Dekker's Accession Pageant for James I

James’ Conjecture for Hecke algebras of exceptional type, I

In this paper, and a second part to follow, we complete the programme (initiated more than 15 years ago) of determining the decomposition numbers and verifying James’ Conjecture for Iwahori–Hecke algebras of exceptional type. The new ingredients which allow us to achieve this aim are: • the fact, recently proved by the first author, that all Hecke algebras of finite type are cellular in the sen...

Applications of James–Stein Shrinkage (I): Variance Reduction without Bias

In a linear regression model with homoscedastic Normal noise, I consider James–Stein type shrinkage in the estimation of nuisance parameters associated with control variables. For at least three control variables and exogenous treatment, I show that the standard leastsquares estimator is dominated with respect to squared-error loss in the treatment effect even among unbiased estimators and even...

A Matter of Authority: James I and the Tobacco War

Roadmap to NATO Accession : Preparing for Membership

This report draws heavily on the proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Lessons Learned and the Enhancement of the Membership Action Plan organized by the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, and the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense, with support provided by the Office of the Sec...

Assessing Candidates for Future Accession to Nato

For planning purposes, the time frame for the MAP states’ accession to NATO matters greatly. If a country is likely to be a NATO member in the near-term, then shaping activities should be designed with that in mind. For more distant time frames, shaping activities should be designed to ensure that the potential member can provide for its own credible deterrent and, in order to strengthen that d...