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How does the norm on non-interference affect peace in East Asia? / Kivimäki, Timo

Kivimäki, Timo	Article
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This article explicates the East Asian concept of non-interference, looks at the merits and problems in interference in the region, and concludes by referring to statistical evidence that the practice of non-interference in East Asia has been crucial for the near-disappearance of battle deaths regionally since 1979.

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Intervention ; Sovereignty ; Non-Interference ; Cattle ; Deathslong Peace of East Asia

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Preserving and Improving the Breeds: Cow Protection’s Animal-Husbandry Connection / Adcock, Cassie

Adcock, Cassie	Journal Article
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Many of the controversial actions of the central and state governments in India in recent months—from strengthened anti-slaughter laws to the issuing of ‘identification cards’ to cattle—have been made in the name of animal husbandry or breed improvement. Such gestures are generally understood to be superficial, and recent. They have been attributed to post-colonial influences: the pressure of India’s Constitution on cow protectionist legal strategy, or the pressure of national planning and ‘modernisation’ on cow protectionist institutions. This essay argues that breed improvement has been integral to the politics of cow protection since the early decades of the twentieth century. Breed improvement has long been a central component of cow protectionist arguments and activity. It has been the basis for an alliance with the state that began in the colonial period and continues to the present. Far from superficial, breed improvement is integral to the cow protectionist discourse that supports vigilante violence today.

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India ; Hindu Nationalism ; Communal Violence ; Improvement ; Cattle ; Cow Protection ;
Animal Husbandry ; Animal Shelters ; Gaushala

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Revisiting the Canadian–Soviet barter proposal of 1932–1933: the Soviet perspective / Niergarth, Kirk; Black, J L

Niergarth, Kirk	Journal Article
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In the autumn of 1932, when Canada had massive agricultural surpluses and hunger was afflicting millions of Soviet citizens, a proposal to trade Canadian cattle for Soviet fuels attracted considerable public support. Negotiated by a syndicate of Canadian businessmen, the cattle–oil barter deal was initially stalled because Conservative prime minister R.B. Bennett was ideologically opposed to it. Soviet documents suggest that this was not the end of the story. Revisiting the cattle–oil barter in light of these documents complicates current accounts of Canadian–Soviet relations in this period and raises questions about the Bennett government’s attitude to international trade and sensitivity to the kind of public pressure exerted by the proposal’s many Canadian supporters. In spite of major obstacles, the potential mutual benefit of the project nearly overcame ingrained mutual distrust.

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Oil ; Politics ; Trade ; Canada ; USSR ; Newspapers ;
Barter ; Farmers ; 1930s ; Cattle ; Canadian–Soviet relations ; R.B. Bennett ;
G.G. Serkau

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