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Bringing Christ into Every Community. 8220;The Essential 8” Study Series. September 14, 2011. Just as I mentioned in my last post, the Ladera Heights Christian Community will be starting a new study series. We will be reading and discussing. 8220;The Essential 8: Principles of Growing a Marriage. By Sam and Geri Laing. This is an 8 week series. Who says something has to be complex to be effective and life-changing? And ending on Friday, November 18. You can contact us. This entry was posted in Latest News.
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Interrogation | Steven J. Barela, LL.M., Ph.D.
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The Genii of the City. Through the Lens of Efficacy:. This is an adapted and revised excerpt from Chapter 5 of:. If the word torture, rooted in the Latin for twist, means anything (and it means the deliberate infliction of excruciating physical or mental pain to punish or coerce ), then waterboarding is a means of torture. 8211;William Safire, Conservative Language Columnist. US before the Committee Against Torture (2006). To begin, it is necessary to define what is meant by. In the specific context of a...
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Conceptualizing | Steven J. Barela, LL.M., Ph.D.
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The Genii of the City. Conceptualizing Legitimacy as a Target. This is an adapted and revised excerpt from Chapter 1 of:. N essential dimension of political struggle, whether armed or unarmed, will inevitably revolve around the. Weber described the defining concept of the state as, a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force. Within a given territory . Monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force. Within a given territory . While much attention ha...
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Int’l Counterterrorism | Steven J. Barela, LL.M., Ph.D.
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The Genii of the City. And a Legitimacy Deficit. This is an adapted and revised excerpt from Chapter 2 of:. Rather, they seek either to cause the enemy to overreact and thereby permit them to recruit large numbers of followers so that they can launch a guerilla campaign, or to have such a psychological or economic impact on the enemy that it will withdraw of its own accord. Bin Laden called this the bleed-until-bankruptcy plan. 8211;Sir Robert Thompson. Destruction, Not Construction, of Legitimacy. At th...
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Drones | Steven J. Barela, LL.M., Ph.D.
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The Genii of the City. The Legitimacy of Drones:. UCAVs for Cross-Border Counterterrorism. Series: Emerging Technologies, Ethics and Int’l Affairs. W]hen we cannot explain our efforts clearly and publicly, we face terrorist propaganda and international suspicion, we erode legitimacy with our partners and our people and we reduce accountability in our own government. O counterterrorism policies need to be perceived as legitimate? Through the Lens of Legality Formal Validity. Who Can Be Killed? 8211; Alexi...
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Giants | Steven J. Barela, LL.M., Ph.D.
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The Genii of the City. The giants upon whose shoulders I stand. Argaret M. Barela (1946-2009) was a pianist, violinist, instructor, doctor of music, arts critic and writer; but to me, she was my beautiful Aunt Margaret. She died January 2, 2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after a six-year battle against ovarian cancer at the age of 62. The story that was dominating the news at that time was the Iran-Contra affair, and Margaret intently followed and analyzed the political arguments of presidential power m...
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War-Making | Steven J. Barela, LL.M., Ph.D.
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The Genii of the City. Just War and Public Diplomacy. Through the Lens of Morality:. This is an adapted and revised excerpt from Chapter 4 of:. 8211;Sir Francis Bacon (1624). 8211;Hugo Grotius (1625). Classical, modern, and contemporary forms of moral (at times mixing clearly with legal) analysis are a testament to the durability and relevance of such an approach. Therefore, as the just war theory will serve as the overarching vehicle that will drive this axiological analysis, it should be understood as ...
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