The European Union as a Mediator in Israel-Palestine: Operations Cast Lead and Protective Edge. EU Diplomacy Paper 01/2016

The European Union (EU) has played an important, yet inconsistent role in the Israel-Palestine conflict since the1980 Venice Declaration. This paper analyses how the EU’s role as a mediator has changed more recently in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Specifically, it examines how the ‘Concept on Strengthening EU Mediation and Dialogue Capacities’ adopted in 2009 and the creation of the European External Action Service and the High Representative by the Lisbon Treaty have changed the EU’s resources and strategies as a mediator as well as how these developments improved cooperation and coordination with other mediators. This analysis is done through a comparison of the EU’s role in the Israeli Operation Cast Lead in 2008/2009 and Operation Protective Edge in 2014. It is argued that the aforementioned changes made the EU a more capable mediator and facilitated internal coordination. However, these changes did not create more resources for the EU as a mediator, rather they changed how the EU used its resources.

Why Belgium Needs a Special Operations Command. Security Policy Brief No. 70, April 2016

The setting up of a Special Operations Command (SOCOM) constitutes a key element of the ongoing Belgian defence reforms. This Policy Brief aims to put the present demand for special operations forces in its historical context and engage in the discussion on how to structure and employ this special instrument of policy. Building on the legacy of the paracommando regiment, the future Belgian SOCOM constitutes a critical capability within an adaptive force structure. This new entity must be able to deliver results in a variety of unconventional missions that require high readiness, intellectual flexibility and maximum discretion or surprise. At the same time, special operations forces do not constitute a substitute for having a comprehensive security policy. They function best when used as force multipliers alongside other instruments of power towards joint effect. As the proverbial tip of the spear, they must lead the way for Belgian defence regeneration in general.

A vela adaptada no Clube Naval do Funchal

O presente documento é um relatório da atividade profissional realizada no Clube Naval do Funchal (CNF) e insere-se no âmbito do mestrado em Atividade Física e Desporto, realizado enquanto aluno da Universidade da Madeira, focado sobre o desempenho, ações, funções e demais iniciativas levadas a cabo nos últimos cinco anos no CNF, tendo como tema principal a “Vela Adaptada” (VA) no CNF. Esta análise e reflexão crítica ao trabalho desenvolvido serão suportadas através das experiências e vivências próprias. A vela adaptada é um desporto recente na cena nacional e regional. Nos dias de hoje, a responsabilidade humana e social de cada um de nós determina que tenhamos o dever ético e moral de criar condições de inclusão às pessoas portadoras de deficiência, possibilitando e facilitando a superação de barreiras sociais que estão enraizadas em todos nós, bem como ajudando à mitigação dos constrangimentos no seu dia a dia. Por essa via, melhoramos a sua qualidade de vida e conferimos-lhes maior autonomia, sendo a atividade física adaptada uma das formas possíveis. Este desporto adaptado tem crescido nos últimos anos, fruto do surgimento de meios tecnológicos apropriados, digam-se embarcações que oferecem todas as garantias de sucesso no ensino aprendizagem desta variante da vela. Desta forma, a inclusão social e o desenvolvimento da vela adaptada oferecem e possibilitam a realização de atividades físicas de forma mais corrente, normal e, acima de tudo, segura. Este trabalho é um exemplo do papel social e inclusivo feito através da implementação de um desporto náutico, neste caso da vela adaptada, como forma de minimizar as assimetrias existentes neste âmbito social.

Integrity of production wells and confining unit at the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Dallas, Texas, 1995 /

Shipping list no.: 98-0115-P.

U.S. aid operations in Latin America under the Alliance for Progress ; thirty-sixth report by Committee on Government Operations.

"Aug. 5, 1968"

United States aid operations in Latin America. Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, first session ...

Hearings held Nov. 27-Dec. 11, 1961.

United States aid operations in Peru : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, first session....

Hearings held Nov. 14, 1960-May 18, 1961.

American oil operations abroad,

"Based upon the report of the Group on American petroleum interests in foreign countries to the Special committee investigating petroleum resources, Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, chairman."--Pref.