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137898
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Labeled the Year of ‘‘Transition,’’ 2014 was a watershed in modern Afghan history. It marked the first peaceful transition of power in more than a century, when Hamid Karzai handed over authority to Ashraf Ghani on September 29. The transition was not seamless, and the country teetered on the brink of a coup following the June presidential runoff.
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141487
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This survey covers materials reflecting Chinese practice in 2014 relating to: fundamental principles of international law (five principles of peaceful coexistence); sources of international law (identification of customary international law); China's territorial integrity (Tibet; Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands; Xisha Islands; Nansha Islands; China-India Memorandum of Understanding on Hydrological Data Sharing on the Yaluzangbu River; China-Pakistan agreement on border ports and their management system); international law of the sea (contracts with International Seabed Authority); outer space law (updated Text of Draft Treaty on Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space and of the Threat or Use of Force Against Outer Space Objects; non-legally binding United Nations instruments on outer space); international cyperspace law (international law in cyberspace); aliens (expulsion of aliens); international human rights law (general positions on human rights; Human Rights Council; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; human rights treaty bodies; right of self-determination; death penalty; rights of indigenous peoples); international humanitarian law (status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949; protection of civilians in armed conflicts; protection of humanitarian workers in armed conflicts; Japan's forceful draft of “comfort women” during WWII; children and armed conflict); international law on disasters (protection of persons in the event of disasters; humanitarian and disaster relief assistance); international law on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation (nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation; Chemical Weapons Convention; Biological Weapons Convention; Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; Amended Protocol II to the CCW; Protocol V to the CCW (Explosive Remnants of War); improvised explosive devices; Convention on Cluster Munitions; Arms Trade Treaty; small arms and light weapons); international criminal law (International Criminal Court; scope and application of universal jurisdiction; the obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare); immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction; UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crimes; ratification of Convention against Terrorism of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization; ratification of the treaties on extradition with Iran and Afghanistan; ratification of the Treaty on Mutual Judicial Assistance in Criminal Matters between China and Argentina; completion of negotiation and initialing on the Treaty on Judicial Assistance in Criminal Matters between China and Sri Lanka; initialing of the Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and the Treaty on Extradition between China and Grenada); international environmental law (Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol; protection of atmosphere; updated Measures for the Administration of Import and Export of Ozone Depleting Substances); law on diplomatic and consular relations (effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives); international institutional law (sanctions imposed by the UNSC; reform of the UNSC; UN peacekeeping operations); peaceful settlement of international disputes (The Philippines v. China Arbitration; International Court of Justice).
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142122
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This survey covers materials reflecting the practice of private international law in China in 2014. First, this survey contains the reports of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) released in 2014, notably the Report on the Work of the SPC in 2014 as well as the White Book on China's Maritime Adjudication (1984–2014). Second, the survey covers laws and judicial interpretations that were revised or took effect in 2014. The important legal instruments that were affected in 2014 include: The Provisions of the SPC concerning the Trials of Civil Cases Involving Notarial Activities; and the Reply of the SPC concerning the Commencement Date of the Statute of Limitations for Insurers under Marine Insurance Contracts to Exercise Subrogation Rights. Third, this survey particularly focuses on typical cases decided by various Chinese courts during 2014 in the following areas: jurisdiction (exclusive choice of court agreements; non-exclusive choice of court agreements; implied jurisdiction); choice of law (electronic contracts, statute of limitations, application of international conventions); fundamental breach of contract; execution of a foreign-related judgment and enforcement of a foreign judgment; arbitration and foreign awards.
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147229
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Is ANC hegemony stable or in decline? The 2014 election provided support for both interpretations, as the ANC registered its fifth consecutive victory but with a declining share of the vote, especially in urban areas. In what ways and among which groups is the ANC maintaining its hegemony? This study draws on an exit survey of 3,782 voters in sixteen communities in and around Gauteng Province, with a particular focus on impoverished and protest-affected urban townships. The results show that while the ANC continues to derive power from its role as the party of national liberation, pluralistic party competition is deepening. This competition centres on the quality of governance and material provision such as houses and social grants, and is refracted through divisions based on age, gender, race, and ethnicity. Evidence also suggests that protests in communities and workplaces are translating into support for opposition parties such as the EFF, implying a broader challenge to ANC hegemony.
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140219
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Like wines, for election forecasting there are some good years and then there are some not so good years. The 2014 vintage of PS election forecasts, now aged past runoff s and recounts, ranks among the more successful of years.
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179545
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This article examines competing Crimean Tatar, Russian and Ukrainian views of Crimean Tatar history as they have developed since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, via an examination of popular history and publistika. Crimean Tatar writing insists on the core principle of indigenous rights. In order to marginalise this discourse, Russian historiography adopts a neocolonial settler framing and a mythology of ‘ancient Russian’ Crimea, much of it derived from earlier Tsarist (late nineteenth century) and Soviet (1950s) historiography. Ukraine generally rather neglected the Crimean Tatar issue before 2014, but a new historiography of Crimean Tatar–Cossack cooperation and parallel state-building has emerged.
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123379
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This article is an attempt to study India's engagement in Afghanistan vis-avis other countries and particularly with Pakistan. It also examines New Delhi's interests and involvement in the war ravaged country. It further goes on to discuss the impact of Afghan situation on India's national security both in terms of traditional and energy security purview. The study tries to analyze the implication of growing Indian role in Afghanistan on India-Pakistani and Pakistan-Afghanistani relations. Finally, it briefly argues about the future challenges India will have to face in the wake of the U.S withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014.
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137983
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2014 could be remembered as the year when drone usage, both for military and civilian purposes, decisively took off throughout Latin America.
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169465
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This article examines Russia’s use of Reflexive Control, a Soviet-origin technique to control an adversary’s decision-making processes, during the invasion of Ukraine by scrutinizing daily monitoring reports received by Putin’s aide on the policy toward Ukraine, Vladislav Surkov, a possible political-military command. The Kremlin’s moves in political negotiations are closely intertwined with and supported by its military actions. Synchronization between Reflexive Control and combat control becomes more critical and complicated during the combat stage, as the initiator of Reflexive Control simultaneously seeks to maximize its political gains at the ‘peace’ negotiation table, the outcome of which depends not only on the success on the battlefields, but also on the situational awareness of the enemy (in democratic countries, both the leadership and the public) and international third parties.
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143085
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143086
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145516
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The 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict inspired the creation of over a dozen games for mobile phones and tablets. These games, which allowed players to Bomb Gaza City, operate the Iron Dome missile defence system, and direct rockets into Israeli settlements, marked an important shift in the mediatisation of war in three ways. First, whereas propaganda is frequently described as a top-down process by which elites influence mass audiences, the mobile war games about Gaza were created by non-elite indie game developers, thereby illustrating these games’ capacities for allowing new actors to participate in ideological contestation. Second, the games were not simply reflections on the conflict, but part of it. They were released while the fighting was in progress and helped to constitute the ideological battleground. Finally, the games reproduced established propaganda techniques in distinctive ways that were shaped by the mobile gaming medium.
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