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The Link Between Standardization and Economic Growth
We analyze the link between standardization and economic growth by systematically reviewing leading economics journals, leading economic growth researchers’ articles, and economic growth-related books. We make the following...
IT Policy & Standardization Computer Science and Information Technology IT Policy and Standardization
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Failure to protect.
Timo Kivimaki
Mar 04, 2019
This book investigates the reasons and consequences of military operations by Western powers. It focuses on interventions aimed at protecting civilians from terror, dictators and criminals in fragile states. By doing that it...
cosmopolitanism intervention anarchy fragile states /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3320 name=Political Science and International Relations /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Published by: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Power, Contribution and Dependence in NATO Burden Sharing
Timo Kivimäki
Feb 13, 2019
This article offers three new types of variables for computation of the share that NATO countries should contribute to the common defence. I use Uppsala conflict data (UCDP) on conflict participation to reveal how the asymmetry...
Is There a Need for an Update of the Theory of Deterrence?
Timo Kivimäki
Dec 31, 2022
Abstract This article will answer why the United States failed in deterring North Korea from its development of nuclear weapons focusing on the basic logic of deterrence and identifying a historical deficiency. This is...
Investigating Change Management Based on Participation and Acceptance of IT in the Public Sector
The digitalization of public administrations faces big challenges regarding employees' acceptance of IT. Change management approaches based on participation should help achieving acceptance and success of IT projects in the...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
The Sopranos redux
Evidence for the argument that enforcement makes environmental policies effective is limited with respect to geography, scope, enforcement tools and regulatory context. Non-US evidence on criminal enforcement of illegal waste...
Constructivist pragmatism and academic diplomacy for conflict resolution
Timo Kivimaki
Mar 01, 2015
Academic Diplomacy means activity where international experts, rather than other states, try to broker peace as moderators, mediators or facilitators, by using means and methods that are advised by the theory of conflict...
Finlandization and the peaceful development of China
Timo Kivimaki
Nov 15, 2015
The rise of China has sparked new type of geopolitical considerations and a debate in East Asian security studies. The neighboring countries of China can soon find themselves in a similar geopolitical situation as Finland found...
Paradigms of Peace
Timo Kivimaki
Sep 01, 2016
This volume is a study that presents five paradigms of social sciences as logical progressive steps in the field of peace and conflict studies.It is written as a study that employs a constructivist pragamatist meta-theory that...
Peace Research pragmatism positivism determinism interpretationism Constructivism critical theory cosmopolitanism /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Published by: Imperial College Press
First do no harm
Timo Kivimaki
Dec 01, 2015
A recent revelation by President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari suggests that the large scale destruction of Syria could perhaps have been avoided by diplomacy. However, the negotiated solution was not accepted...
First do no harm
Timo Kivimaki
Dec 01, 2015
A recent revelation by President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari suggests that the large scale destruction of Syria could perhaps have been avoided by diplomacy. However, the negotiated solution was not accepted...
Paradigms of Peace
Timo Kivimaki
Sep 01, 2016
This volume is a study that presents five paradigms of social sciences as logical progressive steps in the field of peace and conflict studies.It is written as a study that employs a constructivist pragamatist meta-theory that...
Peace Research pragmatism positivism determinism interpretationism Constructivism critical theory cosmopolitanism /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Published by: Imperial College Press
What South Korea’s election might mean for the long peace in East Asia?
Timo Kivimaki
May 09, 2017
The article reacts to the election result in South Korea and speculates, on the basis of existing research on the pillars of the long peace of East Asia, what this election result will mean to stability in the region.
People's Daily and the reality of South China Sea territorial disputes
Timo Kivimaki
Nov 27, 2015
The article analyses the representations of the South China Sea territorial disputes in the main Chinese newspapers and analyses the rhetorical strategies used in the promotion of the Chinese official interpretation of these...
Failure to protect.
Timo Kivimaki
Mar 04, 2019
This book investigates the reasons and consequences of military operations by Western powers. It focuses on interventions aimed at protecting civilians from terror, dictators and criminals in fragile states. By doing that it...
cosmopolitanism intervention anarchy fragile states /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3320 name=Political Science and International Relations /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Published by: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
A lower bound for the balanced truncation error for MIMO systems
We show that for a class of systems which includes state space symmetric systems, the balanced truncation error is bounded from below by twice the sum of the tail of the Hankel singular values (including multiplicities) divided...
Power, Contribution and Dependence in NATO Burden Sharing
Timo Kivimäki
Feb 13, 2019
This article offers three new types of variables for computation of the share that NATO countries should contribute to the common defence. I use Uppsala conflict data (UCDP) on conflict participation to reveal how the asymmetry...
To Press, Or Not to Press the Button?
Timo Kivimaki
Oct 22, 2015
This article looks at the interpretative foundations of nuclear deterrence and interprets the statement by Jeremy Corbryn, related to UK's nuclear weapons.
People's Daily and the reality of South China Sea territorial disputes
Timo Kivimaki
Nov 27, 2015
The article analyses the representations of the South China Sea territorial disputes in the main Chinese newspapers and analyses the rhetorical strategies used in the promotion of the Chinese official interpretation of these...
Could the East Asian Way of Peacekeeping Be a Recipe for Global Peace?
Timo Kivimäki
Jun 30, 2023
This paper offers new evidence in support of an argument that suggests that East Asian way of keeping peace is developmentalist, anti-interventionist and anti-hegemonic and thus even more different from the existing Western...
East Asia anti-hegemonism anti-interventionism organised violence conflict termination conflict escalation /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3320 name=Political Science and International Relations /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
To Press, Or Not to Press the Button?
Timo Kivimaki
Oct 22, 2015
This article looks at the interpretative foundations of nuclear deterrence and interprets the statement by Jeremy Corbryn, related to UK's nuclear weapons.
Is There a Need for an Update of the Theory of Deterrence?
Timo Kivimäki
Dec 31, 2022
Abstract This article will answer why the United States failed in deterring North Korea from its development of nuclear weapons focusing on the basic logic of deterrence and identifying a historical deficiency. This is...
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