..., and intentions are poorly understood. Many intelligence professionals consider Iran to be the hardest intelligence target in the world. Solid intelligence does exist about the regime's nuclear program, as reported in the 2007 Iran National Intelligence Estimate. There is no evidence that Iran has decided...

..., civilian control by democratically elected politicians, and the existence of a professional military that functions as an expert organization for defending the state. This operational definition is based on the findings of a collective research endeavor, coordinated by 2. See Constantine P. Danopoulos...

... States doubled between the decades of the 1980s and 1990s. Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Ghana, and South Africa dominated immigration fl ows to the United States during that period. The high rate at which trained professionals are leaving Africa has cre- ated a crisis. African governments...

... the bureaucratic process. Another area in which the Basque government has played a central role was in professional training. While large companies had their own internal training systems, SMEs lacked the resources and knowledge. This became a central priority in a context marked by constant and rapid...

... the creation of a fully professionalized “independent military sphere,” which would be unable or unwilling to participate in political debate or civilian struggle, in contrast to Huntington’s concept of “subjective” civilian control, in which the military is another actor in politics, working...

... on conscription, and the law provides for general mobilization in a situation of national emergency. The legislation details the fundamental principles of the military and provides for rights and obligations concerning professional service in the field of defense. The parameters of civil defense...

... articulated on the basis of the assumptions of Huntington and Janowitz’s classical theories on the civil-military gap, which was reinterpreted after the end of the Cold War by introducing other factors into the analysis, such as the consequences of shrinking and professionalizing the military...

... arrival. One should never have even been given a tent to contemplate opening. The most professional remained for less than a month. One interim and potentially credible RA had to divide his time between Mitrovica and his other assigned duties in Pristina. Others threw up their hands in the face...

... to the point of psychiatric evaluation.” From that point onward, psychiatrists had to use their best judgment and ethical professional standards to determine whether or not a per- son would be stripped of his or her decision-­making power over treatment or declared well enough to make those decisions...

... is a profession whose members select law administration as a career. As such, the judicial corps is bureaucratic, hier- archical, and professional. As in all bureaucracies, assessment, evaluation, and promotion are done within the system. This works well where there is a viable tradition of judicial...

... Europe and the European Par- liament as well as professionals, economists, and journalists to discuss issues of urgent and continuing concern in the region. The center conducted four such seminars in Salonika during the past year. The results were...

... those who are entrusted with the administration of the foundation, as well as from those who are professionally performing charita- ble services to the community or from those who exploit for their own inter- est the needs of those the foundation wishes to help. Years ago, I used to think...

..., professionals (lawyers, doctors, and so forth), traders, artisans, shopkeepers, and small-scale investors. Athens, Bel- grade, and Sofia illustrate this pattern.14 In Belgrade, public employees and their families constituted more than 22 percent of the households from 1895...

... unskilled to a semiskilled professional. This was possible due to the higher standards of education and linguistic skills attained by Portuguese work- ers, who were now able to respond to the increasing demand for special- ized workers in other European countries.17...

... of economics at the University of Athens. He is the former chairperson of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission and of the International Public Interest Oversight Board for audit, ethical, and education standards of professional accountants. Crisis without a Legacy: Reflections...

... of their parents, the best of both modern and traditional worlds. These girls come mostly from the lower strata of society both in terms of economics and education. Despite the lack of education of their parents, they demand to be highly educated and to assume respectable positions in society as professional...

... of their parents, the best of both modern and traditional worlds. These girls come mostly from the lower strata of society both in terms of economics and education. Despite the lack of education of their parents, they demand to be highly educated and to assume respectable positions in society as professional...

... of their parents, the best of both modern and traditional worlds. These girls come mostly from the lower strata of society both in terms of economics and education. Despite the lack of education of their parents, they demand to be highly educated and to assume respectable positions in society as professional...

... academic, and staff, scholars, and students do not engage in any professional activities that are likely to bring CAARI or their own research projects into a conflict of interest or potential disrepute. Given the present anomalous situation...

...—in this comparative case study of military manpower policy. His thesis is that ethnic integration in professional military organizations most often results from organizational needs as defined by military officers. Moreover, attempts at ethnic inte- gration of the military...