NATO’s 2010 Strategic Concept officially broadened the alliance’s mission beyond collective defense, reflecting a peaceful Europe and changes in alliance activities. NATO had become an international security facilitator, a crisis-manager even outside Europe, and a liberal democratic club as much as a mutual-defense organization. However, Russia’s re-entry into great power politics has changed NATO’s strategic calculus.Russia’s aggressive annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its ongoing...

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Discover the ancient, invisible language of nature!How did chemical means of communication develop over the course of evolution? Why are chemical signals so crucial for the survival of plants and animals? This nonfiction book takes you on an exciting journey into the world of chemical communication.Billions of years ago, when the Earth was shaken by volcanoes and meteorite impacts, the first living organisms began to use chemical signals in order to survive...

Can you really start earning more than $1k per month as a freelance online writer part-time, worldwide? You can! This book will show you just how to do so.Written by an expert in the field, the book contains valuable tips and advice on how to start your online freelancing career, even if you don’t know English well enough. It will take you through all of the steps of building a stable income stream for your household and will even give you further information on how to retain that ...

Entdecken Sie die uralte, unsichtbare Sprache der Natur!Wie haben sich chemische Kommunikationsmittel im Laufe der Evolution entwickelt? Warum sind chemische Signale so entscheidend für das Überleben von Pflanzen und Tieren?Dieses Sachbuch nimmt Sie mit auf eine spannende Reise in die Welt der chemischen Kommunikation.Vor Milliarden von Jahren, als die Erde von Vulkanen und Meteoriteneinschlägen erschüttert wurde, begannen die ersten lebenden Organism...

The book traces the history of communist Bulgaria from 1944 to 1989. A detailed narrative-cum-study of the history of a political system, it provides a chronological overview of the building of the socialist state from the ground up, its entrenchment into the peaceful routine of everyday life, its inner crises, and its gradual decline and self-destruction. The book is the definitive and the most complete guide to Bulgaria under communism and how the communist system operates on a day-to-da...

Transforming NATO: New Allies, Missions, and Capabilities, by Ivan Dinev Ivanov, examines the three dimensions of NATO’s transformation since the end of the Cold War: the addition of a dozen new allies; the undertaking of new missions such as peacekeeping, crisis response, and stabilization; and the development of new capabilities to implement these missions. The book explains these processes through two mutually reinforcing frameworks: club goods theory and the concept of complementaritie...

Musicologo versatile e poliedrico, Ivan Ivanovič Sollertinskij (1902-1944) ha contraddistinto l’approccio critico della nascente società sovietica lungo poco più di vent’anni, esercitando una riconosciuta incidenza nell’analisi di opere e autori. Grazie a un’esposizione letteraria, quasi romanzata del materiale preso in esame, egli è riuscito a unire fenomeni all’apparenza distanti fra loro spaziando in modo omogeneo all’interno di tutte le arti. Dal sinfonismo dialogico-shakespeariano a q...

„Изкуството на войната“ на Сун Дзъ е класически трактат по военна стратегия, написан около г. пр.н.е. Векове наред военни теоретици и генерали са изучавали философията и практиката за победа над врага. Днес в -ви век този трактат се прилага успешно както във време на война, така и във всички други сфери на човешкия живот.

Now for the first time, one comprehensive book summarizes and analyzes the numerous scientific papers and reviews covering selected aspects of the structure, biological activities, and clinical effects of immune interferon, also known as interferon-gamma(IFN-gamma). Interferon-gamma is a natural immune booster which has been synthesized and widely used in clinical cases ranging from infectious diseases to cancer, as well as various metabolic disorders. Having developed their own brand of i...

Преди около 1500 години един учен-богослов, Ватсаяна, пише трактат за любовта. Малко парадоксално от наша гледна точка, но не и за Изтока. “Кама сутра” не е каталог с пози или справочник по екзотичен секс, а мъдра книга, която ни учи как да се обичаме, без да си омръзваме и да извличаме максималното удоволствие от любовната игра. Написана на библейски прост и ясен език, тя спокойно би могла да се нарече “Библия на любовта”.В тази малка книжка със златни правила от “Кама сутра” и много илюс...

За да открием смисъла на нашия живот, необходимо е да се научим да медитираме. Единствено чрез медитацията човек поема по пътя към разбирането на истинската си природа, към своя Буда Ум. Това е път към просветлението.