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UNINA9910554240003321 |
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Rabinovich Itamar <1942-> |
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Syrian requiem : the civil war and its aftermath / / Itamar Rabinovich, Carmit Valensi |
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Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
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�2021 |
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1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Political science |
Syria History Civil War, 2011- |
Syria Politics and government 2000- |
Syria Foreign relations 21st century |
Syria Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Syria |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Ba'th in Power, 1963-2011 -- The Syrian Civil War and Crisis, 2011-018 -- The Domestic Scene -- The Regional Arena -- International Actors -- Syria 2019-2020 -- Conclusion : From the Syrian civil war to the lingering Syrian crisis. |
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"The Syrian crisis is not over yet but the period of full-fledged civil war in that country appears to be drawing to a close, and it is now possible to view this calamity with some perspective. This short book will address the following questions about the conflict: How and why did quiet demonstrations in Southern Syria develop into a brutal civil war? Why did the political opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad remain weak and divided? How did radical Jihadi Islamists take over the main military opposition to the Syrian regime? How did the Syrian conflict become a main arena of the Saudi-Iranian regional rivalry? What explains the ambivalent Western attitude towards the Syrian rebellion? How did US policy under the Obama administration evolve and why did both Obama and Trump decide not to make a major investment in it? How stable is the status quo? And how could the |
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conflict re-erupt in a different form? According to Rabinovitch, the Syrian regime and its supporters (including the Russians and the Iranians) have indeed emerged as victors, but it's a limited victory at best. The Syrian state under Assad controls only about 60 percent of the national territory and the potential for renewed violence is considerable. Assad's continued survival has come at the cost of deep dependency on Iran and Russia; his is now, arguably, a vassal state. This means that the country will remain in crisis for the foreseeable future, even if the full-scale civil war phase has come to an end. In his last chapter, Rabinovich will recommend policy options for the U.S"-- |
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UNINA9910744504603321 |
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From Blockchain to Web3 & Metaverse / / edited by Huawei Huang, Jiajing Wu, Zibin Zheng |
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Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (226 pages) |
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Computational intelligence |
Blockchains (Databases) |
Computers and civilization |
Electronic commerce |
Software engineering |
Computational Intelligence |
Blockchain |
Computers and Society |
e-Commerce and e-Business |
Software Engineering |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Chapter 1. How would Blockchain and Smart Contract Drive Metaverse?.-Chapter 2. How does Value Circulate in the Metaverse？ |
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Cryptocurrencies, Token Systems, and Web3 -- Chapter 3. How to Enrich Metaverse? Blockchains, Digital Twin and AI for Metaverse -- Chapter 4.How to Address Storage Issues for Metaverse? Blockchains and Distributed File Systems -- Chapter 5. How to Organize Web3 Users? Decentralized Autonomous Organizations:From Technology to Society -- Chapter 6. What Do Non-Fungible Tokens Mean for Metaverse? Measurements, Analyses, and Crimes -- Chapter 7. What could Digital Economy Do for Web3? Applications and Challenges -- Chapter 8. How does Economy System Work for Metaverse? Web3-Empowered Economy -- Chapter 9. What would Web3 & Metaverse still Face? Open Research Problems. |
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The Metaverse seamlessly integrates the real world with the virtual world and allows avatars to engage in a broad range of activities including entertainment, social networking, and trading. In this book, we dive into the Metaverse by discussing how blockchains connect various Metaverse components, digital currencies, and blockchain-empowered applications in the virtual world. On the other hand, Web3 has also attracted considerable attention due to its uniquely decentralized characteristics. The digital economy, currently undergoing a rapid development, is a critical driver to highly efficient societies. It is imperative that we investigate how to use Web3 technologies to address the critical concerns encountered during the development of the digital economy by fully exploring Web3. In this book, we also share insights into the Web3-based ecosystem in the Metaverse; topics of interest include decentralized finance, digital assets, the asset-trading market, etc. Unlike most works on the subject, this book mainly concentrates on insights and discussions regarding blockchain, the Metaverse and Web3. In other words, it focuses on using blockchain technologies to enable an ecosystem for both the Metaverse and Web3. Topics addressed include blockchain fundamentals, smart contracts, value circulation in the Metaverse, the connection between the Metaverse and Web3, the establishment of the Metaverse on the basis of blockchain technologies, decentralized autonomous organization, decentralized storage, digital economy, Web3-based economic systems for the Metaverse, etc. This book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, engineers, and policymakers working in various areas related to blockchain, the Metaverse and Web3. We hope that it will also inspire readers from academia and industry alike, and ultimately help them create a truly open, fair, and rational ecosystem for the Metaverse and Web3. |
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