http://hdl.handle.net/10071/1564 2026-04-17T19:30:43Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/34609 Título próprio: Portugal’s challenge of decolonising the university curriculum: Insights from a semisystematic literature review Autoria: Muhr, T. Editor: Ana Luísa Costa; Angélica Monteiro; Dalila Pinto Coelho; Carla Figueiredo; Elsa Teixeira; Helder Ferraz; Isabel Menezes; Joana Manarte; João Caramelo; Maria Figueiredo; Marta Sampaio; Norberto Ribeiro; Pedro Ferreira; Rita Tavares de Sousa; Sofia Almeida Santos; Teresa Dias; Thiago Freires 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/31408 Título próprio: A imensidão e complexidade do mundo para além das nossas fronteiras mentais e culturais Autoria: Ramos, M. Editor: Patrícia Magalhães Ferreira Resumo: Nós, humanos, temos tendência a ser muito autocentrados. Isto resulta, normalmente, do efeito das nossas limitações em termos de enfoque e abrangência da atenção. Quando nos focamos num modo de ver as coisas, tornamo-nos cegos em relação a possibilidades alternativas. Ao definirmos que o nosso ponto de vista é o ponto de partida para compreender o mundo, não imaginamos que este pode ser compreendido a partir de muitos outros pontos de vista iniciais. We, humans, tend to be very self-centred. This is usually the double effect of our limited focus and scope. When we focus on a way of seeing, we become blind to alternative possibilities. Because we define that our point of view is the starting point to understand the world, we cannot imagine it can be understood from many others starting points of view. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/30451 Título próprio: The role of the armed forces in homeland security Autoria: Marsili, M. Resumo: This poster addresses the employment of the Armed Forces in homeland security tasks. Unconventional conflicts – hybrid, asymmetric, and transnational conflicts which involve state and non-state actors such as insurgents or terrorist organizations – are among the trend topics of defense and security. Since jihadist terrorism broke out in in Europe, security has become a main concern, occupying the front pages of newspapers and the agendas of governments. Therefore, the debate on the employment of the Armed Forces in homeland security tasks became central. The primary responsibility for protecting life and property and maintaining law and order in the civilian community is vested in police forces; supplementary responsibility is vested by statute in specific agencies other than the Ministry of Defense. Military forces may be used to support law enforcement agencies. In emergency situations, the Parliament may authorize the use of the military as a police force on home soil. Police departments are much larger in major metropolitan areas and much smaller than the average in rural areas, but in catastrophic attacks that affect large areas in several states simultaneously, there will not be enough police officers to do what has to be done. Since lateral reinforcement is not feasible when all adjacent areas are involved, the only source of augmentation for local departments will be from the Armed Forces. Subsidiary operations of the Amy in support to civil authorities – e.g. military aid in the event of a catastrophe – are one of the ordinary duties of the Army, whose main mission is to ensure security and defense of the territory. Although the readiness of use for the defense of the territory is reduced, the maintenance and development of this important primary mission is to guard the long-term, in anticipation of events imponderables in the military and security policy. In Western liberal-democracies the executive power is limited in the use of the military in domestic security operations because of legal norms. Police is in charge of internal security, with the Army acting as ‘reinforcing force’ only in conjunction with the first. Subsidiary operations of the Army in the field of homeland security have increased over the past few years and in many countries is currently underway a political debate to evaluate the allocation of the Army direct powers in policing. It is a political decision, which must take into account both the changing environment in which the Armed Forces operate and the threat of international terrorism manifested in disruptive manner at the beginning of the new millennium. Legislative and cultural obstacles should be overcome to achieve this goal. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/29164 Título próprio: The Russia-Ukraine conflict beyond the mainstream narrative Autoria: Wick, M. M. M. Resumo: The Russia-Ukraine conflict erupted in February 2022 after the Kremlin recognized the independence of the breakaway popular republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. In the aftermath of the recognition of the sovereignty of these entities, the Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine under the justification of the demilitarization and denazification of the neighboring country, as well as to bring to trial those who perpetrated numerous bloody crimes against civilians in the Donbass, including against Russian citizens. Soon after, the international community and the mainstream media began a worldwide campaign against the Russian military action, sympathizing with the government of Kiev. Although Russia is well-known for its information capabilities—whether propaganda, disinformation, or counter-information—the Kremlin appears to have overestimated its ability to wage effective information operations or underestimated the impact of Western brainwashing on public opinion. In addition, the Ukrainian leadership has effectively managed to counter the grounds on which the Russian government has supported its "special military operation." Ukrainian President Zelensky gained the trust, sympathy, and solidarity of Western leaders, the media, and public opinion, presenting his country as the victim of an unjustified aggression. On the other hand, Russian President Putin, excluded from the public debate due to the European Union ban on Russian media, was perceived by the same audience as a gangster. Is this the whole truth, or is there something more beyond the mainstream narrative? This paper aims to offer a factual analysis and a different perspective from the mainstream narrative supported and spread by Western governments and biased media outlets. 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z