Territorial control and the scope and resilience of cannabis and other illegal drug crop cultivation by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy

“…Causes of politico-territorial control deficit are many and non-exclusive. They include armed conflicts, corruption, loosely integrated territories, and lack of financial, human and material means of asserting state control. …”
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Néantisation et lutte contre l’oubli : La représentation de la violence des conflits armés colombiens dans deux œuvres photographiques d’Erika Diettes, Río abajo (2008) et Sudarios... by Emmanuelle Sinardet

“…The photographic works Río abajo (Drifting away, 2008) and Sudarios (Shrouds, 2011) by the Colombian artist Erika Diettes depict the violence of the armed conflicts of the last five decades in Colombia, through the nil produced by the enforced disappearance: the physical nothingness of the missing person, any trace of whom was erased, and the void of the crimes and their victims, left in oblivion. …”
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Mechanical, microstructural properties and ballistic performance of SiC/Si ceramics against 5.56 x 45 mm projectile by Jeremias Ismael Nunes Fortini, Pedro Henrique Poubel Mendonça da Silveira, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Altair Sória Pereira, Eduardo Sousa Lima

“…Modern armed conflicts heavily rely on technology to ensure the safety of combatants in police operations, tactical warfare, or military engagements. …”
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Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç. Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 2022. XII, 530 pp. https://doi... by Anna Aleksanyan

“…Therefore, the need for humanity to protect itself and future generations from the cruelty and violence of those massive scales that have horrified: the most brutal wars, protracted armed conflicts; terrorism; daily encounters with various mental pathologies, disorders, antisocial behavior and dysfunctional relationships, prejudices and discrimination; mass cases of domestic violence, thereby requiring civiliarchic and democratic countries to seek mechanisms to reduce them. …”
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Etiology of nosocomial infections and antibiotic resistance (level of antibiotic resistance) of identified pathogens in patients with traumatic chest injuries by Nikolai B. Esaulenko, Andrey A. Zaitsev, Rayana E. Sardalova, Sergey P. Kazakov

“…Chest injuries and wounds are common during armed conflicts, with frequent nosocomial infections and mortality up to 35-45% [1-4]. …”
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Information Factor Color Revolutions and Modern Technology Dismantling of Political Regimes by A. V. Manoylo

“…But formerly the instruments of dismantling included mostly violent methods in the classical sense, applied in armed coups, local armed conflicts, civil wars and military interventions. …”
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War-related eye trauma: a study of civilian and military cases from Ukraine's ongoing conflict by Kamil Jonak, Magdalena Matysiak, Tomasz Choragiewicz, Dominika Nowakowska, Andriy Zimenkovsky, Volodymyr Shybinskyi, Myroslawa Sekh, Robert Karpiński, Robert Karpiński, Robert Karpiński, Arkadiusz Podkowiński, Robert Rejdak

“…Forecasts indicate a substantial increase in the occurrence of eye injuries in future armed conflicts. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, launched in February 2022, caused numerous eye injuries among civilians as well as military personnel, generating a serious epidemiological threat related to vision loss. …”
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National interest of the Republic of Serbia for participation of Serbian Armed Forces in peacekeeping operations by Radojević Slobodan, Blagojević Srđan

“…Peacekeeping operations are one of the instruments for resolving crises in the world and preventing armed conflicts that threaten global peace and security. …”
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Formation and development of special police units: a retrospective analysis by K. O. Chyshko, R. S. Pinchuk

“…Stage I (1709–1917) – formation of the land militia, which can be considered the first example of the existence of modern special police units; Stage II (1917–1941) – characterised by the creation of Ukrainian voluntary militia and military formations; Stage III (1941–1978) – a period of stagnation in the history of the formation of special police units due to the events of the First and Second World Wars; Stage IV (1978–1991) – creation of the first special unit in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR at the official level – a special police detachment; Stage V (1991–2014) – associated with Ukraine’s independence and the creation of Berkut special police unit, Titan special police unit, Sokil rapid response unit; Stage VI (2014 – present) – formation of special police units that actively participate in armed conflicts; this stage was influenced by three key events: 1) the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine, which was later called the “Joint Forces Operation”, which led to the creation of a number of volunteer special units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine; 2) the creation of the National Police of Ukraine and the formation of special units within its structure (the Rapid Action Corps, the Special Police Patrol Service and the Tactical Response Unit); 3) Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which led to the creation of a militarised special police unit, the “Luty” Joint Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine and the “Safari” assault regiment of the National Police.…”
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Special International Tribunal on the investigation of the russian aggression against Ukraine: legal analysis, international jurisdiction and challenges by A. V. Voitsikhovskyi, O. S. Bakumov

“…At the same time, the establishment of a Special Tribunal will have an impact on preventing the recurrence of such crimes, impunity and setting a precedent for similar situations in the future; it will also play an important role in strengthening international law and norms, especially in the context of armed conflicts and aggression between states; as well as it will contribute to the restoration of confidence and stability in the region and around the world, and demonstrate the solidarity of the international community with Ukraine in its struggle to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity.…”
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Refugees as a new emigration channel from Tajikistan to Western and Eastern Europe by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…Every year, a huge number of people leave their homes due to armed conflicts, wars, poverty, and persecution on various grounds. …”
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The riflemen union in the Independence war by Aušra Jurevičiūtė, Audronė Veilentienė

“…They were involved in around 100 armed conflicts. The fighters of Russian General Bermont-Avalov had not yet been banished when the Polish soldiers started robbing the local population on the Lithuania-Poland border. …”
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Turkey’s Assistance to Iraq after 2014: Key Determinants and Components by A. I. Aliyeva

“…In the 2010s amid the destabilization of the region and the outbreak of new armed conflicts the influence of the Republic of Turkey in the Arab world has significantly increased. …”
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Application of the AHP and PROMETHEE II individual decision-making methods and the Condorcet group decision-making method in the Selection of a multipurpose armored wheeled combat... by Miša D. Živković, Darko I. Božanić, Milija M. Suknović, Boris V. Delibašić

“…Introduction/purpose: Wheeled armored combat vehicles are combat systems that are increasingly present in modern armed conflicts, especially in operations against asymmetric threats. …”
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Changing role of security alliances in the post-Cold War era by I. A. Istomin, A. V. Levchenko

“…In the aftermath of the Cold War, both scholars and experts frequently questioned the political relevance of security alliances, given the declining intensity of armed conflicts and the decreasing probability of major interstate wars. …”
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Chinese Scholars on the Progress and Outcomes of the Military Reforms in Russia (from the 1990s till Present) by Shiying Han

“…In that regard, Chinese experts emphasize the importance of the processes of political power consolidation and economic recovery that took place in Russia in that period, as well as the role of lessons learned by the Russian military from local wars and armed conflicts. Nevertheless, according to Chinese assessments these reforms still have certain drawbacks, particularly, associated with hasty and misguided attempts to copy the Western military models at the turn of the 2000s — 2010s. …”
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Historical origin and development of politically motivated criminal offences: Political delicts by Matić Goran D.

“…Keeping in mind the geopolitical developments in the first decade of the 21st century, migrant crisis, armed conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, North African political changes and conflicts in the West, politically motivated protests in Serbia in the course of 2022, 2023 and 2024, politically motivated criminal offences - political delicts, as a neglected and forgotten category are gaining in importance. …”
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HUMAN DESTRUCTIVENESS IN THE EXISTING PRACTICES OF LATE MODERNISM VIOLENCE: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE DIMENSIONS by O. V. Marchenko, L. V. Martseniuk

“…That is why one should turn the focus from the obvious, objectively conditioned incarnations of violence in the XXI century (armed conflicts, local wars, terrorist acts) to the internal factors that are in the realm of existential. …”
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Migration Crisis in West Africa: Limits and Prospects of Political Regulation by Ivan A. Zakharov, Maksim M. Agafoshin, Stanislav A. Gorokhov

“…The intensification of forced migrations in West Africa, provoked by interrelated and aggravating threats, including armed conflicts and natural disasters, has resulted in a significant migration crisis in the region. …”
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