Thesis (Master of Military Studies)-Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. / Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Dec 29, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Master of Military Studies)-Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. / Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Dec 29, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Master of Military Studies)-Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. / Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Dec 29, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Il existe une distinction entre les civils et les membres des forces armées. Cette distinction est implicitement la question de fond de cette étude sur la détermination du statut juridique des salariés des sociétés militaires privées (SMP) participant aux conflits armés. Par ailleurs, la défense et la sécurité de l'État sont assurées par divers acteurs de statuts différents qui ont des rôles bien définis par un cadre juridique : les civils et les membres des forces armées. La distinction sus-évoquée ne se limite pas là, mais elle concerne aussi les seuls membres des forces armées car il existe une distinction interne et une autre externe. Tous les membres des forces armées n'ont pas droit au statut de combattant. En revanche, la négation du statut de combattant à certains militaires n'est que relative et elle n'influence pas leur droit au statut de prisonnier de guerre. Ces militaires sont différents des personnes employées en dehors des forces armées et mandatées par leur employeur pour fournir des prestations auprès des armées sur un théâtre d'opérations. Cette utilisation soulève plusieurs questions en DIH. Les SMP fournissent des prestations qui vont de la logistique à la participation directe aux hostilités. Cette participation directe ou indirecte aux hostilités débouche sur une « hémorragie de langage » pour qualifier les salariés des SMP de mercenaires, de nouveaux mercenaires, de « security contractors », des soldats à vendre, des combattants irréguliers, etc. Ainsi, les salariés de ces sociétés exercent-ils une activité de mercenariat ? Leurs sociétés-employeurs constituent-elles des sociétés de secours ? ... / A distinction is made between civilians and military personnel. This distinction is implicit in the substantive issue of this study on determining the legal status of employees of private military companies (PMCs) involved in armed conflicts. Moreover, the defense and State security are provided by various actors of different statuses that have defined roles for a legal framework. Civilians and members of the armed forces are indeed links in this chain. The distinction mentioned over is not confined there, but it is also about the only members of the armed forces because there is a distinction between internal and one external. All members of the armed forces are not entitled to combatant status. However, the denial of combatant status to certain military is only relative and does not affect their right to prisoner of war status. These soldiers are different from those employed outside the armed forces and mandated by their employer to provide benefits to the armies in a theater of operations. This use raises several issues in IHL. PMCs provide services that go from logistics to direct participation in hostilities. This direct or indirect participation in hostilities leads to a “hemorrhage of language” to describe employees of PMCs as mercenaries, new mercenaries, defense and security contractors, soldiers for sale, irregular combatants, etc. Thus, the employees of these companies undertake specific activities of mercenaries? Their companies-employers do they constitute relief societies ? Are they combatants, noncombatants or irregular combatants ? This is so prompt questions that this thesis attempts to answer.

First aid represents the first and extremely important stage in the emergency medical procedure. The necessity to provide first aid may arise at any time as the current modern era poses numerous new risks which may cause many extraordinary events with consequences for individuals and groups of people or even for entire populations. Therefore the professional training of the population should stress first aid as it may reduce vulnerability and improve resistance of the population against extraordinary events, the number of which keeps growing. The objective of the thesis was to assess whether the civilian population is prepared to provide first aid in case of an extraordinary event. The research methods to meet the mentioned objective and to obtain the information necessary for results processing included a questionnaire and analytical examination. The questionnaire consisted of 15 previously prepared questions. The questions in the questionnaire were divided into four parts based on specific formulated objectives. The questionnaire survey was conducted in the South Bohemian region in the town of Tábor. The target group consisted of 250 respondents of both sexes, selected at random in four different age categories. The first group of respondents consisted of respondents aged 10- 20, the second category 20- 40, the third category 40- 60 and the last one consisted of respondents over 60 years of age. The preparedness of the population was examined at three levels, i.e. at the level of knowledge, level of emotions and experience level and the level of motivation. The formulated hypothesis: ?Civilian population is ready to provide first aid in agreement with applicable first aid standards? has been confirmed only partly at those three levels. The thesis also produced some secondary results concerning assessment of vulnerability and resistance of the population during the provision of first aid under extraordinary circumstances. One of the secondary outcomes was a finding that seniors seem to be by far most vulnerable and, on the contrary, the category aged 20- 40 seems to be the most resistant. Within the possibilities and scope of my thesis I have attempted to contribute to identification of important aspects that potentially influence the willingness of people to provide first aid and to highlight the importance of first aid training.

The objective of this dissertation is to understand how social-political conservative and liberal movements worked in the construction and consolidation of Coup d’État Civilian- Military of 1964, from his performance on the hegemonic, political and political-institutional fields in Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. With this this objective, the first chapter treats the themes referencing to anticomunism, the Cold War and the ideological clashes that arose from this context that produced a growing polarization in the Brazilian political forces. The ideological glue that unifies the conservative forces, despite their multiplicity, in coping the project of the anti-reformists, has on the Catholic Church and the Press its main vehicle of transmission. In the second chapter, the subject is the political vanguard of the conservative segment of civil society organizations, in particular the self-labeled as producing classes, both in its urban extent, through FIERGS and FEDERASUL, and the rural, with FARSUL. In the third chapter we study the performance of the institutional and political liberals and conservatives forces to support and legitimize the Coup d’État Civilian-Military of 1964, through political parties as PSD, UDN, PDC, PRP and PL, their partisan front, the ADP, and factor decisive in triggering the coup, the government Ildo Meneguetti, fundamental for the success civilian-military coup in Rio Grande do Sul. On this dissertation, we try to demonstrate in practice how socialpolitical liberal and conservative movements work in building and sustaining the Coup ‘État, from its political action in the ideological field, on public opinion and at the political institutions. If we think of it as a preemptive strike, because it is an action triggered against the rise of social movements' struggles and nationalist politicians and reformers and their programs, it is important to highlight that, dialectically, we think about a social-political movement that brings together wide liberals and conservatives sectors on behalf of a project based on the formulations of the National Security and Development Doctrine. The takeover is only possible because of this work arduously growth, which allowed much of the Brazilian society to accept, back in 1964, the project of authoritarian development. / O objetivo dessa dissertação é compreender como os movimentos sociais e políticos conservadores e liberais atuaram na construção e consolidação do Golpe Civil-Militar de 1964, a partir de sua atuação no campo hegemônico, político e, político-institucional no Rio Grande do Sul. Com este objetivo, o capítulo um trata dos temas referentes ao anticomunismo, à Guerra Fria e os embates ideológicos advindos desse contexto que produziu uma polarização crescente nas forças políticas brasileiras. O cimento ideológico que unifica as forças conservadoras, apesar de sua multiplicidade, no enfrentamento aos projetos reformistas é o anticomunismo, tendo na Igreja Católica e na Imprensa seus principais veículos de transmissão. No segundo capítulo, o objeto é a vanguarda política do segmento conservador da sociedade civil organizada, em especial, as auto identificadas como classes produtoras, tanto em sua dimensão urbana, através da FIERGS e da FEDERASUL, quanto a rural, com a FARSUL. No terceiro capítulo estudamos a atuação política institucional das forças liberais e conservadores, para apoiar e legitimar o Golpe Civil-Militar de 1964, através dos partidos políticos, PSD, UDN, PDC, PRP e PL, sua frente partidária, a ADP, e o fator decisivo na deflagração do Golpe de Estado, o governo Ildo Meneguetti, fundamental para o sucesso do Golpe civil-militar no Rio Grande do Sul. Nesta dissertação tentamos demonstrar, como os movimentos sociais e políticos liberais e conservadores atuam na construção e sustentação do Golpe, a partir da sua atuação política no campo das ideias, da opinião pública e no plano político institucional. Se podemos pensá-lo como um golpe preventivo, pois, tratase de uma ação deflagrada contra a ascensão das lutas dos movimentos sociais e políticos nacionalistas e reformistas e seu programa, é importante destacar que, dialeticamente, trata-se de um movimento sócio-político que aglutina amplos setores liberais e conservadores em nome de um projeto baseado nas formulações da Doutrina de Segurança Nacional e Desenvolvimento. Resultado de um intenso trabalho conspiratório e de conquista da hegemonia política para efetivação do programa de crescimento econômico e modernização autoritária. A tomada de poder somente é possível porque este trabalho, arduamente desenvolvido, permitiu que boa parte da sociedade brasileira aceitasse, naqueles idos de 1964, o projeto de desenvolvimento autoritário.

The objective of this dissertation is to understand how social-political conservative and liberal movements worked in the construction and consolidation of Coup d’État Civilian- Military of 1964, from his performance on the hegemonic, political and political-institutional fields in Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. With this this objective, the first chapter treats the themes referencing to anticomunism, the Cold War and the ideological clashes that arose from this context that produced a growing polarization in the Brazilian political forces. The ideological glue that unifies the conservative forces, despite their multiplicity, in coping the project of the anti-reformists, has on the Catholic Church and the Press its main vehicle of transmission. In the second chapter, the subject is the political vanguard of the conservative segment of civil society organizations, in particular the self-labeled as producing classes, both in its urban extent, through FIERGS and FEDERASUL, and the rural, with FARSUL. In the third chapter we study the performance of the institutional and political liberals and conservatives forces to support and legitimize the Coup d’État Civilian-Military of 1964, through political parties as PSD, UDN, PDC, PRP and PL, their partisan front, the ADP, and factor decisive in triggering the coup, the government Ildo Meneguetti, fundamental for the success civilian-military coup in Rio Grande do Sul. On this dissertation, we try to demonstrate in practice how socialpolitical liberal and conservative movements work in building and sustaining the Coup ‘État, from its political action in the ideological field, on public opinion and at the political institutions. If we think of it as a preemptive strike, because it is an action triggered against the rise of social movements' struggles and nationalist politicians and reformers and their programs, it is important to highlight that, dialectically, we think about a social-political movement that brings together wide liberals and conservatives sectors on behalf of a project based on the formulations of the National Security and Development Doctrine. The takeover is only possible because of this work arduously growth, which allowed much of the Brazilian society to accept, back in 1964, the project of authoritarian development. / O objetivo dessa dissertação é compreender como os movimentos sociais e políticos conservadores e liberais atuaram na construção e consolidação do Golpe Civil-Militar de 1964, a partir de sua atuação no campo hegemônico, político e, político-institucional no Rio Grande do Sul. Com este objetivo, o capítulo um trata dos temas referentes ao anticomunismo, à Guerra Fria e os embates ideológicos advindos desse contexto que produziu uma polarização crescente nas forças políticas brasileiras. O cimento ideológico que unifica as forças conservadoras, apesar de sua multiplicidade, no enfrentamento aos projetos reformistas é o anticomunismo, tendo na Igreja Católica e na Imprensa seus principais veículos de transmissão. No segundo capítulo, o objeto é a vanguarda política do segmento conservador da sociedade civil organizada, em especial, as auto identificadas como classes produtoras, tanto em sua dimensão urbana, através da FIERGS e da FEDERASUL, quanto a rural, com a FARSUL. No terceiro capítulo estudamos a atuação política institucional das forças liberais e conservadores, para apoiar e legitimar o Golpe Civil-Militar de 1964, através dos partidos políticos, PSD, UDN, PDC, PRP e PL, sua frente partidária, a ADP, e o fator decisivo na deflagração do Golpe de Estado, o governo Ildo Meneguetti, fundamental para o sucesso do Golpe civil-militar no Rio Grande do Sul. Nesta dissertação tentamos demonstrar, como os movimentos sociais e políticos liberais e conservadores atuam na construção e sustentação do Golpe, a partir da sua atuação política no campo das ideias, da opinião pública e no plano político institucional. Se podemos pensá-lo como um golpe preventivo, pois, tratase de uma ação deflagrada contra a ascensão das lutas dos movimentos sociais e políticos nacionalistas e reformistas e seu programa, é importante destacar que, dialeticamente, trata-se de um movimento sócio-político que aglutina amplos setores liberais e conservadores em nome de um projeto baseado nas formulações da Doutrina de Segurança Nacional e Desenvolvimento. Resultado de um intenso trabalho conspiratório e de conquista da hegemonia política para efetivação do programa de crescimento econômico e modernização autoritária. A tomada de poder somente é possível porque este trabalho, arduamente desenvolvido, permitiu que boa parte da sociedade brasileira aceitasse, naqueles idos de 1964, o projeto de desenvolvimento autoritário.

This study analyses parliamentary intelligence oversight in South Africa by assessing the understanding of members of the JSCI of its core business, its mission and vision and powers and functions as are stipulated by law. The study locates the JSCI within an international intelligence oversight milieu through a review and evaluation of selected countries’ intelligence oversight mechanisms. Furthermore, international best practice is sought and applicable lessons are drawn for South Africa. The study is bases on a literature review and interviews with members of the JSCI to gather information and draw insights to evaluate and test the propositions in the context of international and national best practice. The propositions, which are supported by the research, are that: · Intelligence oversight in South Africa under the JSCI has hitherto been relatively effective although there is room for improvement. · The JSCI has good relations with the other arms of the state that are responsible for the oversight of Intelligence in South Africa – making parliamentary intelligence oversight, overall, quite effective. · Despite this effectiveness there are legislative gaps and problems pertaining to the modus operandi of the JSCI that need the attention of both the Executive and Legislature and which could be part of a package of legislative reform. The research supported these propositions whilst pointing out that new initiatives need attention if the culture of oversight is to find root. These are the need to widen the scope of accountability to build a culture of accountability among middle and senior management members of the Intelligence structures and secondly the way Parliament resources the JSCI. / Dissertation (M (Political Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Political Sciences / unrestricted

The Donbas war in Ukraine has resulted in over 380,000 veterans who now have to reintegrate into civilian life again. What to do with former combatants has been on the agenda for many years since their reintegration plays a critical role in the transition from war to peace. Researchers have emphasized the relevancy of conducting more studies about how the veterans themselves experience the transition to civilian life. Therefore, this study which is based on ten qualitative in-depth interviews explores how Ukrainian war veterans experienced the reintegration process following the war in Donbas and how they adjusted their identities in the transition from military to civilian life.Through a thematic analytical approach and by using a theoretical framework related to identity adjustment processes their experiences were analysed. The results of this study show that although the extent to which the veterans are in need of assistance after deployment varies, all veterans did experience difficulties when returning to a civilian setting. The bureaucratic processes and media coverage of veterans were expressed to have the biggest negative impact. Female veterans had experiences that differed from their male counterparts both before deployment and during the transition phase. Moreover, all veterans to some extent experienced identity disruptions during the reintegration process. Ultimately, the ongoing war in Donbas is impacting the possibility for these veterans to fully move on and take on their civilian responsibilities. They continue to wait for the prospects of peace, both for their country and for themselves.

This Master thesis examines the German foreign energy policy with focus on the German- Russian energy cooperation and the pipeline projects Nord Stream I and II. It seeks to analyze inconsistencies or even contradictions in the German foreign policy regarding the Nord Stream project. Both strategic and business interests on one hand and value based policy on the other are present and observable. Therefore this paper works with Jakub Eberle's concept of Germany as "dividual actor" which enables us to work with the already mentioned inconsistencies. Furthermore, this approach allows us to observe "geo-economic power" aspects in German actions (favoring strategic and mostly business interests) as well as "civilian power" aspects (value based policy) and eventually to see Germany as an actor in the international relations in its complexity. This thesis therefore aims to contribute to a broader debate about German actorness and its roles in international system. Moreover, German domestic energy policy will be analyzed in order to provide us with the basis for German foreign energy policy. The main focus of this paper is on natural gas and its importance in the German energy mix as well as on German dependence on its imports. The import routes and primarily the pipeline routes Nord Stream I and II are...