A very personal war

Personal and Cultural Memories in War Tourism

The history and memories of past events are relayed through popular culture, the media and the public sphere. City tours organized for tourists can be said to be a special part of popular culture and the public sphere. Since 2006 there has been an organised war tour in the City of Dubrovnik which follows the “routes” of war aggression and the devastation of the town. In this paper, one such spe...

Terrorism, Civil War Outcomes, and Post-war Stability: Hypotheses and (very) Preliminary Findings

How does the use of terror tactics by one or both sides affect the likelihood of negotiations or the chances for their success? Are terrorist wars more likely to end with the defeat of one side rather than a compromise outcome? Are conflicts that involve terrorism any more or less likely to resume than others? The use of terror seem to make peace close to impossible in some cases (the Palestini...

A Distaste for War at Walden Pond: Thoreau's The Bean-Field, Theories of Personal Property, and the Mexican-American War

Very low HbA1C, is it a problem?

Dear Editor An important problem to manage diabetes mellitus is controlling the patients` blood glucose. Fluctuation of blood glucose results in molecular biochemistry change and can result in unwanted diabetic complications (1). In clinical practice, hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) is a common useful laboratory test to follow-up patients with diabetes (2). Sometimes, an unexpecte...

A very political reconstruction: governance and reconstruction in Lebanon after the 2006 war.

This paper assesses the political nature of reconstruction in Lebanon in the wake of the 33-day war between Hezbollah and Israel in the summer of 2006. It illustrates the extent to which Arab and Gulf States assumed a major role in the reconstruction effort that followed the fighting. A significant competitive dynamic attached itself to the reconstruction of Lebanon, with external actors attemp...