war in Ukraine and why the road to peace is not straightforward. Thom Woodroofe calls on Australia to bid to host the next major UN climate conference in 2025. PLUS Correspondence on AFA14: The Taiwan Choice from Lai I-Chung, John Lee, Derek McDougall and more. Australian Foreign Affairs is published three times a year and seeks to explore - and encourage - debate on Australia's place in the world and global outlook.

Book Our Unstable Neighbourhood  the Contest for South East Asia  Australian Foreign Affairs 15

Download or read book Our Unstable Neighbourhood the Contest for South East Asia Australian Foreign Affairs 15 written by Jonathan Pearlman and published by Australian Foreign Affairs. This book was released on 2022-07-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the challenges confronting South-East Asia as it finds itself at the epicentre of the rivalry between the United States and China. Our Unstable Neighbourhood looks at the fragile state of democracy and the growing threat of instability in the region, as well as the risks for Australia as it navigates ties with nations which have vastly differing interests and outlooks. Allan Gyngell on whether Australia's diplomacy in the region is working Nicole Curato on democracy troubles in South-East Asia Kishore Mahbubani on why South-East Asia views China so differently to Australia Sebastian Strangio on China's deepening regional footprint Award-winning writer Richard Cooke on foreign policy jargon PLUS correspondence on AFA14- The Taiwan Choice

Book Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit

Download or read book Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit written by Mikko Harvey and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist, League of Canadian Poets’ Gerald Lampert Memorial Award Oneiric, fabulist, hilarious, surreal. No single term seems to sufficiently contain Mikko Harvey’s delightful, cheeky, absurdist, inimitable debut collection. A bomb and a raindrop make small talk as they fall through the air; a trip to the phlebotomist evolves into a nightmarish party; a boy finds himself turning into a piano key. Reading Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit is like spending the day at the strangest amusement park you've ever seen. At first the rides appear familiar, then you realize they possess the power to not merely thrill and terrify, but also to destabilize your very notion of “amusement.” These poems veer sharply away from what’s normally expected from poetry, landing readers instead in that awkward, lonely, interior space where we may be most ourselves. Along with beauty and humour, there is menace here, the threat of disfigurement and death around every turn. But somehow, Harvey manages to make that menace, too, a place of wonder.

Book Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit

Download or read book Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit written by Mikko Harvey and published by House of Anansi Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist, League of Canadian Poets' Gerald Lampert Memorial Award Oneiric, fabulist, hilarious, surreal. No single term seems to sufficiently contain Mikko Harvey's delightful, cheeky, absurdist, inimitable debut collection. A bomb and a raindrop make small talk as they fall through the air; a trip to the phlebotomist evolves into a nightmarish party; a boy finds himself turning into a piano key. Reading Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit is like spending the day at the strangest amusement park you've ever seen. At first the rides appear familiar, then you realize they possess the power to not merely thrill and terrify, but also to destabilize your very notion of "amusement." These poems veer sharply away from what's normally expected from poetry, landing readers instead in that awkward, lonely, interior space where we may be most ourselves. Along with beauty and humour, there is menace here, the threat of disfigurement and death around every turn. But somehow, Harvey manages to make that menace, too, a place of wonder.

Book Stable Peace

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth E. Boulding
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Release : 2014-12-15
  • ISBN : 1477305718
  • Pages : 156 pages

Download or read book Stable Peace written by Kenneth E. Boulding and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human race has often put a high value on struggle, strife, turmoil, and excitement. Peace has been regarded as a utopian, unattainable, perhaps dull ideal or as some random element over which we have no control. However, the desperate necessities of the nuclear age have forced us to take peace seriously as an object of both personal and national policy. Stable Peace attempts to answer the question, If we had a policy for peace, what would it look like? A policy for peace aims to speed up the historically slow, painful, but persistent transition from a state of continual war and turmoil to one of continual peace. In a stable peace, the war-peace system is tipped firmly toward peace and away from the cycle of folly, illusion, and ill will that leads to war. Boulding proposes a number of modest, easily attainable, eminently reasonable policies directed toward this goal. His recommendations include the removal of national boundaries from political agendas, the encouragement of reciprocal acts of good will between potential enemies, the exploration of the theory and practice of nonviolence, the development of governmental and nongovernmental organizations to promote peace, and the development of research in the whole area of peace and conflict management. Written in straightforward, lucid prose, Stable Peace will be of importance to politicians, policy makers, economists, diplomats, all concerned citizens, and all those interested in international relations and the resolution of conflict.

Book Near and Distant Neighbours

Download or read book Near and Distant Neighbours written by Jonathan Haslam and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of Soviet intelligence from the very beginnings in1917 right through to the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the USSR in 1991 - now told in full for the first time

Book Our Neighbors in South America

Download or read book Our Neighbors in South America written by Walter Lefferts and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Applications of Dynamical Systems in Biology and Medicine

Download or read book Applications of Dynamical Systems in Biology and Medicine written by Trachette Jackson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume highlights problems from a range of biological and medical applications that can be interpreted as questions about system behavior or control. Topics include drug resistance in cancer and malaria, biological fluid dynamics, auto-regulation in the kidney, anti-coagulation therapy, evolutionary diversification and photo-transduction. Mathematical techniques used to describe and investigate these biological and medical problems include ordinary, partial and stochastic differentiation equations, hybrid discrete-continuous approaches, as well as 2 and 3D numerical simulation.

Book The Return of the West

Download or read book The Return of the West written by Jonathan Pearlman and published by Australian Foreign Affairs. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The war in Europe will leave China in a stronger position, as it unifies the West. This is something Canberra has largely failed to recognise." Geoff Raby The sixteenth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the global upheaval caused by the war in Ukraine, which has heightened the tensions between democracies and authoritarian states, and has led to a more assertive Europe that could represent a new force in world affairs. The Return of the West looks at the challenges for Australia in the post-invasion international order and the changing role of economics, military power, cyber capabilities and strongman rulers. • Geoff Raby explores the impact of the war in Ukraine on the world order and what this means for Australia's foreign policy. • Jeffrey Wilson looks at how Australia can secure its economy against the growing threats to the global trade system. • Laura Tingle reports from Europe on whether it can shake off its lethargy to become a great global power. • Gwynne Dyer analyses what Taiwan can learn from Russia's invasion of Ukraine about how to defend itself against China. • Geraldine Doogue examines the challenges facing Penny Wong as Australia's new foreign minister. • Melissa Conley Tyler and Cherie Lagakali propose a partnership with the Pacific to boost the region's digital capabilities. PLUS Correspondence on AFA15: Our Unstable Neighbourhood from Huong Le Thu, Marc Purcell, Michael Wesley and more.

Book Communities in Action

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2017-04-27
  • ISBN : 0309452961
  • Pages : 583 pages

Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

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  • Publisher : Arihant Publications India limited
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 9326191176
  • Pages : 673 pages

Download or read book written by and published by Arihant Publications India limited. This book was released on with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Divergent Social Worlds

Download or read book Divergent Social Worlds written by Ruth D. Peterson and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than half a century after the first Jim Crow laws were dismantled, the majority of urban neighborhoods in the United States remain segregated by race. The degree of social and economic advantage or disadvantage that each community experiences—particularly its crime rate—is most often a reflection of which group is in the majority. As Ruth Peterson and Lauren Krivo note in Divergent Social Worlds, "Race, place, and crime are still inextricably linked in the minds of the public." This book broadens the scope of single-city, black/white studies by using national data to compare local crime patterns in five racially distinct types of neighborhoods. Peterson and Krivo meticulously demonstrate how residential segregation creates and maintains inequality in neighborhood crime rates. Based on the authors' groundbreaking National Neighborhood Crime Study (NNCS), Divergent Social Worlds provides a more complete picture of the social conditions underlying neighborhood crime patterns than has ever before been drawn. The study includes economic, social, and local investment data for nearly nine thousand neighborhoods in eighty-seven cities, and the findings reveal a pattern across neighborhoods of racialized separation among unequal groups. Residential segregation reproduces existing privilege or disadvantage in neighborhoods—such as adequate or inadequate schools, political representation, and local business—increasing the potential for crime and instability in impoverished non-white areas yet providing few opportunities for residents to improve conditions or leave. And the numbers bear this out. Among urban residents, more than two-thirds of all whites, half of all African Americans, and one-third of Latinos live in segregated local neighborhoods. More than 90 percent of white neighborhoods have low poverty, but this is only true for one quarter of black, Latino, and minority areas. Of the five types of neighborhoods studied, African American communities experience violent crime on average at a rate five times that of their white counterparts, with violence rates for Latino, minority, and integrated neighborhoods falling between the two extremes. Divergent Social Worlds lays to rest the popular misconception that persistently high crime rates in impoverished, non-white neighborhoods are merely the result of individual pathologies or, worse, inherent group criminality. Yet Peterson and Krivo also show that the reality of crime inequality in urban neighborhoods is no less alarming. Separate, the book emphasizes, is inherently unequal. Divergent Social Worlds lays the groundwork for closing the gap—and for next steps among organizers, policymakers, and future researchers. A Volume in the American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology

Book The Return of the West  Australian Foreign Affairs 16

Download or read book The Return of the West Australian Foreign Affairs 16 written by Jonathan Pearlman and published by Australian Foreign Affairs. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the global upheaval caused by the war in Ukraine, which has heightened the tensions between democracies and authoritarian states, and has led to a more assertive Europe that could represent a new force in world affairs. The Return of the West looks at the challenges for Australia in the post-invasion international order and the changing role of economics, military power, cyber capabilities and strongman rulers. Essays include- After Ukraine- How the war changed the world Europe rises- The new power of the union Big sticks- Sanctions and the global economic shake-up Military lessons- Preparing for the next conflict PLUS award-winning writer Richard Cooke on foreign policy jargon and correspondence on AFA15- Our Unstable Neighbourhood.

Book Human Flow

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  • Author : Ai Weiwei
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2020-12-01
  • ISBN : 0691208069
  • Pages : 400 pages

Download or read book Human Flow written by Ai Weiwei and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful portrait of the greatest humanitarian emergency of our time, from the director of Human Flow In the course of making Human Flow, his epic feature documentary about the global refugee crisis, the artist Ai Weiwei and his collaborators interviewed more than 600 refugees, aid workers, politicians, activists, doctors, and local authorities in twenty-three countries around the world. A handful of those interviews were included in the film. This book presents one hundred of these conversations in their entirety, providing compelling first-person stories of the lives of those affected by the crisis and those on the front lines of working to address its immense challenges. Speaking in their own words, refugees give voice to their experiences of migrating across borders, living in refugee camps, and struggling to rebuild their lives in unfamiliar and uncertain surroundings. They talk about the dire circumstances that drove them to migrate, whether war, famine, or persecution; and their hopes and fears for the future. A wide range of related voices provides context for the historical evolution of this crisis, the challenges for regions and states, and the options for moving forward. Complete with photographs taken by Ai Weiwei while filming Human Flow, this book provides a powerful, personal, and moving account of the most urgent humanitarian crisis of our time.

Book Risk and Hierarchy in International Society

Download or read book Risk and Hierarchy in International Society written by W. Clapton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English School of International Relations has traditionally maintained that international society cannot accommodate hierarchical relationships between states. This book employs a unique theoretical and conceptual approach challenging this view and arguing that hierarchies are formed on Western states' need to manage globalised risks.

Book 107 2 Hearing  Instability In Latin America  United States Policy and The Role of The International Community  S  Hrg  107 1017  October 16  2002

Download or read book 107 2 Hearing Instability In Latin America United States Policy and The Role of The International Community S Hrg 107 1017 October 16 2002 written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: