In 2011 NATO launched its Smart Defense Initiative which was intended to provide greater security with fewer resources combined with higher level of coordination and coherence among allies and partners. The importance of this initiative was once again highlighted at the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago which welcomed national and transnational efforts to “develop, acquire and maintain the capabiliti...

We discuss the problem of computing the volume of a convex body K in R. We review worst-case results which show that it is hard to deterministically approximate voln K and randomised approximation algorithms which show that with randomisation one can approximate very nicely. We then provide some applications of this latter result. •Supported by NATO grant RG0088/89 t Supported by NSF grant CCR-...

This review is written for the NATO lecture series: NATO RTA “Survival at Sea for Mariners, Aviators and Personnel Involved in Search and Rescue”. It provides a brief historical perspective, updated scientific information on the phenomenon, susceptibility and management of seasickness. It is designed to provide the latest data on seasickness for all those who earn their living working on or fly...

Application of telemedicine systems to cover distant geographical areas has increased recently. However, the potential usefulness of similar systems for creation of national networks does not seem to be widely appreciated. The article describes the "Virtual Health Care Knowledge Center in Georgia" project. Its aim was the set up of an online integrated web-based platform to provide remote medic...

The study interrogates the issues surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ongoing war between two Eastern European countries. It examines remote immediate causes as well position leading other members UN Security Council world leaders on aggression. also analysed justification based fact that security is being threatened by continued expansion NATO to Europe, against which Moscow claims it...