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War and Peace
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines terrorism as "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives" as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives” [1]. MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky believes that the U.S. official doctrine of low-intensity warfare is almost identical to the official definition of terrorism [2]. Political commentator Bill Maher equates U.S. drone attacks with terrorist acts [3].read more
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Peaceful transitions and democracy
TL;DR: This article showed that while joint democracy is important for reaching the highest levels of peace, it is not helpful at the lower levels especially if only one side is a democracy and showed that democracy can hamper the progress of relations at the lowest levels of conflict.
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Decision Theory and Human Behavior
TL;DR: Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences, from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science as mentioned in this paper. But as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behaviour and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines.
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Border settlement, commitment problems, and the causes of contiguous rivalry
Toby J. Rider,Andrew P. Owsiak +1 more
TL;DR: Many studies have examined the formation of interstate rivalries, but few provide a theoretical mechanism capable of explaining why some neighboring states experience protracted conflict while others experience relatively mild conflict as mentioned in this paper.
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The Corpus Status of Literature in Teaching Sociology: Novels as “Sociological Reconstruction”
TL;DR: Using fiction in teaching sociology involves what Harvey Sacks calls "sociological reconstruction" as discussed by the authors, which requires work both by the teacher and the student to recognize the relevance of fiction to sociology.
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The United States is a Leading Terrorist State: An Interview with Noam Chomsky
TL;DR: The mood of the people they could see was very mixed and in fact generally opposed to violent action, according to the New York Times report on the mood in New York, including places where the memorials are for the victims of the terrorist attack.
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One Giant Leap for Mankind
TL;DR: There is no more justification for condemning total (simple) mastectomy than there is for recommending its use to the exclusion of other procedures, and biological considerations are even more compelling than clinical ones.
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United States of Insecurity: Interview with Noam Chomsky
TL;DR: Schivone as mentioned in this paper is an editor of the Alternative Media and Literary Journal and winner of the 2007 Frederica Hearst Prize for Lyrical Poetry, and his most recent books are Interventions (City Lights, 2007), Failed States (Metropolitan Books, 2007) and Inside Lebanon: Journey to a Shattered Land with Noam and Carol Chomsky (Monthly Review Press, 2007).