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Sovereign Wealth Funds

Sovereign Wealth Funds

Adam D. Dixon; Patrick J. Schena; Javier Capapé

Agenda Publishing
2022
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What constitutes a sovereign wealth fund is contested. In general, however, it is a state-sponsored institutional investor that is answerable only to the state and makes investments according to the interests and mandate of that state. Different types of funds have emerged in the context of particular economic conjunctures, and over the last decade the number of sovereign wealth funds has grown substantially, with total assets exceeding $7 trillion. This trend is set to continue, as more and more countries look to establish an SWF. The place of SWFs in global financial markets may appear settled, but this does not mean that concerns about "state capital" and its place in financial markets has gone away. This short book offers an incisive discussion of the development of this class of investor, how they have become legitimate actors in global financial markets, and their role as providers of capital and in economic development at home and abroad.
The Ethics of National Security Intelligence Institutions

The Ethics of National Security Intelligence Institutions

Adam Henschke; Seumas Miller; Andrew Alexandra; Patrick F. Walsh; Roger Bradbury

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2024
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This book explores the ethics of national security intelligence institutions operating in contemporary liberal democracies.Intelligence collection by agencies such as the CIA, MI6, and Mossad involves practices that are apparently inconsistent with the principles of ordinary morality – practices such as lying, spying, manipulation, and covert action. However, in the defence of national security, such practices may not only be morally permissible, but may also under some circumstances be morally obligatory. One approach to the ethics of national security intelligence activity has been to draw from the just war tradition (so-called ‘just intelligence theory’). This book identifies significant limitations of this approach and offers a new, institutionally based, teleological normative framework. In doing so, it revises some familiar principles designed for application to kinetic wars, such as necessity and proportionality, and invokes some additional ones, such as reciprocity and trust. It goes on to explore the applications of this framework and a revised set of principles for national security intelligence institutions and practices in contemporary and emerging political and technological settings.This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, ethics, security studies and International Relations.
The Ethics of National Security Intelligence Institutions

The Ethics of National Security Intelligence Institutions

Adam Henschke; Seumas Miller; Andrew Alexandra; Patrick F. Walsh; Roger Bradbury

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2025
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This book explores the ethics of national security intelligence institutions operating in contemporary liberal democracies. Intelligence collection by agencies such as the CIA, MI6, and Mossad involves practices that are apparently inconsistent with the principles of ordinary morality – practices such as lying, spying, manipulation, and covert action. However, in the defence of national security, such practices may not only be morally permissible, but may also under some circumstances be morally obligatory. One approach to the ethics of national security intelligence activity has been to draw from the just war tradition (so-called ‘just intelligence theory’). This book identifies significant limitations of this approach and offers a new, institutionally based, teleological normative framework. In doing so, it revises some familiar principles designed for application to kinetic wars, such as necessity and proportionality, and invokes some additional ones, such as reciprocity and trust. It goes on to explore the applications of this framework and a revised set of principles for national security intelligence institutions and practices in contemporary and emerging political and technological settings. This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, ethics, security studies and International Relations.
Maximizing Tableau Server

Maximizing Tableau Server

Patrick Sarsfield; Brandi Locker; Adam Mico

PACKT PUBLISHING LIMITED
2021
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Enhance the way you use Tableau Server's analytical tools by learning how to manage content to drive user engagementKey FeaturesUnderstand how to quickly get connected, start publishing workbooks, and adjust basic settingsNavigate the Tableau Server interface to filter and locate content, customize viewing options, and automate various tasksLearn best practices for improving the efficiency of workbooks and data sourcesBook DescriptionTableau Server is a business intelligence application that provides a centralized location to store, edit, share, and collaborate on content, such as dashboards and curated data sources. This book gets you up and running with Tableau Server to help you increase end-user engagement for your published work as well as reduce or eliminate redundant tasks. You'll explore Tableau Server's structure and how to get started by connecting, publishing content, and navigating the software interface. Next, you'll learn when and how to update the settings of your content at various levels to best utilize Tableau Server's features. You'll understand how to interact with the Tableau Server interface to locate, sort, filter, manage and customize content. Later, the book shows you how to leverage other valuable features that enable you and your audience to share, download, and interact with content on Tableau Server. As you progress, you'll cover principles to increase the performance of your published content. All along, the book shows you how to navigate, interact with, and use Tableau Server with the help of engaging examples and best practices shared by recognized Tableau professionals. By the end of this Tableau book, you'll have a solid understanding of how to use Tableau Server to manage content, automate tasks, and increase end-user engagement.What you will learnGet well-versed in Tableau Server's interface to quickly and easily access essential contentExplore the different types of content and navigate through the project hierarchy quicklyUnderstand how to connect, publish, manage, and modify content on Tableau ServerDiscover how to share content and collaborate with othersAutomate tedious tasks by creating custom views, alerts, subscriptions, and data refresh schedulesBuild data visualizations using Web EditUnderstand how to monitor disparate metrics on multiple dashboardsWho this book is forThis Tableau software book is for BI developers, data analysts, and everyday users who have access to Tableau Server and possess basic web navigation skills. No prior experience with Tableau Server is required.
Assessing Capabilities and Risks in Air Force Programming

Assessing Capabilities and Risks in Air Force Programming

Don Snyder; Patrick Mills; Adam C Resnick; Brent D Fulton

RAND
2009
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The findings presented here reexamine capabilities-based programming by introducing a new definition of capability metrics and a new set of algorithms for building and evaluating programs. The tools provide the programmer with a means to quantitatively and reproducibly develop programming options in light of an uncertain future, serving as a means to express capabilities and risks of resource allocations in terms of national planning objectives.
Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces

Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces

Don Synder; Patrick Mills; Manuel Carrillo; Adam Resnick

RAND
2006
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The Department of Defense in recent years has shifted from threat-based planning to structuring its forces to provide a range of capabilities. As such, the need has arisen for new methods to assess the Air Force's manpower and materiel deployment capabilities. The authors outline a method for assessing Air and Space Expeditionary Force capabilities given certain policies and resource levels, and they illustrate how this method can contribute to the capabilities-based planning environment.
BRICS and the New American Imperialism

BRICS and the New American Imperialism

Vishwas Satgar; Ferrial Adam; Samir Amin; Patrick Bond; William K Carroll; Christopher Chase-Dunn; Alexander Gallas; Ana Garcia; Karina Kato; Nivedita Majumdar; Keamogetswe Seipato

Wits University Press
2020
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Challenges the mainstream understanding of BRICS and US dominance to situate the new global rivalries engulfing capitalism BRICS is a grouping of the five major emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Volume five in the Democratic Marxism series, BRICS and the New American Imperialism challenges the mainstream understanding of BRICS and US dominance to situate the new global rivalries engulfing capitalism. It offers novel analyses of BRICS in the context of increasing US induced imperial chaos, deepening environmental crisis tendencies (such as climate change and water scarcity), contradictory dynamics inside BRICS countries and growing subaltern resistance. The authors revisit contemporary thinking on imperialism and anti-imperialism, drawing on the work of Rosa Luxemburg, one of the leading theorists after Marx, who attempted to understand the expansionary nature of capitalism from the heartlands to the peripheries. The richness of Luxemburg's pioneering work inspires most of the volume's contributors in their analyses of the dangerous contradictions of the contemporary world as well as forms of democratic agency advancing resistance. While various forms of resistance are highlighted, among them water protests, mass worker strikes, anti-corporate campaigning and forms of cultural critique, this volume grapples with the challenge of renewing anti-imperialism beyond the NGO-driven World Social Forum and considers the prospects of a new horizontal political vessel to build global convergence. It also explores the prospects of a Fifth International of Peoples and Workers.
Brics and the New American Imperialism

Brics and the New American Imperialism

Vishwas Satgar; Ferrial Adam; Samir Amin; Patrick Bond; William K Carroll; Christopher Chase-Dunn; Alexander Gallas; Ana Garcia; Karina Kato; Nivedita Majumdar; Keamogetswe Seipato

WITS UNIVERSITY PRESS
2020
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Challenges the mainstream understanding of BRICS and US dominance to situate the new global rivalries engulfing capitalism BRICS is a grouping of the five major emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Volume five in the Democratic Marxism series, BRICS and the New American Imperialism challenges the mainstream understanding of BRICS and US dominance to situate the new global rivalries engulfing capitalism. It offers novel analyses of BRICS in the context of increasing US induced imperial chaos, deepening environmental crisis tendencies (such as climate change and water scarcity), contradictory dynamics inside BRICS countries and growing subaltern resistance. The authors revisit contemporary thinking on imperialism and anti-imperialism, drawing on the work of Rosa Luxemburg, one of the leading theorists after Marx, who attempted to understand the expansionary nature of capitalism from the heartlands to the peripheries. The richness of Luxemburg's pioneering work inspires most of the volume's contributors in their analyses of the dangerous contradictions of the contemporary world as well as forms of democratic agency advancing resistance. While various forms of resistance are highlighted, among them water protests, mass worker strikes, anti-corporate campaigning and forms of cultural critique, this volume grapples with the challenge of renewing anti-imperialism beyond the NGO-driven World Social Forum and considers the prospects of a new horizontal political vessel to build global convergence. It also explores the prospects of a Fifth International of Peoples and Workers.
Courtside

Courtside

Nathaniel Butler; Dave McMenamin; Adam Silver; Patrick Ewing; Spike Lee

ABRAMS
2024
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40 years of stunning basketball photography—both on the court and off—from one of the sport's greatest chroniclers. This handsome coffee table book is the perfect gift for the basketball fan in your life. As one of the NBA’s premier photographers, Nathaniel S. Butler has shot it all. From iconic moments like Ray Allen’s corner three to intimate portraits of Bill Russell and the NBA50 and NBA75 teams to Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant and Steph Curry clinching championships, if it was a history-making basketball moment, Butler was there.Courtside: 40 Years of NBA Photography is a spectacular photographic collection spanning the first four decades of Butler’s career, including the current draft class’s rookie season. With commentary from NBA legends across generations, including Patrick Ewing, Steph Curry, Jeremy Lin, and Victor Wembanyama, this is the insider look at the National Basketball Association and the man whose photographs have helped define its rise.
Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Dragons Unleashed

Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Dragons Unleashed

Savannah Broadway; Joseph Carriker; Adam Daigle; Steve Kenson; Patrick Renie; F. Wesley Schneider; Tork Shaw

Paizo Publishing, LLC
2013
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Dragons invade the world of the Pathfinder RPG in Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Dragons Unleashed! This collection of deadly foes and potent allies reveals 15 of Golarion’s most powerful and influential dragons, from cunning draconic manipulators to great wyrms capable of testing even the most experienced adventurers. Dragons of every chromatic and metallic breed fill this collection, along with mysterious primal dragons and regal imperial dragons. Each entry includes full statistics for running the dragon, details on its history and ambitions, ways to use the dragon in an ongoing campaign, descriptions and maps of the dragon’s lair, the contents of its vast hoard, and more. Unleash Golarion’s ultimate monsters on your game with Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Dragons Unleashed!
The Lawyer's Guide to Strategic Practice Management

The Lawyer's Guide to Strategic Practice Management

Viv Williams; John Sterling; Patrick J McKenna; David H Freeman; Chrissie Lightfoot; Andrew Hedley; Adam Billing; Robert Pay; Heidi K Gardner; Danny Ertel; Lisa B Horowitz; Arthur G Greene; Patricia Wheatley Burt; Harry P Trueheart; Patrick J Lamb; Toby Brown; Vincent Cordo; V Mary Abraham; JD Alman MacDonagh; John Alber; Clare Adshead-Grant

Ark Group
2015
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Could you benefit from expert guidance on how to stay competitive and streamlined in a legal marketplace that is increasingly competitive? Law firms are finding it harder to adapt quickly to a legal landscape that is constantly evolving. That's why it's imperative for law firm leaders to recognise and respond to this change in order to stay competitive. While the economy has improved, key challenges from the recession remain. Clients are more demanding, reducing cost is as important as it ever was, and firms realise that operational efficiency is crucial to gaining small but important margins. In this market, those small margins can be game-changers for large and small firm alike. This new and updated edition of The Lawyer's Guide to Strategic Practice Management equips law firm leaders with the very latest guidance and market knowledge on how to improve and refine current management strategies in order to thrive and compete in today's legal marketplace. From the latest developments in technology and AI, how to improve your firm's coverage on LinkedIn to increasing motivation to act on cross-selling opportunities, this guide is an amalgamation of guidance from the most talked-about thought leaders in the legal sphere. The second edition contains 7 new chapters covering strategy; market and client development; people and talent management; finance and pricing and optimisation and technology. Key features of this updated guide 33 chapters covering six key areas of law firm management Contains valuable material such as diagnostic questionnaires, how-to guides, case studies and action-planning worksheets Hear from a range of thought leaders and experts in the law firm management sphere including: Viv Williams (CEO of 360 Legal Group) Patrick J. McKenna (strategist and advisor to premier law firms) Chrissie Lightfoot (CEO of EntrepreneurLawyer Ltd) Geoff Coughlin (co-founder of Emphasis on Skills Ltd) Order your copy of this guide to: Review revenue and profit models, profitability strategies and law firm profit drivers Examine the various alternatives to the traditional billing hour Measure and manage the performance of your lawyers Find market niches and develop individual business development strategies Learn about the adoption of client listening programmes Use big data for billing and cost and forecasting analysis Build the business case for legal project management Improve client and staff communication, connectivity and collaboration strategies Inform your management strategy with the very latest market insights and find solutions to your management challenge. Order your copy of this updated guide.
The Law of Privilege

The Law of Privilege

Bankim Thanki; Tamara Oppenheimer; Chloe Carpenter; James Cutress; Patrick Goodall; Henry King; Rebecca Loveridge; Rosalind Phelps; Leonora Sagan; Adam Sher; Nik Yeo

Oxford University Press
2025
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The law of privilege is recognized as a fundamental right essential to the function of the rule of law. This book provides a comprehensive reference to legal professional privilege in both contentious and non-contentious contexts, addressing legal advice and litigation privilege, as well as privilege against self-incrimination and without prejudice privilege. Providing detailed coverage of the nature of privilege, how it arises, how it is lost, and its limits, the book begins with an outline of the law and policy underlying privilege, before providing guidance on issues that arise regularly in practice. These issues include exceptions (with a detailed analysis of the iniquity exception), multi-jurisdictional issues, procedural matters, and challenges like pre-existing and partly privileged documents. It also covers the loss of legal professional privilege (including loss of confidence, and implied and express waiver), the linked area of being without prejudice privilege, its scope, exceptions, rules governing waiver, and the position in respect of mediation, as well as joint and common interest privilege. Systematically updated to cover all significant developments in privilege law, this fourth edition considers the wealth of recent case law that has been published and includes new sections addressing the issues of privilege that arise in criminal proceedings and Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. Written by experts from Fountain Court chambers, The Law of Privilege is unrivalled for its logical structure and clarity, with extensive cross-referencing and useful summaries ensuring ease of understanding and quick access to information. It is an essential reference tool for practitioners in all fields of practice and students of Civil and Criminal Procedure, providing a concise route through the complexities of privilege law.
How Can the Mobility Air Forces Better Support Adaptive Basing?

How Can the Mobility Air Forces Better Support Adaptive Basing?

David T Orletsky; Jeffrey S Brown; Bradley Deblois; Patrick Mills; Daniel M Norton; Julia Brackup; Christian Curriden; Adam R Grissom; Robert A Guffey

RAND Corporation
2023
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The U.S. Air Force is exploring adaptive basing (AB) concepts to reduce the vulnerability of U.S. forces and to preserve critical combat capabilities in highly contested environments. These concepts are likely to stress the U.S. Air Force's global mobility capabilities. This report assesses the impact of AB concepts on the Mobility Air Forces and to recommends enhancements to better support AB operations in a contested environment.
Judging Homosexuals

Judging Homosexuals

Patrice Corriveau; Barry Adam

University of British Columbia Press
2011
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In 2004, the first same-sex couple legally married in Quebec. How did homosexuality – an act that had for centuries been defined as abominable and criminal – come to be sanctioned by law?Judging Homosexuals finds answers in a comparative analysis of gay persecution in France and Quebec, places that share a common culture but have diverging legal traditions. In both settings, Patrice Corriveau explores how various groups – family and clergy, doctors and jurists – tried to manage people who were defined in turn as sinners, as criminals, as inverts, and as citizens to be protected by law.By bringing to light the various discourses that have over time supported the control and persecution of individual homoerotic behaviour in France and Quebec, this book makes the case that when it came to managing sexuality, the law helped construct the crime.