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UNINA9910958001603321 |
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The countries of North Africa : background and issues / / Vincent G. Luciano, editor |
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New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Terrorism - Africa, North |
Human rights - Africa, North |
Africa, North Politics and government 21st century |
Africa, North Economic conditions 21st century |
Africa, North Foreign relations |
Africa, North Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Africa, North |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro -- THE COUNTRIES OF NORTH AFRICA: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES -- THE COUNTRIES OF NORTH AFRICA: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 ALGERIA: CURRENT ISSUES* -- SUMMARY -- GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS -- TERRORISM3 -- COUNTER TERRORISM -- HUMAN RIGHTS -- ECONOMY -- FOREIGN AFFAIRS -- RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 COUNTRY PROFILE: ALGERIA* -- COUNTRY -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- GEOGRAPHY -- SOCIETY -- ECONOMY -- TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS -- NATIONAL SECURITY -- Chapter 3 EGYPT: BACKGROUND AND U.S. RELATIONS* -- SUMMARY -- LATEST DEVELOPMENTS -- CURRENT ISSUES IN U.S.-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS -- Presidential Succession: Who Will Follow Hosni Mubarak? -- Egypt and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- Overview -- Current Egyptian Mediation Efforts -- The Smuggling Tunnels -- U.S. Border Monitoring and Tunnel Detection Assistance -- The Economy and U.S-Egyptian Trade and |
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Investment -- U.S.-Egyptian Trade -- Qualified Industrial Zones -- Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and Women's Rights -- Religious Freedom -- Women's Rights -- Quota for Women in Parliament -- GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE -- The Role of the Military in Egyptian Society -- The National Democratic Party (NDP)41 -- The Judiciary -- POLITICAL OPPOSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY -- The Muslim Brotherhood49 -- Civil Society in Egypt -- Organized Labor -- U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT -- Overview -- The Debate over U.S. Assistance to Egypt -- Promoting Democracy in Egypt: Differing Perspectives -- Economic Aid -- The Endowment -- Military Aid -- Recent Arms Sales Notifications -- APPENDIX. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- Egypt during the Colonial Era -- The Constitutional Monarchy and the British -- Nasser and Egypt during the Cold War -- Egypt-Israeli Peace. |
The Camp David Agreement and 1979 Peace Treaty -- Egypt under Mubarak -- Author Contact Information -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 LIBYA: BACKGROUND AND U.S. RELATIONS* -- SUMMARY -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- BACKGROUND AND RECENT HISTORY -- The Qadhafi Era -- The Green Book and Qadhafi's Ideology -- Terrorism and Confrontation with the United States -- Qadhafi's Arab-Israeli Intransigence -- International Isolation and Signs of Change -- CURRENT ISSUES IN U.S.-LIBYAN RELATIONS -- Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement -- Settlement Details -- Settlement Eligibility and Adjudication -- U.S. Foreign Assistance to Libya -- Funding for New U.S. Embassy Construction -- Counterterrorism Cooperation -- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROFILE -- Muammar al Qadhafi: A Profile -- Political Dynamics -- Government Structure -- The "Authority of the People" -- Proposals for the Dissolution of State Ministries and Revenue Dist-ribution -- Opposition Groups -- Exiles -- The Muslim Brotherhood -- Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) -- Al Qaeda Affiliation and Recantations -- Political Reform and Human Rights -- Legal and Institutional Reform -- Human Rights Monitoring -- Fathi al Jahmi -- Libyan Foreign Policy -- Energy and the Libyan Economy -- Oil Reserves and Production Capacity -- Natural Gas -- MILITARY PROFILE AND WMD DISARMAMENT -- The Libyan Military -- Structure, Training, and Equipment -- Arms Sales63 -- WMD Programs and Disarmament68 -- Nuclear, Chemical, and Ballistic Missile Programs -- Termination of WMD and Missile Programs -- Motives for Disarmament -- International Controls and Inspections -- FURTHER READING AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES -- APPENDIX A. LIBYA'S PRE-QADHAFI HISTORY -- Libya's Colonial Experience -- The Ottoman Empire and Qaramanli Dynasty -- "The Shores of Tripoli" -- Italian Annexation and Post-War Uncertainty -- Independence and Monarchy, 1951-1969. |
APPENDIX B. NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS, TERRORISM, AND RELATED CLAIMS -- Background: Pan Am Flight 103 -- Lockerbie Appeal and Megrahi's Release -- Background: La Belle and UTA Flight 772 -- Reestablishing Normal Bilateral Relations -- Congressional Efforts on Behalf of U.S. Terrorism Victims -- Liability Changes under Section 1083 of P.L. 110-181 -- End Notes -- Chapter 5 MOROCCO: CURRENT ISSUES* -- SUMMARY -- GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS -- TERRORISM -- COUNTERTERRORISM -- HUMAN RIGHTS -- ECONOMY -- FOREIGN POLICY -- Western Sahara -- Algeria -- Europe -- Middle East -- RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES -- End Notes -- Chapter 6 TUNISIA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND POLICY ISSUES* -- ABSTRACT -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS: EXIT OF PRESIDENT BEN ALI -- December-January Protests -- The U.S. Response -- BACKGROUND: THE GOVERNMENT UNDER BEN ALI -- Suppression of Islamist Politics -- Human Rights -- TERRORISM -- ECONOMY -- RELATIONS WITH THE |
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UNITED STATES -- U.S. Assistance -- OTHER FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES -- OUTLOOK -- AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 WESTERN SAHARA: STATUS OF SETTLEMENT EFFORTS* -- SUMMARY -- HISTORY -- THE BAKER PLAN AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS -- CURRENT SITUATION -- MOROCCAN AND ALGERIAN VIEWS -- PROSPECTS -- UNITED STATES POLICY -- End Notes -- INDEX. |
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This book provides an overview of the countries of North Africa including: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara. This compilation explores the regions history, current governments and politics, economies, military profiles, foreign policies, and their relations with the United States. |
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UNINA9910512172903321 |
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Titolo |
Digital Economy. Emerging Technologies and Business Innovation : 6th International Conference on Digital Economy, ICDEc 2021, Tallinn, Estonia, July 15–17, 2021, Proceedings / / edited by Rim Jallouli, Mohamed Anis Bach Tobji, Hamid Mcheick, Gunnar Piho |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 |
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[1st ed. 2021.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, , 1865-1356 ; ; 431 |
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Electronic commerce |
Business information services |
Application software |
Artificial intelligence - Data processing |
Education - Data processing |
e-Commerce and e-Business |
IT in Business |
Computer and Information Systems Applications |
Data Science |
Computers and Education |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Digital Strategies -- Women in ICT: Towards the Digital Gender Equilibrium in Croatian Society -- The strategic values of omnichannel behavior in the age of COVID-19 -- Development of an Intelligent Win-Win Negotiation Model -- Virtual Communities -- The Impact of National Diversity on Task Conflict in Global Virtual Teams: The Moderating Effect of Language Factors -- Virtual Communities and Wellbeing: A systematic Literature Review and Recommendations for Future Research -- Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology -- BlockChain Technology: Diffusion of Innovation perspective (Tunisian Context Exploration) -- An assessment of Inter Market Volatility and Spillover Dynamics of Bitcoin as a Digital Asset -- Artificial intelligence and data science -- A Framework for Corporate Artificial Intelligence Strategy -- Testing the applicability of digital decision support on a nationwide HER -- Topic modeling of marketing scientific papers: An experimental survey -- Cross-domainsentiment analysis of the natural Romanian language -- Online education -- Transition to Tertiary Education and eLearning in Lebanon against the backdrop of economic collapse and Covid-19 pandemic -- Online Education in Lebanon during the Covid-19 Crisis: An Ongoing Coping Phase -- Digital Transformation -- Strategic Management for Digital Transformation: pro et contra -- Digital Servitization as a new research context: A bibliometric analysis -- Augmented reality and IOT -- Augmented Reality Humans: Towards Multisensorial Awareness -- Collecting big data in cinemas to improve recommendation systems - a model with three types of motion sensors -- Pairing Tweets with the Right Location. . |
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Digital Economy, ICDEc 2021. The conference was held during July 15–17, 2021. It was initially planned to take place in Tallin, Estonia, but changed to a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 18 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Digital strategies; virtual communities; digital assets and blockchain technology; artificial intelligence and data science; online education; digital transformation; and augmented reality and IOT. |
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