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Book Rules and Allies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Johannes Bubeck
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2019-07-25
  • ISBN : 1108661866
  • Pages : 293 pages

Download or read book Rules and Allies written by Johannes Bubeck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When and how do states intervene in elections in other countries? Foreign interveners may aim to further the process of clean elections, or they may support the campaign of a candidate they like. It could also be in their best interest to do both at the same time. Bubeck and Marinov systematically analyze various scenarios using a dataset covering more than three hundred elections in over a hundred countries. They show both theoretically and empirically that states with a liberal mission, such as the United States, combine promoting democracy with helping their political allies win office. Political divisions invite foreign interventions, and foreign interference, in turn, makes targeted societies more polarized along political lines. Whilst the authors argue that foreign interventions do not always harm democracy and may even help the cause of free elections, they also show how elections can turn into proxy wars, in which powerful states compete against each other, through their local allies.

Book Rules and Allies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Johannes Bubeck
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2019-07-25
  • ISBN : 1108483763
  • Pages : 293 pages

Download or read book Rules and Allies written by Johannes Bubeck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining more than three hundred elections in over a hundred countries, this book shows when and how states intervene in elections in other countries.

Book Better Allies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karen Catlin
  • Publisher : Better Allies Press
  • Release : 2021-01-11
  • ISBN : 9781732723351
  • Pages : 285 pages

Download or read book Better Allies written by Karen Catlin and published by Better Allies Press. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to build a workplace culture that has a certain buzz? Where employees thrive and engagement survey scores soar? Where people from different backgrounds, races, genders, sexual orientations/identities, ages, and abilities are hired and set up for success?To create this kind of vibrant and supportive workplace, learn to practice active allyship. With the Better Allies® approach, it's something anyone can do.Since originally publishing Better Allies in 2019, Karen Catlin has amassed dozens of new scenarios and insights through her talks, workshops, and community interactions. In this fully revised second edition, you'll learn to spot situations where you can create a more inclusive culture, along with straightforward steps to take and changes to make. Catlin, a highly-sought after expert on allyship, will show you how to:? Attract and hire a diverse workforce? Amplify and advocate for others? Give effective and equitable performance feedback? Use more inclusive language? Run inclusive conferences and eventsRead this book to learn the Better Allies® approach, level-up your ally skills, and create a culture where everyone can do their best work and thrive.

Book The Allies of Humanity Book Three

Download or read book The Allies of Humanity Book Three written by Marshall Vian Summers and published by New Knowledge Library. This book was released on 2013-09-28 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allies of Humanity Book Three presents the third set of Briefings from an off-planet source whose stated purpose is to prepare the human family for the realities of life in our local universe and to alert us to an alien Intervention now taking place on Earth. The Allies of Humanity claim to represent a group of “free worlds” in our local region of space who do not pursue intervention or domination of other worlds, but instead seek to support freedom and sovereignty in emerging worlds such as our own. Here the Allies distinguish themselves from the Intervention into our world by exploitative commercial forces they call “the Collectives” whose activities represent a dark agenda kept secret for over half a century. The Allies of Humanity Briefings reveal the four major activities of this alien agenda and give us a clear picture of who is visiting our world, why they are here and what they ultimately want. The Briefings also give us a window into the reality of life beyond our world, a view that we would never have otherwise, revealing the nature of trade, travel and interaction between worlds and the challenges humanity will face in our local environment of space. With this the Allies make clear that we are in the unfortunate position of being a native world discovered by powerful forces from beyond. History has taught us the danger and the tragedy that native peoples faced when they encountered outside forces for the first time. Now we are all the natives of a new world facing the threat of Intervention. The Allies Briefings give us the key information we need to understand the Intervention, to protect ourselves from its activities and ultimately safeguard our world from its agenda. With this, we are also given a new vision of humanity’s future in space and a pathway to cultivating a greater unity and freedom in our world as we emerge into a larger universe of intelligent life.

Book Adversaries into Allies

Download or read book Adversaries into Allies written by Bob Burg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling co-author of The Go-Giver offers new insights into what it means to be truly influential Faced with the task of persuading someone to do what we want, most of us expect resistance. We see the other person as an adversary and often resort to coercion or manipulation to get our way. But while this approach might bring us short-term results, it leaves people with a bad feeling about themselves and about us. At that point, our relationship is weakened and our influence dramatically decreased. There has to be a better way. Drawing on his own experiences and the stories of other influential people, communication expert Bob Burg offers five simple principles of what he calls Ultimate Influence—the ability to win people to your side in a way that leaves everyone feeling great about the outcome. In the tradition of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, Burg offers a tried-and-true framework for building alliances at work, at home, and anywhere else you seek to win people over.

Book Spies  Lies  and Allies  A Love Story

Download or read book Spies Lies and Allies A Love Story written by Lisa Brown Roberts and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summers are supposed to be fun, right? Not mine. I’ve got a job at my dad’s company, which is sponsoring a college scholarship competition. I just found out that, in addition to my job assisting the competing interns, I’m supposed to vote for the winner. Totally not what I signed up for. My boss is running the competition like it’s an episode of Survivor. Then there’s Carlos, who is, well, very distracting––in a good way. But I can’t even think about him like that because fraternizing on the job means instant disqualification for the intern involved. As if that’s not enough, an anonymous informant with insider intel is trying to sabotage my dad’s company on social media...and I’m afraid it's working. Much as I’d love to quit, I can’t. Kristoffs Never Quit is our family motto. I just hope there’s more than one survivor by the end of this summer.

Book Axis   Allies Miniatures Game Expanded Rules Guide

Download or read book Axis Allies Miniatures Game Expanded Rules Guide written by Wizards R&D Team and published by . This book was released on 2007-07-17 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rules of Engagement Haven’t Changed. They’ve Just Gotten Better. Add more depth and detail to your Axis & Allies Miniatures games with expanded rules that allow you and your opponent to engage in skirmish battles on a whole new level. The Axis & Allies Miniatures Expanded Rules Guide compiles the existing rules system along with expanded rules developed with the feedback and input of avid fans and strategy gamers. Battle Scenarios challenge players on either side of the battlefield, putting tactical skills and strategic planning to the test. Large double-sided battle maps feature highly detailed artwork and allow players to make use of maneuverability and tactical placement of their units. The Expanded Rules Guide Contains: · 48-page rulebook, including new, expanded rules for the Axis & Allies Miniatures Game · 8 Battle Scenarios · 2 full color, double sided, 21” x 30” hex maps · Comprehensive checklist featuring every miniature from all five Axis & Allies Miniatures expansions

Book Bolt Action  Armies of Italy and the Axis

Download or read book Bolt Action Armies of Italy and the Axis written by Warlord Games and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many nations flocked to the side of the Allies, others joined forces with Germany as part of the Axis. This volume is the definitive guide to the armies of Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Finland. Fight the Winter War against the Soviets, hold back the British in North Africa, or help shore up the German offensives on the Eastern Front with this latest supplement for Bolt Action.

Book On War

Download or read book On War written by Carl von Clausewitz and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Pseudo Democrat s Dilemma

Download or read book The Pseudo Democrat s Dilemma written by Susan D. Hyde and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did election monitoring become an international norm? Why do pseudo-democrats—undemocratic leaders who present themselves as democratic—invite international observers, even when they are likely to be caught manipulating elections? Is election observation an effective tool of democracy promotion, or is it simply a way to legitimize electoral autocracies? In The Pseudo-Democrat’s Dilemma, Susan D. Hyde explains international election monitoring with a new theory of international norm formation. Hyde argues that election observation was initiated by states seeking international support. International benefits tied to democracy give some governments an incentive to signal their commitment to democratization without having to give up power. Invitations to nonpartisan foreigners to monitor elections, and avoiding their criticism, became a widely recognized and imitated signal of a government’s purported commitment to democratic elections. Hyde draws on cross-national data on the global spread of election observation between 1960 and 2006, detailed descriptions of the characteristics of countries that do and do not invite observers, and evidence of three ways that election monitoring is costly to pseudo-democrats: micro-level experimental tests from elections in Armenia and Indonesia showing that observers can deter election-day fraud and otherwise improve the quality of elections; illustrative cases demonstrating that international benefits are contingent on democracy in countries like Haiti, Peru, Togo, and Zimbabwe; and qualitative evidence documenting the escalating game of strategic manipulation among pseudo-democrats, international monitors, and pro-democracy forces.

Book Finding Allies  Building Alliances

Download or read book Finding Allies Building Alliances written by Mike Leavitt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Governor and White House cabinet member Mike Leavitt: how to find collaborative solutions to the greatest challenges Your business challenges extend far beyond you and your firm, to the competitors within your industry and the regulators outside it. Finding solutions to larger issues requires cooperation between diverse stakeholders, and in this rapidly changing world, only those able to adapt and network successfully will produce fast, competitive solutions. How can leaders successfully bridge divides and turn competitors into collaborators? Leavitt and McKeown explain how a well-chosen network can become a powerful alliance. Whether you're launching a new partnership, or rehabilitating one already in progress, Finding Allies, Building Alliances will help you find workable solutions to the most complex problems. Written by Mike Leavitt, former Governor of Utah who brought the 2002 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City, former US Secretary of Health and human services, and former head of the EPA; with his former Chief of Staff and business partner Rich McKeown, co-founder of Leavitt Partners Includes a framework of 8 elements that will help any leader foster and maintain an effective, productive collaborative venture Shows how better collaboration can not only solve problems, but boost the competitiveness and resilience in all sectors Finding Allies, Building Alliances is essential reading for any business leader looking for transformative solutions and a sustainable future.

Book Spirit Allies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Penczak
  • Publisher : Weiser Books
  • Release : 2002-03-01
  • ISBN : 9781578632145
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Spirit Allies written by Christopher Penczak and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author "shares personal anecdotes and 30 simple techniques and exercises such as relaxation, automatic writing, and shamanic journeying to show how to contact our own guides."--Cover.

Book Bolt Action  Armies of France and the Allies

Download or read book Bolt Action Armies of France and the Allies written by Warlord Games and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II was truly a 'world' war, and many nations joined the fight against Germany and the Axis. This latest supplement for Bolt Action covers the armies of France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Norway, Holland and Belgium that stood against the German Blitzkrieg, as well as the resistance forces that sprung up in the aftermath of occupation.

Book Save Your Ammo

    Book Details:
  • Author : Louise Rasmussen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-04-13
  • ISBN : 9781733410205
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Save Your Ammo written by Louise Rasmussen and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Save Your Ammo is a simple, plain-language guide to working across cultures for national security professionals. For more than a decade, cognitive scientists Drs. Rasmussen and Sieck have interviewed hundreds of U.S. military personnel with extensive experience working overseas about their challenging engagements with foreign populations and partners. The goal of their research has been to uncover the skills and strategies these cross-cultural experts use to adapt quickly and work effectively with people who look, think, and act differently from themselves. Rasmussen and Sieck found that seasoned military professionals rely on 12 cultural competencies to connect with foreigners, and deal with surprising and sometimes shocking experiences. These were strategies that often took years and many deployments to develop. Now, they are presented in a form that aids new personnel to acquire and hone the strategies before they're sent abroad for the first time. The study results have been briefed to Congress and have helped shape new Department of Defense policy directing how personnel should be prepared for cultural engagements. Save Your Ammo is a practical book that makes cultural competence accessible and engaging. Save Your Ammo explains each strategy in the simplest terms possible and draws on more than 60 true stories from critical cultural engagements around the world to illustrate their application in national security contexts.

Book Hitler  the Allies  and the Jews

Download or read book Hitler the Allies and the Jews written by Shlomo Aronson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-20 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the doomed political situation of the Jews in Germany under Nazi rule.