The attractiveness of both ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to various actors throughout the world represents a serious threat to U.S. security. These weapons and delivery systems are popular in part because they are highly visible symbols of military prowess. As such, they provide significant influence on regional balances of power, even among friends and allies. Furthe...

Having personally witnessed the destruction at the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, this paper presents my personal feelings and observations as an observer of both disaster and terror. Aside from the unimaginable horror as a result of the carnage, a feeling of helplessness was particularly prominent due to the inability to be able to care for casualties since most victims were fataliti...

The tragic events of 9/11 and the concerns about the potential for a terrorist or hostile state attack with weapons of mass destruction have led to an increased emphasis on risk analysis for homeland security. Uncertain hazards (natural and engineering) have been successfully analyzed using probabilistic risk analysis (PRA). Unlike uncertain hazards, terrorists and hostile states are intelligen...

ous readers of the 1. M. Gazette. During the last two years I have seen 49 cases of enteric in the country. I say " seen," and not " treated, ' because the general idea is that none but Persian doctors know the genuine and national treatment of what is known here as Nocta (nocla in Arabic is "spot "), ?r. English equivalent enteric fever. The foreign practitioners here have a fairly wide practi...

NATO’s strategic transformation will have an important impact on the Alliance’s approach to the Mediterranean and on the future of its Mediterranean Initiative. During the Cold War, NATO’s strategy, doctrine, and military capabilities were oriented toward deterring a military threat from the Soviet Union. Today, the threats and challenges are more diverse—and more indirect. They range from ethn...

L’ouvrage de Thomas Allsen sur les perles vise a etudier leur usage dans l’Empire mongol. Il s’agit malheureusement du dernier livre que T. Allsen, cet eminent specialiste des Mongols, nous donne lire car il est decede en fevrier 2019, peu avant la publication The Steppe and the Sea. Pearls in Mongol Empire. Ce s’inscrit continuite avec recherches anterieures l’A. interactions politiques, cultu...