Causes of failure of negotiations in international conflicts. by Keshav, Nirupama.

“…This dissertation is about the failure of negotiations in peace processes and the probable causes for this failure. …”
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The peacemakers: envisioning a Pax Americana in the age of empires by Suchak, N

“…<p><em>The Peacemakers</em> is an imperial history of the American peace movement. The American peace movement – a porous group of cosmopolitan, middle-class Americans – lay at the epicentre of both a transimperial web of peace activism and a broader political ecosystem of nineteenth- century liberal reform. …”

Roof politics: the materiality of interpellation by Wendel, Delia Duong Ba

“…The initiative was ostensibly one of shelter modernisation, but rather more embedded in post-genocide nation and peace building. The paper considers Louis Althusser’s concept of ‘interpellation’ as a useful framework for understanding how the Rwandan government established relationships between architectural aesthetics, sovereignty, and peace. …”
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The uncertain promise of economic interdependence : a comparative case study of Europe and East Asia. by Tan, Swee Bock.

“…This thesis seeks to examine if economic interdependence is a necessary and sufficient condition for peace, and if not, what other factors could be more important. …”
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Searching for a cultural identity in Singapore – the idea of home, belonging and not belonging through the individual and collective in Kuo Pao Kun’s The Spirits Play. by Ho, Ziting.

“…It is a place that they desire to return to, a place that contains the self and the family, a place where they can find peace and thus rest in peace. Being in “a world of flux”, characters are unable to find this peace as they still hold on to hope even “when life’s over, [where] there won’t be a ‘tomorrow’ any more” (Kuo 74). …”
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The endgame in Afghanistan : Pakistan's perspective and policy by Abdul Basit

“…The Afghanistan conflict is approaching its final and most critical phase, which offers challenges and opportunities to put the peace process on a right track. In this endgame Pakistan’s Afghan policy sees reintegration and reconciliation among the Afghan political groups as a pre-requisite to any framework of peace in Afghanistan.…”
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Why states fail & how states recover by Mills, Greg

“…The difference between Somalia and Somaliland is the difference between a peace owned and a rent-seeking peace. Local ownership is but one aspect of the conditions for state recovery.…”
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Stress faced by executives in Singapore. by Par, Hwee Fong., Tan, Chin Ying., Thong, Hwei Ling.

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Challenges faced by women in the corporate world by Ang, Hui Jia, Sim, Jasmine Mei Yao, Yeo, Siew Hong

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A new political entity in Mindanao? : challenges of election-related dysfunction and violence by Franco, Joseph Raymond S.

“…The Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have expressed confidence over the establishment of a “new political entity” (NPE) as part of initiatives to achieve a peace settlement by yearend 2012. However, election-related violence and other dysfunctions in the electoral process in Mindanao illustrate the challenges facing political participation in a post-peace process scenario.…”
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Comparative study of accounting standards between Singapore and the Peoples' Republic of China by Neo, Karn Nee, Siew, May San, Swi, Li Li

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Why are territorial disputes left unresolved? Finding the true utility of ASEAN through a mixed-method analysis on the case of Malaysia and its territorial disputes in Southeast A... by Chan, Felicia Jia Hui, Ng, Wei Ting

“…ASEAN’s code of conduct- the ASEAN Way, have been credited by many studies to prolong peace in the region. Despite the prolonged peace in the region, territorial disputes among member states still occurs. …”
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Convective boiling and condensation in enhanced tubes produced by selective laser melting by Tan, Choon Yong

“…The design of the four tubes are five long circumferential pin fins, eight short circumferential pin fins, twisted pin fins and a metallic foam structure. …”
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A two-dimensional co-rotational Timoshenko beam element with XFEM formulation by Xu, Jin, Lee, Chi King, Tan, Kang Hai

“…Pin connections and plastic hinges produce non-smooth displacement fields in beam structures. …”
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Les sanctions coutumières comme gage de la paix et de la sécurité chez les traditionnalistes moundang du Nord-Cameroun by Dekane, E

“…</p> <br> <p> Abstract: This article examines the role of customary sanctions in promoting peace and security among traditionalists Moundang in Northern Cameroon. …”

United Nations and regional organizations : bridging the gap in the 21st century. by Francis Heartman Amuzu.

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Study of heat transfer through micro-structured surfaces by Chin, Wei Hao

“…Each chip has a different microstructure in the form of very small and elongated pin-fins, which will in turn affect the critical heat flux of each component. …”
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Preventing interreligious conflict : lessons from the ambivalence of the sacred and Singapore by Ho, Chee Feng

“…The ambivalence of the sacred means that although religion may be used as a motivation for violence, there are also motifs of peace, tolerance and pluralism embedded within them which may be a strong force for the fostering of peace. …”
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On the use of physics in machine learning for manufacturing process inspection by Barbastathis, George, Zhang, Qihang, Pandit, Ajinkya, Tang, Wenlong, Papageorgiou, Charles, Braatz, Richard, Myerson, Allan S, Tan, Bingyao, Schmetterer, Leopold

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Design of wideband low-loss reconfigurable reflectarray antenna by Zhang, Xiran

“…It proposes an RRA design that integrates a PIN diode with air gap. The switch of the reconfigurable unit is directly mounted on the reflective element, reducing the loss introduced by the switching device. …”
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