Countering piracy in the modern era : notes from a RAND workshop to discuss the best approaches for dealing with piracy in the 21st century / by Chalk, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Countering piracy in the modern era : notes from a RAND workshop to discuss the best approaches for dealing with piracy in the 21st century -- The current legal framework for countering piracy -- The economic burden imposed by piracy -- Anti-piracy off the Horn of Africa and the opportunities for interstate collaboration -- The wisdom of using armed contractors to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden -- The extent to which industry talks as single voice in terms of maritime security -- How to confront piracy off the Horn of Africa.…”
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The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in modern times /

Table of Contents: “…INTRODUCTION; CONTRIBUTORS; Maps; {Part 1} THEMES; Chapter 1: History of the Jews in the Middle East and North Africa from the Rise of Islam Until 1700; Chapter 2: Europe in the Middle East; Chapter 3: Economic Life; Chapter 4: Community Leadership and Structure; Chapter 5: Religion: Rabbinic Tradition and the Response to Modernity; Chapter 6: Intellectual Life; Chapter 7: Jewish Languages Enter the Modern Era; Chapter 8: Education; Chapter 9: Zionism; Chapter 10: Beliefs and Customs; Chapter 11: Material Culture; Chapter 12: Music; Chapter 13: The World of Women.…”
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Creativity and the brain /

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Reformation und Säkularisierung : zur Kontroverse um die Genese der Moderne aus dem Geist der Reformation /

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Emotional minds : the passions and the limits of pure inquiry in early modern philosophy /

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Finding, inheriting or borrowing? : construction and transfer of knowledge in antiquity and the Middle Ages /

Table of Contents: “…Preface and acknowledgements -- The construction and transfer of knowledge in the pre-modern era / Jochen Althoff, Dominik Berrens, Tanja Pommerening -- Section 1. …”
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Christianity and monasticism in Aswan and Nubia /

Table of Contents: “…Dijkstra and Gertrud J.M. van Loon -- Monastic life in Makuria / Włodzimierz Godlewski -- Christian Aswan in the modern era and the history of its cathedral / Metropolitan Hedra -- The word and the flesh / Karel C. …”
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John, Jesus, and history.

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