“Peace for Israel, one of our strongest allies in the world, is important for American national security, because we believe in a strong sovereign State of Israel,” Ortagus said. “Anytime we can bring our friends and allies together, it is positive for the US.” THE FALL of the ...
The endorsement of a U.S. presidential challenger, unusual in its boldness, was particularly eyebrow-raising in light of Walesa's refusal to meet with Obama on his visit to Poland one year ago. Walesa, the former leader of the Solidarity movement that helped bring down communism in Poland, ...
Additionally, Hodges said, the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland as well as the rotational brigades from the U.S. offer a coherent and strong level of security to the entire Eastern flank without being considered provocative or favoring one nation over another...
that black redstart shows a strong preference for urban areas with little tree cover, whereas the congeneric species, common redstart, prefers park-like, wooded habitats (Sedláček et al.2004). This suggests that they were able to utilize different resources within allotments, which may contribut...
nations. A strong national defense program was begun. A draft act was passed (1940) to strengthen the military services. A Lend-lease Act (1941) authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States. Help...
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has pointed to the emergence of increasingly authoritarian leaders in countries such asHungary,Turkey,the Philippines,PolandandVenezuela. "We should be awake to the assault on democratic values that has gathered strength in many countries abroad and ...
“eco-innovation” was first introduced byFussler and Peter (1996)as a means to address the challenge of sustainable development. Subsequently, numerous researchers and policymakers have recognized eco-innovation as a critical enabler of sustainable development. Eco-innovations can generate economic ...
Preserving space assets: An environmental, military and technological challenge With the race firing up and the increased number of players, a key issue will be the preservation of space assets. More than 4,000 satellites exist in space today with the majority non-functional. As a result, the...
Models 2 and 9 have the same information criteria and these happened to be lower than that of model 7, therefore these are preferred to model 7. Now, between models 2 and 9, a choice must be made. Whilst model 2 is from a GMM estimation, such is not the case for model 9. Further...
Military threats and ideological consequences aris- ing from the Cold War were also smouldering. Further stimuli for strengthen- ing the position, independence and self-governance of the region in the inter- national arena were provided by the increasing political power of China and by Japan's ...