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The A to Z of Moldova

By: Andrei Brezianu,Vlad Spânu

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The Republic of Moldova claims a European lineage reaching back in time long before its 14th century accession to statehood. In the 15th century, it managed against all odds to avoid being conquered by Islam and-albeit an intermittent vassal after 1485-it maintained its autonomy and was never turned into a province of the Ottoman Empire. After this period, however, Moldova would not be so fortunate, as it altered between Russian, Romanian, and Soviet control until it finally gained its independence in 1991 from the Soviet Union. The A to Z of Moldova, through its chronology, introduction, appendixes, maps, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects, traces the history of this small, but densely populated country, providing a compass for the direction it is heading.

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Historical Dictionary of Moldova

By: Andrei Brezianu,Vlad Spânu

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Historical Dictionary of Moldova

By: Andrei Brezianu,Vlad Spânu

The Republic of Moldova claims a European lineage reaching back in time long before its 14th century accession to statehood. In the 15th century, it managed against all odds to avoid being conquered by Islam and_albeit an intermittent vassal after 1485_it maintained its autonomy and was never turned into a province of the Ottoman Empire. After this period, however, Moldova would not be so fortunate, as it altered between Russian, Romanian, and Soviet control until it finally gained its independence in 1991 from the Soviet Union. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Moldova, through its chronology, introduction, appendixes, maps, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects, traces the history of this small, but densely populated country, providing a compass for the direction it is heading.

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Beyond the New Romanian Cinema

Romanian Culture, History, and the Films of Radu Jude

By: Andrei Gorzo,Veronica Lazăr

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Beyond the New Romanian Cinema

Romanian Culture, History, and the Films of Radu Jude

By: Andrei Gorzo,Veronica Lazăr

“A stellar representative of the New Romanian Cinema, Radu Jude also belongs to a select group of politically-minded East European filmmakers who have taken as their subject the nature of the media and the circulation of images (Vertov and Eisenstein, Dušan Makavejev, the Ukrainian documentari- an Sergei Loznitsa). For that reason, Andrei Gorzo and Veronica Lazăr’s Beyond the New Romanian Cinema: Romanian Culture, History, and the Films of Radu Jude is both welcome and essential.” / J. Hoberman, author of The Red Atlantis: Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism “Beyond the New Romanian Cinema: Romanian Culture, History, and the Films of Radu Jude delivers what it promises in its title, and offers more. It locates Radu Jude’s films against the backdrop of the New Romanian Cinema, a phenomenon which put Romanian cinema on the map of European and world cinema, arguing that Jude overcame a certain sterility and timidity of this movement by creating a very rich and versatile body of work, comprising films of different genres and formats. At the same time as offering a meticulous and thought-provoking analysis of Jude’s films, the authors use them to explore the strengths and limitations of the auteurist paradigm, both in Romania and more widely.” / Ewa Mazierska, Professor of Film Studies, University of Central Lancashire “This impressive study of filmmaker Radu Jude is invaluable not only for its acute critical observations, but also for its intelligent, informed commentary on Romanian cinema, culture, and society in general. I learned something impor- tant on virtually every page. Highly recommended.” / James Naremore, author of The Magic World of Orson Welles, Acting in the Cinema, and On Kubrick “Andrei Gorzo and Veronica Lazăr offer a comprehensive and refined analysis of the films of Radu Jude, a filmmaker who has emerged with one of the most uncompromising voices ranging from the farcical macabre political satire to a philosophical interrogation of representation, and who has addressed the most daring topics after the first wave of the so-called New Romanian Cinema. The monograph manages to combine a wide-angle film-historical and cultural perspective with an in-depth investigation unravelling the ways in which Jude’s cinema is ‘updating’ the legacy of European modernism in order to engage with pressing issues of Romanian culture and history.” / Ágnes Pethő, Professor of Film Studies, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

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Editura Universității „Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu

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Dead Reckoning

Transatlantic Passages on Europe and America

By: Andrei Guruianu,Anthony Di Renzo

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Dead Reckoning

Transatlantic Passages on Europe and America

By: Andrei Guruianu,Anthony Di Renzo

A poet and essayist attempt to find their bearings in a civilization lost at sea. Dead reckoning is the nautical term for calculating a ships position using the distance and direction traveled rather than instruments or astronomical observation. For those still recovering from the atrocities of the twentieth century, however, the term has an even grimmer meaning: toting up the butchers bill of war and genocide. As its title suggests, Dead Reckoning is an attempt to find our bearings in a civilization lost at sea. Conducted in the shadow of the centennial of the First World War, this dialogue between Romanian American poet Andrei Guruianu and Italian American essayist Anthony Di Renzo asks whether Western culture will successfully navigate the difficult waters of the new millennium or shipwreck itself on the mistakes of the past two centuries. Using historical and contemporary examples, they explore such topics as the limitations of memory, the transience of existence, the futility of history, and the difficulties of making art and meaning in the twenty-first century. Dead Reckoning pilots readers through the purgatory of immigration, a painful sea voyage that with enough courage and hard work can lead through the narrow channel facing paradise: spiritual and material success. Charting the currents between the Old and New Worlds, Andrei Guruianu and Anthony Di Renzo write with the ferocious genius of Pope and Swift and the compassionate heart of Saint Nicholas, patron of sailors and guardian of ports. Emanuel di Pasquale, author of The Oceans Will In the space of the passage from immigrant to citizen in a new home, things fall apart to an apparent nothingness. Guruianu and Di Renzo ask us to consider a brave creativity as an answer for the space where systems fall apart, so that it can be a place where things grow in a reverence for the need to live, to love, to have community, and to be truly free. Afaa M. Weaver, author of City of Eternal Spring A lovely, seductive, original book. Thomas G. Pavel, author of The Lives of the Novel: A History

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Ivan the Terrible

By: Maureen Perrie,Andrei Pavlov

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Ivan the Terrible

By: Maureen Perrie,Andrei Pavlov

This is the first major re-assessment of Ivan the Terrible to be published in the West in the post-Soviet period. It breaks away from older stereotypes of the tsar – whether as ‘crazed tyrant’ and ‘evil genius’, on the one hand, or as a ‘great and wise statesman’, on the other – to provide a more balanced picture. It examines the ways in which Ivan’s policies contributed to the creation of Russia’s distinctive system of unlimited monarchical rule. Ivan is best remembered for his reign of terror, the book pays due attention to the horrors of his executions, tortures and repressions, especially in the period of the oprichnina (1565-72), when he mysteriously divided his realm into two parts, one of which was under the direct control of the tsar and his oprichniki (bodyguard). This work argues that the often gruesome forms assumed by the terror reflected not only Ivan’s personal cruelty and sadism, but also his religious views about the divinely ordained right of the tsar to punish his treasonous subjects, just as sinners were punished in Hell. Primarily chronological in its organisation, the book focuses on three main aspects of Ivan’s power: the territorial expansion of the state, the mythology, rituals and symbols of monarchy; and the development of the autocratic system of rule.

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Routledge

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The Strong State in Russia

Development and Crisis

By: Andrei P. Tsygankov

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The Strong State in Russia

Development and Crisis

By: Andrei P. Tsygankov

While focusing on contemporary developments of the Russian state, this book highlights those developments' roots in the historic concept of autocracy. The central scholarly question is not whether Russia will recreate a strong state, but, rather, what kind of a strong state it will be and under which circumstances it will function.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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An Involuntary Genius in America's Shoes (and what Happened Afterwards)

By: Andrei Codrescu

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An Involuntary Genius in America's Shoes (and what Happened Afterwards)

By: Andrei Codrescu

This is the candid account of author, essayist and broadcaster Andrei Codrescu's life. From a bitter-sweet childhood in a Transylvanian castle to the horrors of the Ceausescu years, the author eventually re-invents himself in a new country.

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Disrupted Intersubjectivity

Paralysis and Invasion in Ian McEwan’s Works

By: Andrei Ionescu

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Disrupted Intersubjectivity

Paralysis and Invasion in Ian McEwan’s Works

By: Andrei Ionescu

Disrupted Intersubjectivity investigates two classes of phenomena creating failures of understanding in social interaction, referred to as 'paralysis' and 'invasion.' Both can be understood as disrupted forms of intersubjectivity, the former being characterized by a lack/deficiency of ways of relating to others, and the latter by an unnecessary surplus. By studying the literary accounts of these phenomena in a selection of Ian McEwan's literary works (“Homemade,” On Chesil Beach, Enduring Love, and Atonement), Andrei Ionescu sheds light on the epistemological potential of literature and the structure of human relationships in general. Part of the developing field of cognitive literary studies, Disrupted Intersubjectivity not only uses cognitive scientific theories in order to clarify literary issues, but also investigates to what extent can literature itself contribute to the process of understanding the workings of the human mind. By investigating the metacognitive issues staged and reflected upon in literary works, Ionescu challenges and refines contemporary cognitive and philosophical approaches to intersubjectivity and opens directions for further theoretical and empirical research.

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Modern Technologies of Thin Films Deposition

Chemical Phosphatation

By: Andrei Victor Sandu

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Modern Technologies of Thin Films Deposition

Chemical Phosphatation

By: Andrei Victor Sandu

For one thing, the book presents research aimed at obtaining thin phosphate layers that offer good corrosion protection of finished parts. The other aim was to develop techniques that result in coatings with good lubricating properties, as they are required in plastic deformation processing. Keywords: Thin Films Deposition, Phosphate Coatings, Surface-Active Agents, Zinc Phosphates, Degreasing, Lubricating Films, Corrosion Protective Films, Anticorrosive Phosphate Films, Phosphating Techniques, Plastic Deformation Processing, Phosphating of Iron-Based Metallic Parts, Thin Film Characterization, Optical Microscopy, Electronic Microscopy, EDX Analysis, XRD Analysis, Optical Profilometry, Corrosion Tests, FTIR Spectroscopy, Tribological Tests, SEM-EDX Analysis.

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Materials Research Forum LLC

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1945291915

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Russia's Dead End

An Insider's Testimony from Gorbachev to Putin

By: Andrei A. Kovalev

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Russia's Dead End

An Insider's Testimony from Gorbachev to Putin

By: Andrei A. Kovalev

Elite-level Soviet politics, privileged access to state secrets, knowledge about machinations inside the Kremlin—such is the environment in which Andrei A. Kovalev lived and worked. In this memoir of his time as a diplomat in key capacities and as a member of Mikhail Gorbachev’s staff, Kovalev reveals hard truths about his country as only a perceptive witness can. In Russia’s Dead End, Kovalev shares his intimate knowledge of political activities behind the scenes at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Kremlin before the dissolution of the USSR in December 1991 and afterward, including during the administration of Vladimir Putin. Kovalev analyzes Soviet efforts to comply with international human-rights obligations, the machinations of the KGB, and the link between corrupt oligarchs and state officials. He documents the fall of the USSR and the post-Soviet explosion of state terrorism and propaganda, and offers a nuanced historical explanation of the roots of Russia’s contemporary crisis under Vladimir Putin. This insider’s memoir provides a penetrating analysis of late-Soviet and post-Soviet Russian politics that is pungent, pointed, witty, and accessible. It assesses the current dangerous status of Russian politics and society while illuminating the path to a more just and democratic future.

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U of Nebraska Press

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Russia's Foreign Policy

Change and Continuity in National Identity

By: Andrei P. Tsygankov

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Russia's Foreign Policy

Change and Continuity in National Identity

By: Andrei P. Tsygankov

Now fully updated and revised, this clear and comprehensive text explores the past quarter-century of Soviet/Russian international relations, comparing foreign policy formation under Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin, and Medvedev. Drawing on an impressive mastery of both Russian and Western sources, Andrei P. Tsygankov shows how Moscow’s policies have shifted with each leader’s vision of Russia’s national interests. He evaluates the successes and failures of Russia’s foreign policies, explaining its many turns as Russia’s identity and interaction with the West have evolved. The book concludes with reflections on the emergence of the post-Western world and the challenges it presents to Russia’s enduring quest for great-power status along with its desire for a special relationship with Western nations.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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The Devil Never Sleeps

And Other Essays

By: Andrei Codrescu

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The Devil Never Sleeps

And Other Essays

By: Andrei Codrescu

Embracing cell phones, cable access, and cyberspace, the ubiquitous Devil of secular culture embodies the true evil facing us today - banality."--BOOK JACKET.

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Macmillan

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0312202946

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Inventing the Jew

Antisemitic Stereotypes in Romanian and Other Central-East European Cultures

By: Andrei Oisteanu

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Inventing the Jew

Antisemitic Stereotypes in Romanian and Other Central-East European Cultures

By: Andrei Oisteanu

Inventing the Jew follows the evolution of stereotypes of Jews from the level of traditional Romanian and other Central-East European cultures (their legends, fairy tales, ballads, carols, anecdotes, superstitions, and iconographic representations) to that of "high" cultures (including literature, essays, journalism, and sociopolitical writings), showing how motifs specific to "folkloric antisemitism" migrated to "intellectual antisemitism." This comparative perspective also highlights how the images of Jews have differed from that of other "strangers" such as Hungarians, Germans, Roma, Turks.

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0803224613

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Hail Babylon!

NPR's Road Scholar Goes in Search of the American City

By: Andrei Codrescu

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Hail Babylon!

NPR's Road Scholar Goes in Search of the American City

By: Andrei Codrescu

The popular NPR correspondent offers a thrill-seeking, coast-to-coast ride through nine multi-sensual American cities: New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Little Rock, San Antonio, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, and Portland, Oregon. 9 photos.

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Building Telephony Systems with OpenSIPS

By: Flavio E. Goncalves,Bogdan-Andrei Iancu

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Building Telephony Systems with OpenSIPS

By: Flavio E. Goncalves,Bogdan-Andrei Iancu

Build high-speed and highly scalable telephony systems using OpenSIPS About This Book Install and configure OpenSIPS to authenticate, route, bill, and monitor VoIP calls Gain a competitive edge using the most scalable VoIP technology Discover the latest features of OpenSIPS with practical examples and case studies Who This Book Is For If you want to understand how to build a SIP provider from scratch using OpenSIPS, then this book is ideal for you. It is beneficial for VoIP providers, large enterprises, and universities. This book will also help readers who were using OpenSER but are now confused with the new OpenSIPS. Telephony and Linux experience will be helpful to get the most out of this book but is not essential. Prior knowledge of OpenSIPS is not assumed. What You Will Learn Learn to prepare and configure a Linux system for OpenSIPS Familiarise yourself with the installation and configuration of OpenSIPS Understand how to set a domain and create users/extensions Configure SIP endpoints and make calls between them Make calls to and from the PSTN and create access control lists to authorize calls Install a graphical user interface to simplify the task of provisioning user and system information Implement an effective billing system with OpenSIPS Monitor and troubleshoot OpenSIPS to keep it running smoothly In Detail OpenSIPS is a multifunctional, multipurpose signalling SIP server. SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is nowadays the most important VoIP protocol and OpenSIPS is the open source leader in VoIP platforms based on SIP. OpenSIPS is used to set up SIP Proxy servers. The purpose of these servers is to receive, examine, and classify SIP requests. The whole telecommunication industry is changing to an IP environment, and telephony as we know it today will completely change in less than ten years. SIP is the protocol leading this disruptive revolution and it is one of the main protocols on next generation networks. While a VoIP provider is not the only kind of SIP infrastructure created using OpenSIPS, it is certainly one of the most difficult to implement. This book will give you a competitive edge by helping you to create a SIP infrastructure capable of handling tens of thousands of subscribers. Starting with an introduction to SIP and OpenSIPS, you will begin by installing and configuring OpenSIPS. You will be introduced to OpenSIPS Scripting language and OpenSIPS Routing concepts, followed by comprehensive coverage of Subscriber Management. Next, you will learn to install, configure, and customize the OpenSIPS control panel and explore dialplans and routing. You will discover how to manage the dialog module, accounting, NATTraversal, and other new SIP services. The final chapters of the book are dedicated to troubleshooting tools, SIP security, and advanced scenarios including TCP/TLS support, load balancing, asynchronous processing, and more. A fictional VoIP provider is used to explain OpenSIPS and by the end of the book, you will have a simple but complete system to run a VoIP provider. Style and approach This book is a step-by-step guide based on the example of a VoIP provider. You will start with OpenSIPS installation and gradually, your knowledge depth will increase.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1785288679

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Trois théories antiques de la divination: Plutarque, Jamblique, Augustin

By: Andrei Timotin

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Trois théories antiques de la divination: Plutarque, Jamblique, Augustin

By: Andrei Timotin

This book examines three authors – Plutarch, Iamblichus and Augustine – who deeply impacted the ancient philosophical debates about divination, and highlights the complex relationship between philosophy and religion in Antiquity. Ce livre examine trois auteurs - Plutarque, Jamblique et Augustin - qui ont marqué les débats philosophiques antiques sur la divination et met en évidence la complexité des rapports entre philosophie et religion dans l’Antiquité.

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BRILL

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9004507361

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Natural Gas at the Frontline Between the EU, Russia, and Turkey

A Conflict-Cooperation Perpetuum

By: Roxana Andrei

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Natural Gas at the Frontline Between the EU, Russia, and Turkey

A Conflict-Cooperation Perpetuum

By: Roxana Andrei

This book analyses the rapidly unfolding events that have impacted on the European energy dynamics, in the light of the way in Ukraine and the energy crisis that have reconfigured, since 2022, the European and the global geopolitical scene, dislocating not only crucial natural resources but also the pace of the energy transition and the continent’s existential security, its basic trust and sense of continuity. It introduces an innovative interpretation of the conflict and cooperation dynamics in Europe, by challenging the reader to look beyond the material aspects of energy security, related to supply and demand, consumption, production and prices dynamics, which I nonetheless explain in detail. Thus, it invites the audience to explore the deeper layer of motivations that underpin the actors’ decision to engage in conflict and cooperation, by exploring their cognitive and psychological considerations, in addition to the material ones. For this purpose, it presents a new conceptual tool, the conflict-cooperation perpetuum, in order to explain why the same players, in this case the EU, Russia and Turkey, may choose to simultaneously perceive each other as security threats and trade partners, engaging in both conflict and cooperation simultaneously with the same ‘Other’. In addition, it proposes to apply the framework of ontological security, in order to understand the responses of the EU, Russia and Turkey to the major existential crises that have affected them in past years, culminating with the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis of 2022.

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Springer Nature

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3031170571

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Un-hidden Street Art in Romania Book

The first edition of the Un-hidden Street Art in Romania book is here to help you discover independent art in public spaces.

By: Cristina Popa,Andrei Racovițan

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Un-hidden Street Art in Romania Book

The first edition of the Un-hidden Street Art in Romania book is here to help you discover independent art in public spaces.

By: Cristina Popa,Andrei Racovițan

Un-hidden street art in Romania book in numbers: 100 pages 15 cities 100 local and international artists 200 places to visit 350 photos with murals in Romania UN-HIDDEN STREET ART IN ROMANIA (printed edition, 2019) Authors CRISTINA POPA, ANDREI RACOVIȚAN ISBN 978-973-0-30397-1 © Bucharest, Romania, Save or Cancel, 2019 Photography © feeder.ro / Save or Cancel by Petre Fall, Alex Iacob, Anita Jambor, Dan Alexandru, Ana Moca Grama Photography © Erps, Coon One, Pass, Mădălina Dobraca, Alexandra Pandrea, Alexandra Costea, KSELEQOQYNQYSHY, KAPS CREW, KITRA, Andreea Sasaran, Obie Platon, J.Ace, Sibiu Street Art Festival, Robert Obert, Sinboy, Reptilianul.ro

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A Contested Borderland

Competing Russian and Romanian Visions of Bessarabia in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century

By: Andrei Cusco

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A Contested Borderland

Competing Russian and Romanian Visions of Bessarabia in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century

By: Andrei Cusco

Bessarabia?mostly occupied by modern-day republic of Moldova?was the only territory representing an object of rivalry and symbolic competition between the Russian Empire and a fully crystallized nation-state: the Kingdom of Romania. This book is an intellectual prehistory of the Bessarabian problem, focusing on the antagonism of the national and imperial visions of this contested periphery. Through a critical reassessment and revision of the traditional historical narratives, the study argues that Bessarabia was claimed not just by two opposing projects of ?symbolic inclusion,? but also by two alternative and theoretically antagonistic models of political legitimacy. By transcending the national lens of Bessarabian / Moldovan history and viewing it in the broader Eurasian comparative context, the book responds to the growing tendency in recent historiography to focus on the peripheries in order to better understand the functioning of national and imperial states in the modern era. ÿ

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Central European University Press

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9633861594

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The Red Web

The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries

By: Andrei Soldatov,Irina Borogan

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The Red Web

The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries

By: Andrei Soldatov,Irina Borogan

A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 A NPR Great Read of 2015 The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both. On the eighth floor of an ordinary-looking building in an otherwise residential district of southwest Moscow, in a room occupied by the Federal Security Service (FSB), is a box the size of a VHS player marked SORM. The Russian government's front line in the battle for the future of the Internet, SORM is the world's most intrusive listening device, monitoring e-mails, Internet usage, Skype, and all social networks. But for every hacker subcontracted by the FSB to interfere with Russia's antagonists abroad -- such as those who, in a massive denial-of-service attack, overwhelmed the entire Internet in neighboring Estonia -- there is a radical or an opportunist who is using the web to chip away at the power of the state at home. Drawing from scores of interviews personally conducted with numerous prominent officials in the Ministry of Communications and web-savvy activists challenging the state, Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan peel back the history of advanced surveillance systems in Russia. From research laboratories in Soviet-era labor camps, to the legalization of government monitoring of all telephone and Internet communications in the 1990s, to the present day, their incisive and alarming investigation into the Kremlin's massive online-surveillance state exposes just how easily a free global exchange can be coerced into becoming a tool of repression and geopolitical warfare. Dissidents, oligarchs, and some of the world's most dangerous hackers collide in the uniquely Russian virtual world of The Red Web.

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Russia and America

The Asymmetric Rivalry

By: Andrei P. Tsygankov

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Russia and America

The Asymmetric Rivalry

By: Andrei P. Tsygankov

In recent times, US-Russia relations have deteriorated to what both sides acknowledge is an “all time low.” Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election and Putin’s continued support for the Assad regime in Syria have placed enormous strain on this historically tense and complex relationship. In one of the first analyses of the evolving Trump-Putin relationship, leading scholar of Russian foreign policy Andrei P. Tsygankov challenges the dominant view that US-Russia relations have entered a new Cold War phase. Russia’s US strategy, he argues, can only be understood in the context of a changing international order. While America strives to preserve its global dominance, Russia—the weaker power—exploits its asymmetric capabilities and relations with non-Western allies to defend and promote its interests, and to avoid yielding to US pressures. Focusing on key areas of conflict and mutual convergence—from European security to China and the Middle East, as well as cyber, nuclear, and energy issues—Tsygankov paints a nuanced and unsentimental picture of two countries whose ties are likely to remain marked by suspicion and conflict for years to come.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509531165

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On the Edge of Magnetic Fusion Devices

By: Sergei Krasheninnikov,Andrei Smolyakov,Andrei Kukushkin

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On the Edge of Magnetic Fusion Devices

By: Sergei Krasheninnikov,Andrei Smolyakov,Andrei Kukushkin

This book reviews the current state of understanding concerning edge plasma, which bridges hot fusion plasma, with a temperature of roughly one million degrees Kelvin with plasma-facing materials, which have melting points of only a few thousand degrees Kelvin. In a fact, edge plasma is one of the keys to solution for harnessing fusion energy in magnetic fusion devices. The physics governing the processes at work in the edge plasma involves classical and anomalous transport of multispecies plasma, neutral gas dynamics, atomic physics effects, radiation transport, plasma-material interactions, and even the transport of plasma species within the plasma-facing materials. The book starts with simple physical models, then moves on to rigorous theoretical considerations and state-of-the-art simulation tools that are capable of capturing the most important features of the edge plasma phenomena. The authors compare the conclusions arising from the theoretical and computational analysis with the available experimental data. They also discuss the remaining gaps in their models and make projections for phenomena related to edge plasma in magnetic fusion reactors.

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Springer Nature

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3030495949

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IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) for Linux on z Systems

By: Octavian Lascu,Randy Brewster,Rich Conway,Andrei Socoliuc,Andrei Vlad,IBM Redbooks

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IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) for Linux on z Systems

By: Octavian Lascu,Randy Brewster,Rich Conway,Andrei Socoliuc,Andrei Vlad,IBM Redbooks

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication describes IBM Spectrum ScaleTM for Linux on z SystemsTM. This paper helps you install and configure IBM Spectrum Scale (formerly GPFSTM) in a disaster recovery configuration. Scenario testing is described for various events: Site failure, storage failure, node failure. Recovery procedures from each tested scenario are provided. This paper also provides an installation and configuration scenario for saving data stored in a Spectrum Scale file system by using IBM Spectrum ProtectTM integration features. Multi-node backup usage is described.

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IBM Redbooks

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0738454990

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A Craving for Swan

By: Andrei Codrescu

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A Craving for Swan

By: Andrei Codrescu

This volume collects essays broadcast on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" between 1983 and 1985 by Romanian-American poet and writer Codrescu. In these essays Codrescu comments on the American scene, striking deep philosophical chords and interpreting the signs of our times. His subjects range from bits of history, something he saw on the street, and a trivial newspaper report to incidents from his own life, the creation of the umbrella, and America's obsession with youth. The author makes powerful statements about life in America, comparing it to his own experience prior to coming to America, and recalls the lives and deaths of poets who lived and worked in Russia and his nativeland. ISBN 0-8142-0415-5: $12.95.

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081420452X

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The A to Z of Moldova

By: Andrei Brezianu,Vlad Spânu

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The A to Z of Moldova

By: Andrei Brezianu,Vlad Spânu

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Scarecrow Press

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1461672031

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Implementing the IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) in a Cross Platform Environment

By: Dino Quintero,Matteo Barzaghi,Randy Brewster,Wan Hee Kim,Steve Normann,Paulo Queiroz,Robert Simon,Andrei Vlad,IBM Redbooks

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Implementing the IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) in a Cross Platform Environment

By: Dino Quintero,Matteo Barzaghi,Randy Brewster,Wan Hee Kim,Steve Normann,Paulo Queiroz,Robert Simon,Andrei Vlad,IBM Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a documented deployment model for IBM GPFSTM in a cross-platform environment with IBM Power SystemsTM, Linux, and Windows servers. With IBM GPFS, customers can have a planned foundation for file systems management for cross-platform access solutions. This book examines the functional, integration, simplification, and usability changes with GPFS v3.4. It can help the technical teams provide file system management solutions and technical support with GPFS, based on Power Systems virtualized environments for cross-platform file systems management. The book provides answers to your complex file systems management requirements, helps you maximize file system availability, and provides expert-level documentation to transfer the how-to skills to the worldwide support teams. The audience for this book is the technical professional (IT consultants, technical support staff, IT architects, and IT specialists) who is responsible for providing file system management solutions and support for cross-platform environments that are based primarily on Power Systems.

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IBM Redbooks

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0738435473

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Eurasia 2.0

Russian Geopolitics in the Age of New Media

By: Mikhail Suslov,Mark Bassin

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Eurasia 2.0

Russian Geopolitics in the Age of New Media

By: Mikhail Suslov,Mark Bassin

This book discusses the return of geopolitical ideas and doctrines to the post-Soviet space with special focus on the new phenomenon of digital geopolitics, which is an overarching term for different political practices including dissemination of geopolitical ideas online, using the internet by political figures and diplomats for legitimation and outreach activity, and viral spread of geopolitical memes. Different chapters explore the new possibilities and threats associated with this digitalization of geopolitical knowledge and practice. Our authors consider new spatial sensibilities and new identities of global as well as local Selves, the emergence of which is facilitated by the internet. They explore recent reconfigurations of the traditional imperial conundrum of center versus periphery. Developing Manuel Castells’ argument that social activism in the digital era is organized around cultural values, the essays discuss new geopolitical ideologies which aim to reinforce Russia’s spiritual sovereignty as a unique civilization, while at the same time seeking to rebrand Russia as a greater soft power by utilizing the Russian-speaking diaspora or employing traditionalist rhetoric. Great Power imagery, enemy-making, and visual mappings of Russia’s future territorial expansion are traditional means for the manipulation of imperial pleasures and geopolitical fears. In the age of new media, however, this is being done with greater subtlety by mobilizing the grassroots, contracting private information channels, and de-politicizing geopolitics. Given the political events of recent years, it is logical that the Ukrainian crisis should provide the thematic backdrop for most of the authors.

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Lexington Books

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1498521428

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9781498521420

Dead Reckoning

Transatlantic Passages on Europe and America

By: Andrei Guruianu,Anthony Di Renzo

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Transatlantic Passages on Europe and America

By: Andrei Guruianu,Anthony Di Renzo

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SUNY Press

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1438461127

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9781438461120

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