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The nonalignment of Afro–Asian States: Policy, perception, and behavior.
(© Cambridge University Press, 1969)The purpose of this paper* is to examine the orientation of three Afro-Asian states in world politics during the mid 1950s and early 1960s-an important period in the development of their current international posture-with ... -
Nuclear non-proliferation regime effectiveness : an integrated methodology for analyzing highly enriched uranium production scenarios at gas centrifuge enrichment plants
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)The dramatic change in the international security environment after the collapse of the bipolar system has had a negative impact on the effectiveness of the existing nuclear non-proliferation regime. Furthermore, the success ... -
On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2007-04-29)We address the problem of auditing an election when precincts may have different sizes, and suggest methods for picking a sample of precincts to audit that takes precinct size into account. one method yields optimal auditing ... -
On Estimating the Size and Confidence of a Statistical Audit
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2007-04-22)We consider the problem of statistical sampling for auditing elections, and we develop a remarkably simple and easily-calculated upper bound for the sample size necessary for determining with probability at least c whether ... -
OPEC: Calming a nervous world oil market
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)In October 1973, the oil-exporting countries announced an increase in oil prices from $3.11 to 5.12 per barrel. The consuming nations regarded the price increases with horror—as an audacious and unwarranted economic ... -
Organizational innovation: Global workflow and institutional e-Networking
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Orienting Graphical User Interfaces Reduces Errors: The Low Error Voting Interface
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-02)This paper demonstrates opportunities for reducing errors with orienting graphical interfaces for voting. We have built many interfaces to explore opportunities for keeping voters aware of selections they have made and are ... -
The paradoxes of industrial strategies : neoliberal reform and state intervention in Argentine industry from ISI to Martínez de Hoz.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Partisanship and Voter Confidence, 2000-2012
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2014-06-01)To what degree is voter confidence in election procedures driven by satisfaction with the outcome of an election, as opposed to trust in government or objective features of the polling place, such as voting technology? ... -
A partnership with nature: Construction consortium for the global environment
(© Construction Business Review, 1991)There is no doubt that human beings are intervening in natural environments in potentially significant ways. There are controversies about the scale and scope of these interventions. That fact is not questioned by anyone, ... -
Party Control and Legislator Loyalty in Senate Elections
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Pattern Matching Encryption, Strategic Equivalence of Range Voting and Approval Voting, and Statistical Robustness of Voting Rules
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-02)We present new results in the areas of cryptography and voting systems. 1. Pattern matching encryption: We present new, general definitions for queryable encryption schemes – encryption schemes that allow evaluation of ... -
The Perceptual Base of Nonalignment
(© Stanford University, 1967)Almost two-thirds of the nations in the world have chosen not to join either of the two dominant alliance systems- the Communist or the Western. Most of these states, generally known as the "third world," are Afro-Asian ... -
The perceptual base of nonalignment
(© Sage Publications, 1969-03-01)Almost two-thirds of the nations in the world have chosen not to join either of the two dominant alliance systems—the Communist of the Western. Most of these states, generally known as the "third world." are Afro-Asian and ... -
Perspectives on cybersecurity: A collaborative study
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The pervasiveness of politics: Political definitions of population issues
(© Populi, 1978)Population programmes have political dimensions-and political problems often have demographic roots. But just how do politics and population interact? -
Pluralism and Proceduralism
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Policy Analytics for Cybersecurity of Cyber-Physical Systems
(© MIT Political Science Department, 2022-12-14)Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are embedded in an increasingly complex ecosystem of cybersecurity policies, guidelines, and compliance measures designed to support all aspects of operation during all phases of system’s life ...