Amb. Ehtel Ferry
@ferryambehtel
Joined Jan 2025
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Jan 04, 2025 3 subscribers 21 posts
Balanced views on political events, policy debates, and governmental strategies.
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Airpower and Modern Politics: Symbolism Beyond Effectiveness
Abstract As hitches multiply in the Baltic Sea, or the use of missiles and drones in Ukraine, the Middle East, Russian and NATO forces are showcasing successive demonstrations of their respective air power. The face of air power changed since the heroic image…
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #10 2025
Open access notables Snow Mass Recharge of the Greenland Ice Sheet Fueled by Intense Atmospheric River, Bailey & Hubbard, Geophysical Research Letters: Atmospheric rivers (ARs) have been linked with extreme rainfall and melt events across the Greenland ice sh…
Dealing with radiation risks in systemic cancer treatment: Perspectives of practitioners and pati...
Systemic radionuclide therapy (SRT) using substances such as 177Lu is an approach in cancer treatment that aims to destroy malign tissues by injecting radionuclides directly into patients’ bodies via the bloodstream. This treatment connects benefits of care w…
Exclusively For EC: A LANDSCAPE IN FLUX: IRA, 2025 BUDGET BATTLE, AND GLOBAL POLITICS CROSSROADS...
The year 2025 has brought significant challenges in American politics and international affairs. Key issues include shifts in global energy alliances and debates over the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) under the returning presidency of Donald Trump. Complicati…Will Markets Go Up Now That Trump Is President?
Donald Trump was the first president in modern U.S. history to take office without holding a prior public office or serving in the military. This non-traditional path to the White House came with a distinctly corporate approach to economic and fiscal policy, …
The Human Terrain Program Done Right: Legacy of the Soviet Partisan Movement and the Underground ...
“War’s nature is violent, interactive between opposing wills, and driven by politics. War’s character, its conduct, constantly evolves under the influence of technology, moral forces (law or ethics), culture, and military culture, which also change across ti…
MERICS – China’s fragile online spaces for debate
This analysis is part of “China Spektrum,” a joint research project with the China Institute of the University of Trier (CIUT) funded by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. As part of this project, we analyze expert and public debates in China. Learn more about…
The Shattered Mirror of Globalisation: Unveiling the Consequences for the Electricity Industry
2. The Future of Electricity and Industry The global energy sector is at a crossroads, with two competing pathways: Continuation of Fossil Fuels Many governments prioritize short-term energy security by extending the life of oil, gas, and coal, particularly i…
Labor spending blitz points to April 12 election
Medicare and public schools have been budgeted for in Labor's most recent pre-election spending announcements, while Peter Dutton's plans are, as ever, just around the corner... The post Labor spending blitz points to April 12 election appeared first on Crike…
Covert Action in Irregular Wars: Unraveling the Case of Timber Sycamore in Syria (2012-2017)
Abstract The Central Intelligence Agency ran a covert operation in Syria from 2012 to 2017 called Timber Sycamore. This qualitative case study employs content analysis and descriptive inference to analyze declassified documents, government records, and other …
Improving citizen-government interactions with generative artificial intelligence: Novel human-co...
Effective communication of government policies to citizens is crucial for transparency and engagement, yet challenges such as accessibility, complexity, and resource constraints obstruct this process. In the digital transformation and Generative AI era, integ…
Development and evaluation of a digital behavioral economics game towards improved understanding ...
The earliest and often most significant impacts of climate change in the American West is on water resources. For communities reliant on irrigated agriculture, ensuring water security in the face of climate change can be critical to the preservation of local …
