Numerical Analysis of Compound Walls of Brick Masonry, Strengthened with C-FRP Laminate under Explosive Detonations - Afghanistan Scenario by Anas S. M., Al-Dala’ien Rayeh Nasr, Alam Mehtab, Kanaan Manal Hadi Ghaffoori, Akram Shahbaz, Haris Mohd

“…The common people of Afghanistan are weary of the continuous cycle of attacks and counter-attacks by warlords. Even places of worship and those who gather there are not spared from these acts of violence. …”
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Les conflits fonciers comme analyseurs des guerres civiles : chefs de guerre, militaires américains et juges Taliban dans la Kunar by Adam Baczko

“…An analysis of the war through the study of land conflicts helps us to more fully understand why the warlords are currently getting weaker, why the people of Kunar are rejecting the US Army, and why the Taliban movement has taken root locally.…”
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Landscapes of prehistoric Northwest Sichuan: from early agriculture to pastoralist lifestyles by d'Alpoim Guedes, J, Hein, A

“…Finally, between a.d. 500 and 1500, dense scatters of ceramics over a wide altitudinal range correspond to a fragmentation in Tibetan history, when local warlords established themselves in the region. While some changes in occupation and subsistence practices are linked to climate change, others relate to changes in political power. …”

Outlook for Malaysia's 12th general elections by Shahirah Mahmood, Liow, Joseph Chin Yong, Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman

“…Public opinion has homed in on the unfulfilled promises of the 2004 campaign, party warlords continue to dominate the BN, and minority rights continue to be eroded. …”
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الشعب الصومالي بين الفصائل المسلحة والحركات الاسلامية والحكومة الانتقالية العاجزة by Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…As a Muslim nation ravaged by civil war, tibalism and avaricious warlords, somalia remains a lesson for other nations who enjoy political stability and sustainable governance. …”
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Se réconcilier « entre victimes » pour tenir la lutte : la coordination transversale des familles de disparus au Liban et de leurs alliés de la justice transitionnelle by Yves Mirman

“…Accused of being “threats to civil peace” by the authorities and former warlords, these activists - often women - have been trying to assert their cause over time, from the 1980s to 2018. …”
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The Look of Silence and the Problem of Monstrosity by Mathew Abbott

“…The film depicts a series of confrontations between optometrist Adi Rukun and warlords and gangsters involved in massacres perpetrated during Indonesia's anti-communist purges. …”
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The Status of Relief Staff in Armed Conflict from the Point of View of Islam and International Humanitarian Law by Ahmad Reza Towhidi

“…Contemplating the recent 100-year history of wars and conflicts suggests that warlords sometimes have used tools and tactics that are opposed to legal principles, including the use of deception in the use, cover and logo of the relief quarters for combatants to attack the enemy or targeting the relief and medical aid centers and forces. …”
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Behavioral Patterns among (Violent) Non-State Actors: A Study of Complementary Governance by Annette Iris Idler, James J.F. Forest

“…This article is part of a multi-year study of governance structures in the midst of insecurity and organized crime in fragile sub-state regions, where in the absence of a strong state, non-state actors (like insurgents, traffickers and tribal warlords) engage in political and socioeconomic governance. …”
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Cooperate to compete : composable planning and inference in multi-agent reinforcement learning by Shum, Michael M

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Political Economy of Power and Governance in Afghanistan (2001–2021) by D. P. Elagin

“…The government co-opted some powerful agents of periphery thus aiding the stability of increasingly de-centralized system that originated during the years of civil war. Ex-warlords took positions in formal administration and ensured that the periphery stayed loyal to the government in exchange for retaining their autonomy and access to administrative rent. …”
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The King is dead, long live the King: commemoration in skaldic verse of the Viking age by Goeres, E

“…In these verses poets express their grief after the death of the king and record the performances of public mourning on the part of the kings’ followers. As the petty warlords of the Viking age adapted to medieval models of Christian kingship, the role of the skald changed too. …”

Senators, bishops, decuriones and barbarians, in the 4th to 5th centuries by Paradziński, A

“…</p> <p>A survey of the above-mentioned phenomena is the subject of the first part of the thesis: ‘Roman commanders – barbarian warlords’. The second focus of the thesis is on political and diplomatic forms in the emerging sub-Roman kingdoms, which are the subject of the second part: ‘Emperors, kings and <em>amici</em>’. …”

Apocalypse of the Thirteenth Century: the First Russian Encounter with the Mongols through the Prism of the Medieval Mind by Veselov F.N.

“…At the same time, the most important role in the eschatological character of the Tale of the Battle on Kalka was not only caused by the bitterness of the defeat, the demise of many princes and warriors and the desolation of Novgorod Svyatopolchich, but also by the diplomatic rhetoric carried by the Mongol conquerors “from sea to sea”, the warlords of the khan and the people who came from the deep depths of Inner Asia to rule the whole world.…”
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The Fate of General Radko Dimitriev and His Memory in Context of Russian-Bulgarian Relations of the Late 19th – Early 20th centuries by N. S. Gusev

“…The article shows what values, embodiments of which were these popular warlords, were characteristic this Bulgarian general. …”
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Globalization and military-industrial transformation in South Asia: An historical perspective by Chew, Emrys

“…What is new today, on the other hand, is the raising of stakes in a world of nation-states having volatile nuclear capabilities and rapid internet communication; and, in the midst of pre-existing indigenous rivalries, the capacity of local warlords, resistance fighters or jihadists to re-export ‘terror’ as far afield as the core of the Western metropole. …”
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Moving Muslims: the great northwestern rebellion and the transformation of Chinese Islam, 1860-1896 by Theaker, HR

“…Overall, this thesis describes two parallel arcs: the rise and fall of China’s Sufi paths and the rise of the Muslim nationalist military lineages, who would become the Republican-era ‘Muslim warlords’. </p>…”

World Court by Coburn, Kyle (Kyle Elliott)

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Chinese Transformation Policies for 2015 and Beyond: Quo Vadis? by Im-Soo Yoo

“…The nation was unified after a century of humiliation at the hands of the Western powers and after being divided amongst warlords, Communists and Nationalists. Mao began to develop a Chinese version of Communism while implementing key tenets of Marxist theory. …”
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North Kazakhstan Region: A Cult of Saints and Ethnic Identity Processes among Kazakhs by Kaziev Sattar Sh., Mogunova Marina V., Kusainov Oral Zh.

“…Under the conditions of constant hostilities and distrust toward alien neighbors across northern steppes, those were Genghisids — famous warlords/batyrs and charismatic leaders of mighty tribes — that became objects of veneration, rather than Muslim righteous men or descendants of the Kozha clan. …”
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