Conflict Alert Systems and Conflict Prevention

This paper addresses issues surrounding the use of conflict alert systems to support conflict prevention activities. The paper first gives the reader an understanding of the role and capabilities of conflict alert systems. The paper then describes the use of such systems within institutions. With that background the paper then discusses issues which must be resolved regarding both the technical and organizational aspects of conflict alert systems to enable them to support conflict prevention by national, regional, and global security organizations

Conflict Alert Systems and Conflict Prevention

This paper addresses issues surrounding the use of conflict alert systems to support conflict prevention activities. The paper first gives the reader an understanding of the role and capabilities of conflict alert systems. The paper then describes the use of such systems within institutions. With that background the paper then discusses issues which must be resolved regarding both the technical and organizational aspects of conflict alert systems to enable them to support conflict prevention by national, regional, and global security organizations

From Frontier Activism to Neo-Victorian Domesticity: Misconceptions about Changing Roles of 19th and 20th Century Mormon Women

Presented on February 20, 2015 in the Stephen C. Hall building, room 102 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.Peter Brecke is an Associate Professor of International Affairs in the Ivan Allen College. His research focuses on society design, social global modeling, computer simulation of the spread of ideas in populations, datasets of long-term social processes, fostering interdisciplinary research in a technological university, and a taxonomy of violent conflicts.Lawrence Foster is a Professor of American History in the School of History, Technology, and Society. He specializes in American religious and social history, with strong interests in Modern European and comparative history.Runtime: 91:00 minute

Using pattern recognition to identify harbinger configurations of early warning indicators

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Risk assessment models and early warning systems

'This paper addresses model design and data-related issues pertaining to the use of risk assessment models in support of conflict early warning systems. The paper first examines the data needed for risk assessment models. It argues that there are actually two types of data that we must collect and use: data to determine the theories that best explain the outbreak or escalation of violent conflict and data corresponding to variables that have been demonstrated to have predictive power and thus are appropriate for use in a risk assessment model. With respect to intrastate conflicts there remains a dearth of data of the first type that is only slowly being corrected. Collecting data of the second type will continue to be an inefficient process until better theories have been formulated and tested with the first type of data. The paper then examines a number of models germane to risk assessment and conflict early warning. It finds that except for one class of models, so-called correlational models, there has been only limited work done even though the alternatives appear to have promise.' (author's abstract)'In diesem Beitrag werden Modellierungsfragen und Datenprobleme in bezug auf den Nutzen sogenannter Risk-Assessment-Modelle zur Unterstuetzung von Fruehwarnsystemen behandelt. Zunaechst wird generell die Datenlage ueberprueft und dargelegt, dass zwei Typen von Daten von besonderer Bedeutung sind: einerseits Daten, die zur Erklaerung des Auftretens und der Eskalation gewaltsamer Konflikte herangezogen werden koennen, andererseits Daten, die sich fuer die Fundierung von Risk-Assessment-Modellen eignen. Waehrend beim ersten Typus vor allem ein eklatanter Mangel an Daten ueber innerstaatliche Konflikte herrscht, wirft der zweite Typ von Daten das Problem auf, dass das Generieren immer neuer Daten ein wirkungsloses Unterfangen bleibt, solange es keine theoretische Klarheit ueber die Prozess- und Strukturbedingungen von Gewalt gibt. Abschliessend werden noch einige zentrale Modelle vorgestellt, die sich mit dem Risk-Assessment und der Fruehwarnung befassen. Es wird gezeigt, dass - mit Ausnahme von Korrelationsmodellierungen - nur sehr begrenzte Fortschritte zu verzeichnen sind.' (Autorenreferat)German title: Modelle der Risikoabschaetzung und FruehwarnsystemeAvailable from UuStB Koeln(38)-20000106309 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

Ivan Allen Founder’s Day Awards Presentation

Ivan Allen Founder’s Day awards presentation and luncheon held in conjunction with the 2008 Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum: Nonproliferation and the Global Nuclear Renaissance: Bridging the Gap, March 31, 2008, in the GT Hotel Ballroom at the 2008 Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum: Nonproliferation and the Global Nuclear Renaissance: Bridging the Gap, March 31, 2008, in the GT Hotel BallroomRuntime: 60:16 minutesThe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts held its eighth annual Founder’s Day in celebration and in memory of former Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen Jr., for whom the College is named. The event took place at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center on March 31, 2008 recognizing recipients of the Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Awards: the Award for Progress and Service, and the Essay Award. IAC Assistant Dean Peter Brecke introduced the college’s programs and goals. Brecke was followed by IAC Assistant Dean Susan Cozzens, who described the nature of the Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Awards. These awards are presented to those who the IAC feels best represents the "spirit of civic leadership" that Mayor Ivan Allen possessed. Recipients of the Legacy Awards for Student, Faculty, Alumni and Essay Contest, respectively, were Amanda Meng, current president of the IAC Student Activities Board, HTS Professor Greg Nobles and Jackson Jarrell Pair, who graduated from Tech in 1997 with degrees in Human-Computer Interaction, International Affairs and Computer Engineering. The Essay Contest winner was Kaitlyn Whiteside, an incoming HTS student. Dean Rosser congratulated President Clough on his new position as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, and thanked him for his support of the IAC. Clough was presented with an Honorary Ivan Allen Jr. Award for Progress and Service. The winner of the Award for Progress and Service was Ted Turner, a major leader in business, mass media, sports and philanthropy

Who wins and who loses from protectionism

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