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Andrey Trufanov, Alessandra Rossodivita, Matteo Guidotti
IOS Press

"This book is a collection of papers presented at the NATO ASI conference Transdisciplinary Information Sharing for Decision-Making against Biological Threats." "Traditionally, it has been natural disasters and industrial accidents which have posed the greatest threat to society, but increasingly, chemical, biological. radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) emergencies present new challenges, with the potential to become global threats on an unprecedented scale. This has led to calls for the international community to implement a 'new way of thinking' to enable better communication worldwide to counter the threat of global terrorism. A successful counter terrorism strategy requires cooperation between agencies traditionally reluctant to share information: governments, industry, the scientific community and civil society in general. The body of knowledge and experience being developed in this field is now so immense that a new information sharing paradigm is required for these various disciplines in different societies to properly understand each other." "The key obstacle to any scientific, technical or social process is inefficient or non-existent information sharing. This work is of interest to anyone involved in the mitigation, preparedness, response to or recovery from disasters of any kind. Highlighting strategic enablers such as cross-disciplinary information sharing, international outreach and partner activities, public diplomacy and strategic communication, it is a robust step towards a new era of genuine cross-silo information sharing and cooperation in an atmosphere of trust." --Book Jacket.

Andrey Trufanov, Alessandra Rossodivita, Matteo Guidotti
IOS Press

"This book is a collection of papers presented at the NATO ASI conference Transdisciplinary Information Sharing for Decision-Making against Biological Threats." "Traditionally, it has been natural disasters and industrial accidents which have posed the greatest threat to society, but increasingly, chemical, biological. radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) emergencies present new challenges, with the potential to become global threats on an unprecedented scale. This has led to calls for the international community to implement a 'new way of thinking' to enable better communication worldwide to counter the threat of global terrorism. A successful counter terrorism strategy requires cooperation between agencies traditionally reluctant to share information: governments, industry, the scientific community and civil society in general. The body of knowledge and experience being developed in this field is now so immense that a new information sharing paradigm is required for these various disciplines in different societies to properly understand each other." "The key obstacle to any scientific, technical or social process is inefficient or non-existent information sharing. This work is of interest to anyone involved in the mitigation, preparedness, response to or recovery from disasters of any kind. Highlighting strategic enablers such as cross-disciplinary information sharing, international outreach and partner activities, public diplomacy and strategic communication, it is a robust step towards a new era of genuine cross-silo information sharing and cooperation in an atmosphere of trust." --Book Jacket.

Andrey Trufanov, Alessandra Rossodivita, Matteo Guidotti
IOS Press

"This book is a collection of papers presented at the NATO ASI conference Transdisciplinary Information Sharing for Decision-Making against Biological Threats." "Traditionally, it has been natural disasters and industrial accidents which have posed the greatest threat to society, but increasingly, chemical, biological. radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) emergencies present new challenges, with the potential to become global threats on an unprecedented scale. This has led to calls for the international community to implement a 'new way of thinking' to enable better communication worldwide to counter the threat of global terrorism. A successful counter terrorism strategy requires cooperation between agencies traditionally reluctant to share information: governments, industry, the scientific community and civil society in general. The body of knowledge and experience being developed in this field is now so immense that a new information sharing paradigm is required for these various disciplines in different societies to properly understand each other." "The key obstacle to any scientific, technical or social process is inefficient or non-existent information sharing. This work is of interest to anyone involved in the mitigation, preparedness, response to or recovery from disasters of any kind. Highlighting strategic enablers such as cross-disciplinary information sharing, international outreach and partner activities, public diplomacy and strategic communication, it is a robust step towards a new era of genuine cross-silo information sharing and cooperation in an atmosphere of trust." --Book Jacket.

Andrey Trufanov, Alessandra Rossodivita, Matteo Guidotti
IOS Press

"This book is a collection of papers presented at the NATO ASI conference Transdisciplinary Information Sharing for Decision-Making against Biological Threats." "Traditionally, it has been natural disasters and industrial accidents which have posed the greatest threat to society, but increasingly, chemical, biological. radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) emergencies present new challenges, with the potential to become global threats on an unprecedented scale. This has led to calls for the international community to implement a 'new way of thinking' to enable better communication worldwide to counter the threat of global terrorism. A successful counter terrorism strategy requires cooperation between agencies traditionally reluctant to share information: governments, industry, the scientific community and civil society in general. The body of knowledge and experience being developed in this field is now so immense that a new information sharing paradigm is required for these various disciplines in different societies to properly understand each other." "The key obstacle to any scientific, technical or social process is inefficient or non-existent information sharing. This work is of interest to anyone involved in the mitigation, preparedness, response to or recovery from disasters of any kind. Highlighting strategic enablers such as cross-disciplinary information sharing, international outreach and partner activities, public diplomacy and strategic communication, it is a robust step towards a new era of genuine cross-silo information sharing and cooperation in an atmosphere of trust." --Book Jacket.

Andrey Trufanov, Alessandra Rossodivita, Matteo Guidotti
IOS Press

"This book is a collection of papers presented at the NATO ASI conference Transdisciplinary Information Sharing for Decision-Making against Biological Threats." "Traditionally, it has been natural disasters and industrial accidents which have posed the greatest threat to society, but increasingly, chemical, biological. radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) emergencies present new challenges, with the potential to become global threats on an unprecedented scale. This has led to calls for the international community to implement a 'new way of thinking' to enable better communication worldwide to counter the threat of global terrorism. A successful counter terrorism strategy requires cooperation between agencies traditionally reluctant to share information: governments, industry, the scientific community and civil society in general. The body of knowledge and experience being developed in this field is now so immense that a new information sharing paradigm is required for these various disciplines in different societies to properly understand each other." "The key obstacle to any scientific, technical or social process is inefficient or non-existent information sharing. This work is of interest to anyone involved in the mitigation, preparedness, response to or recovery from disasters of any kind. Highlighting strategic enablers such as cross-disciplinary information sharing, international outreach and partner activities, public diplomacy and strategic communication, it is a robust step towards a new era of genuine cross-silo information sharing and cooperation in an atmosphere of trust." --Book Jacket.

Guido Piovene
Sansoni Editore

Raniero La Valle
Terre di Mezzo Editore

L'Occidente si sta suicidando. La divisione del pianeta tra una minoranza di consumatori "ricchi" e una massa informe di "uomini inutili" - con il mercato come unico vero dominatore - ci porterà alla catastrofe: da un lato la guerra permanente e illegittima di Bush per difendere i privilegi di pochi, dall'altra il "terrorismo", la resistenza dei poveri e degli esclusi. Ma guerra e terrorismo sono "ambedue fuori legge, ambedue contrari alla ragione, ambedue distruttivi della modernità". L'unica speranza di salvezza per tutti è ripartire dalla vera natura dell'Occidente: una "vocazione all'inclusione, non all'esclusione". Giornalista, La Valle è stato direttore del "Popolo" e dell'"Avvenire", senatore della Sinistra indipendente dal 1976 al 1992.

Uri Avnery
Gius. Laterza & Figli

Helen Rose Ebaugh
Tughra Books

Sārī Ḥanafī, Lindā Ṭabar
Institute of Jerusalem Studies and Muwatin, The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy

This book aims to inquire into the ways in which external actors influence Palestinian NGOs in terms of their development policies and their relative promotion of democratization, and secondly, to investigate the capacity of Palestinian NGOs to contribute to the elaboration of global agendas through transnational activism and global conferences. In order to circumscribe this broad problematic, the empirical data was drawn from organizations working within three sectors: in health, in gender and development, and in human rights and democracy. As the empirical investigation for this study proceeded, this study became aware that an examination of the sites where the 'global' and the 'local' intersect and intertwine is inseparable from an analysis of the effects of new transnational relations, specifically the aid system, and their impact on local social formations. This is to say that local actors and social structures do not remain static, but are transformed as they are drawn into new transnational relations and then seek to negotiate their place within the aid industry and their relations with donors and international NGOs.

Saree Makdisi
Isbn Edizioni

Questo libro non racconta storie di kamikaze, ma storie di persone comuni. Esistenze che sarebbero banalmente normali, se non dovessero fare i conti con gli orrori di un'occupazione quotidiana: checkpoint chilometrici, guardie armate, perquisizioni indiscriminate. Saree Makdisi viaggia nei territori, scatta fotografie, racconta dati e informazioni sulle condizioni di vita dei palestinesi e spiega come il cosiddetto "processo di pace" nasconda di fatto il progressivo restringimento geografico della Palestina e una serie di misure di sicurezza punitive imposte dallo Stato di Israele.

Aminata Traoré
Ponte alle Grazie

Da oltre quarant'anni, l'Africa cerca invano la sua strada. Le violenze della storia hanno creato dei vincitori e dei vinti, e di conseguenza i rapporti fra nazioni ricche e nazioni povere sono basati esclusivamente sul predominio. Saccheggiata ed emarginata, l'Africa è spinta dai "padroni del mondo" a considerarsi una regione povera, e a comportarsi come tale. Gli stati africani, indebitati e turbati da forti tensioni sociali, devono adottare provvedimenti che hanno costi sociali e umani esorbitanti. Ma l'Africa non ha bisogno di capitali e di tecnologie stranieri. Deve ritrovare la parte di sé che le è stata portata via: l'umanità.