Extraction of reliable bond distances and angles for Ca10(VxP1-O4)6F2 apatites using standard Rietveld refinement with Cu Kα X-ray powder data was significantly impaired by large ...

The PLA underwnet a dazzling round of reshuffles of senior officers in the past few months, including the job transfer of former deputy chief of General Staff Zhang Qinsheng. This new round of military personnel changes ...

The paper argues that the Spratly dispute has shown signs of de-escalation in recent years. This has occurred however in the absence of significant changes in material terms and in the circumstances pertaining to the dispute ...

In Malaysia, violence related to Islam has been the exception rather than the rule. Aversion towards violence among Malaysian Muslims traces its roots to a muli-religious policy. The state has, however, been driven a few ...