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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The Suez Canal and the trends of British trade to and from the Middle and the Far East in the period 1854-1966

Yousri, Abdel Rahman January 1968 (has links)
No description available.
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'On the edge of Asia': Australian Grand Strategy and the English-Speaking Alliance, 1967-1980

Seddelmeyer, Laura M. 24 September 2014 (has links)
No description available.
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Countering Communist and Nasserite propaganda : the Foreign Office Information Research Department in the Middle East and Africa, 1954-1963

Collier, Simon M. W. January 2014 (has links)
This thesis considers the role of the Information Research Department (IRD) in countering Arab nationalist and Communist propaganda directed at British interests in the Middle East and Africa between 1954 and 1963. It argues that the 1956 Suez Crisis and its fallout was the catalyst that drove a significant expansion of IRD's remit and responsibility. From 1956 the department – which up to this point had had a purely anti-Communist function – was given the responsibility of countering the increasing flow of Arab nationalist propaganda emerging from Egypt. The same year, the Communist powers mounted a renewed and concerted effort to culturally and ideologically penetrate Africa. IRD, who to this point had been excluded from directly operating in Africa, began counter-Communist work in the face of stiff Colonial Office resistance. Analysis of IRD in the Middle East has rarely considered events beyond the immediate aftermath of Suez. IRD's work in Africa is almost wholly unexplored. It is a central contention of this thesis that the two regions cannot be viewed in isolation post-Suez. Egypt's standing was buoyed by the propaganda capital of victory over Suez, and Nasser's position as the figurehead of Arab nationalism was assured. In seeking the removal of colonial influence from the Middle East and Africa, Arab propaganda – particularly the Voice of the Arabs programme of Cairo Radio – ties the regions together. Communist and African nationalist propagandists were drawn to Cairo in the wake of the Suez Crisis. The former, building relationships through aid, sought to leverage Cairo's expanding influence to their own advantage. The latter sought facilities and support for their own propaganda efforts. After Suez, IRD sought to manage Egyptian propaganda whilst avoiding direct confrontation, seeking to normalise relations. In Africa, the department sought to build an infrastructure for information work aimed at influencing future leaders, their efforts constrained by the timetable of British decolonisation. In both regions, through developing relationships with local agencies and the BBC, and from initiatives such as the Transmission 'X' news commentary service, IRD continued to address Arab nationalist and Communist propaganda with a flexibility and responsiveness not recognised in the current literature on IRD.
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De la reconstruction régionale à la formation d'un territoire du Canal de Suez : acteurs et enjeux

Bruyas, Frédérique 01 November 2002 (has links) (PDF)
La région du canal de Suez, située sur une marche du territoire égyptien, résulte d'une construction artificielle autour de trois villes destinés au service du transit international. L'Etat a entrepris, depuis la fin de la guerre israélo-égyptienne, de transformer ce nouveau front d'urbanisation par une politique d'aménagement qui vise à revitaliser le canal de Suez et à intégrer la région au territoire national et à l'économie mondiale. A travers une interrogation sur les échelles, les processus, et les acteurs de ces transformations, cette recherche, organisée en trois parties, s'intéresse à la dynamique de l'espace régional résultant de la confrontation d'acteurs animés par des enjeux et des représentations qui leur sont propres. Dans un premier temps, nous examinons le dispositif régional, lequel est largement influencé par le caractère stratégique du canal de Suez, avant d'aborder les enjeux et les modèles de la politique d'intégration nationale et internationale de la région engagée par l'Etat. En second lieu, l'organisation régionale est abordée comme le produit des stratégies d'acteurs intervenant à différentes échelles, ce qui permet de soulever la question de la recomposition des rapports de forces entre l'Etat et les acteurs locaux, nationaux et internationaux, dans le contexte de la mondialisation. Enfin, l'étude des images diffusées par les documents d'aménagement rend compte de la construction volontariste d'une territorialité par l'Etat, qui s'efforce, dans cette région de marche, de forger une identité régionale référant à la Nation. En abordant aussi les représentations populaires, nous recherchons les ressorts de la mobilisation des acteurs locaux en faveur de la construction d'un territoire du canal de Suez.
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Gestion optimale de l'énergie dans un procédé multi-source pour le chauffage de bâtiments

Eynard, Julien 01 October 2010 (has links) (PDF)
L'exploitation excessive des ressources énergétiques fossiles pose aujourd'hui des problèmes liés au changement climatique, à leur épuisement et en conséquence à l'augmentation de leur prix. Ces problèmes nécessitent des solutions innovantes, telles que le recours aux énergies renouvelables, afin d'en restreindre l'impact. Les travaux présentés dans ce manuscrit s'attachent à répondre à cette problématique par l'intermédiaire d'une méthodologie d'optimisation énergétique, appliquée au secteur du bâtiment et notamment au poste de chauffage, l'un des plus gros consommateurs d'énergie en France. Cette méthodologie est basée sur la modélisation du procédé de chauffage considéré et d'un moyen de stockage énergétique, ainsi que sur le développement d'outils de contrôle prédictif exploitant la connaissance de perturbations futures. Cette approche a été utilisée pour l'optimisation énergétique d'une chaufferie collective, gérée par la société Cofely GDF-SUEZ et qui alimente en eau chaude, via un réseau de chaleur, un quartier de La Rochelle. Un modèle modulaire de l'installation actuelle, dont le fonctionnement s'appuie sur un mix énergétique renouvelable et non renouvelable, a été développé à partir de mesures réalisées sur le site et de techniques de modélisation de types boite noire, boite grise ou boite blanche, en fonction de la connaissance disponible. La chaufferie ne disposant pas d'un système de stockage, nous avons proposé une modification hydraulique afin d'en intégrer un. Le modèle de ce système a complété le modèle de la chaufferie. Pour la gestion du stockage, deux contrôleurs différents, dont l'un basé sur la commande prédictive optimale et exploitant des prédictions pour anticiper le comportement de la chaufferie, ont été proposés. Ces prédictions sont fournies par un module intégrant une analyse multi-résolution par décomposition en ondelettes et utilisant les réseaux de neurones artificiels. Les résultats obtenus avec le contrôleur prédictif montrent que l'utilisation optimale d'un système de stockage permet d'améliorer de façon très significative le fonctionnement de la chaufferie. La consommation énergétique fossile, le coût de fonctionnement de l'installation, les émissions de CO2 et le taux de couverture de l'énergie fossile sont fortement réduits, tout en améliorant le respect des contraintes techniques de fonctionnement.
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"Special Relationship" v době vlády Harolda Macmillana (1957-1963) / "Special Relationship" in the Era of Harold Macmillan (1957-1963)

Beranová, Monika January 2017 (has links)
This thesis analyzes key moments from the tenures of Harold Macmillan as British Prime Minister and John Fitzgerald Kennedy as President of the United States. The United Kingdom and the United States had a Special Relationship between them, which was based upon their close political cooperation. Macmillan and Kennedy deepend this relation by their personal friendship, which played a major role in the course of finding solutions to the conflicts they had to face in the context of the Cold War, when there was a real possibility of nuclear annihilation. The analysis shows that the Special Relationship in the years 1957-1963 went through several dynamic developments, however it never lost its unique status. Despite initial distrust between the two countries immediately following the Suez Crisis, both politicians always managed to find a compromise solution. Thanks to their friendship and deep personal respect, they managed to always unite, even during times of gravest peril. A typical example of the personal relationship is the Cuban Missile Crisis, when Kennedy kept in touch via telephone with Macmillan and often asked him for advice. By virtue of this contact, Macmillan became one of the President's principal advisors in the course of the crisis. The Special Relationship between the two countries did...
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Sovětská geopolitika a geostrategie v éře N. S. Chruščova a L. I. Brežněva / Soviet Geopolitics and Geostrategy in the Era of N. S. Khrushchev and L. I. Brezhnev

Drábek, Michal January 2009 (has links)
The main aim of this diploma work is to present the main topics of the soviet geopolitical thinking. The main thesis are presented at the beggining of the work and were influenced mainly by personality of Joseph Stalin. At the end of the first chapter those main goals of the soviet geopolitics are evaluated as well as the role of Stalin for the USSR. The timeline of this diploma work streches from 1953 - 1982 and the main events of this period are mentioned. At the end the role of the three soviet leaders is summarized and their actions evaluated.
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Eisenhowerova doktrína a Blízký východ: Přeměna zahraniční politiky USA po suezské krizi / Eisenhower Doctrine and the Middle East: Changes of the US Foreign Policy after the Suez Crisis

Repčíková, Soňa January 2018 (has links)
The presented thesis is an analysis of American foreign policy thinking applying comprehensive analysis of three presidential administrations. The analysis is embedded in the historical context of the Suez Crisis, and provides a picture of the change in US foreign policy after the Suez Crisis comparing the three foreign policy doctrines related to this particular period of history - D. D. Eisenhower, J. F. Kennedy and L. John Johnson. The foreign policy doctrine represents a particular expression, image of foreign policy of a given state. The American political system is known by several historically and politically significant foreign policy doctrines. The thesis describes how the US foreign policy is created and what leads to the process of formulation of the presedential doctrines. An important element in the background of the analysis is the Cold War itself. Besides the theoretical definition, the work also provides the complex features of the administrations of the three presidents submited to analysis. Part of the characteristic is the analysis of individual foreign policy doctrines that points out the difference among administrations derived from the historical moment of the Suez crisis. The results of the comparison will draw conclusions on the similarity as well as possible differences...
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Företags strategiska beslut i en värld av globala kriser : En studie om riskhanteringsstrategier inom lagerhantering och leverantörslokalisering

Söderhäll, Maja, Degerman, Markus January 2023 (has links)
Genom en rad globala kriser har de senaste åren tydliggjort hur en ökad global osäkerhet,inramad genom VUCA-teorin (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity), harpåverkat företags riskhanteringsstrategier för lagerhantering och lokaliseringsbeslut. Studienundersöker Just in Time, Just in Case, reshoring- och regionaliseringsstrategier som svar påglobala kriser likt COVID-19, Suezkanalsblockaden samt Ryssland-Ukraina-konflikten.Händelserna har tydliggjort de globala leveranskedjornas sårbarhet, vilket medfört enomvärdering av supply chain management med ett ökat fokus på robusthet mot externaförändringar. Riskminimerande strategier likt omlokalisering av leverantörer och ökadlagerhållning kan dock medföra ökade kostnader. Studien ämnar därmed att undersöka omkriserna i närtid har haft en påverkan på företags strategier gällande risktagande samt vilkatrender som kan urskiljas mellan geografiska beslut och lagerhållningsstrategier. Studien harundersökt forskningsområdet genom kvalitativ forskning där datainsamling genomförtsgenom bland annat intervjuer med personer med insyn och ansvar inom sex globala företagsleveranskedjor. Resultatet visar på ett förhållande mellan stora säkerhetslager, Just in case,samt möjlighet att förlägga leverantörer med lång geografisk distans, offshoring. Motsatvishar även ett förhållande funnits mellan riskhanteringsstrategin med närliggande leverantörer,reshoring/regionalisering och möjlighet att tillämpa små lagernivåer, Just in time. Studien hardärmed bidragit med insikter om hur företags riskhanteringsstrategier förändrats till följd avomvärldsosäkerhet, samt hur de geografiska och lagerhållningsmässiga strategiernaprioriteras av globala företag.
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Jordan, Palestine and the British world system, 1945-57 : Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion

Jevon, Graham January 2014 (has links)
This thesis offers a microcosmic insight into Britain's transition toward a world system without an Empire by exploring the life of the Anglo-Jordan Treaty (1946-57) via the prism of the British financed Jordanian Army, also known as the Arab Legion, and its British commander, Glubb Pasha. In so doing it puts the state of the relationship down to a system of mutual dependence. Britain's withdrawal from Jordan has primarily been linked either to the success of Arab nationalism or the loss of British will. By examining the Treaty relationship from construction to termination this thesis posits that it is imprudent to push any single factor too deeply, but identifies a shift in the balance of mutual dependence, caused by the changing geopolitical climate, as the driving force. A subsidiary aspect of this thesis concerns the partition of Palestine. The Arab Legion was the most important Arab army during the 1948 War. Based on unprecedented access to Glubb's private papers 'the most significant new documents to emerge since the opening of the official western archives in the late 1970s' this thesis provides the most accurate portrayal of the Arab Legion's conduct yet achievable. In so doing it reconciles inconsistencies within the controversial 'collusion' debate. It negates the revisionist argument that a firm Hashemite-Zionist agreement existed, but corroborates the notion that Britain approved the Arab Legion's use to implement an alternative form of partition to that proposed by the UN. It thus supports the revisionist argument that pre-war negotiations helped shape the 1948 War, but explains the Arab Legion's adherence to this secret scheme by emphasising Glubb's (limited) autonomy. Moreover, it reveals further details concerning the divisions within the Arab coalition, which further debunks the traditional David (Israel) versus Goliath (Arab coalition) portrayal of the conflict.

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