The article reflects on how the themes of hunger, consumption of soft drinks and consumption of beans and rice are addressed in Brazilian popular music. We investigate the years of military dictatorship (1964-1985). The focus of the analysis is on the so-called protest song, a musical genre characterized by aesthetic, cultural, political, ideological and social criticism to military rule. The s...

Hezbollah’s new political document aims to define the political vision of the party. It includes our visions and stances and the aspirations, expectations and fears that preoccupy us. This political document also comes as a result of the priority of deeds and responsibility of sacrifice that we have experienced. At an exceptional time loaded with transformations, it is no longer possible to add...

The successive developments in Turkish defense industry has become a core dominant narrative of the AK Party, led to an increasing interest opposition parties, industrial and academic circles. While political parties’ election manifestos reveal role party politics shaping priorities, general trend shows rising level societal awareness meet goal localization, nationalization, strategic autonomy ...

Western governments to legitimize a new and sometimes controversial security agenda. The use of humanitarian reasons to justify international military interventions, combined with the fact that the governments involved in these military operations are usually also the main financiers of the humanitarian system, has led to revived discussions among international humanitarian organizations and NG...

The concept of strategy has been developed first in a military and political context. Military strategy books, such as The Art of War by Sun Tzu and On War by von Clausewitz, are famous and have become business classics. Sun Tzu developed the tactical side of military strategy and Von Clausewitz highlighted the dynamic and unpredictable nature of military strategy. The growth of firms and indus...

The concept of strategy has been developed first in a military and political context. Military strategy books, such as The Art of War by Sun Tzu and On War by von Clausewitz, are famous and have become business classics. Sun Tzu developed the tactical side of military strategy and Von Clausewitz highlighted the dynamic and unpredictable nature of military strategy. The growth of firms and indus...

The focus of this article addresses drug use and drug markets in Northern Ireland against the backdrop of the most recent Irish political conflict, e.g., 1969 to the present. Between 1969 and 1999, a total of 3289 individuals had died and more than 40 000 were injured as a result of the Northern Ireland political conflict. Extrapolating the data to Britain, comparable figures would reflect 111 ...