Title:Making Freedom of Religion or Belief a True EU Priority
Author(s):THAMES, KnoxDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The Council of the European Union recently released its Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy, which included freedom of religion or belief in a list of 36 desired outcomes. The timing is good, as countries ...
Title:Oil Workers, Trade Unions and the Emergence of Oil Nationalism in Libya, 1956-1969
Author(s):BINI, ElisabettaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper analyzes the ways in which U.S. oil companies transformed Libya’s economy and society between the Suez Crisis of 1956 and the rise of Muammar Qaddafi’s regime in 1969, as the country became one of the main oil ...
Title:Nuclear Weapons and Limited War: The U.S. Army in the 1950s
Author(s):TRAUSCHWEIZER, IngoDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This essay discusses how the U.S. Army proved its utility for the nuclear age in the wake of the Korean War. It specifically addresses the rationale behind the reorganization of U.S. Army formations into pentomic divisions ...