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Zero-COVID Policy in China: Epidemic Control and the Mode of Politics (2023)
Journal Article

In 2022 highly restrictive measures were imposed in China to contain the less deadly Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. This study argues that these measures resulted from a move away from pragmatic authoritarianism and toward totalitarianism since 2013... Read More about Zero-COVID Policy in China: Epidemic Control and the Mode of Politics.

Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy (2023)
Journal Article

In philosophy and political theory, the term paradox is often used synonymously with antinomy, contradiction and aporia. This article clarifies the meaning of these terms through tracing their respective etymology. We see that antinomy denotes a deep... Read More about Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy.

Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy (2023)
Journal Article

In philosophy and political theory, the term paradox is often used synonymously with antinomy, contradiction, and aporia. This paper clarifies the meaning of these terms through tracing their respective etymology. We see that antinomy denotes a deep-... Read More about Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy.

(Dis)utilities of Force in a Postcolonial Context: Explaining the Strategic Failure of the French-Led Intervention in Mali (2023)
Journal Article

Employing the concept of ‘utility of force' and advancing a new counterpart – the ‘disutility of force' – this article explores why France's military intervention in Mali failed despite a major French material power advantage over the armed groups it... Read More about (Dis)utilities of Force in a Postcolonial Context: Explaining the Strategic Failure of the French-Led Intervention in Mali.

Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government's intervention in Guatemala (2023)
Journal Article

Recent scholarship debates the signaling function of secrecy and covertness. At the international level, covertness is used to achieve strategic objectives without risking escalation or openly violating international law. Domestically, secrecy is und... Read More about Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government's intervention in Guatemala.

Does citizen participation make public servants more satisfied with their jobs? It depends on whether they are Spectators or Participants (2023)
Journal Article

Is citizen participation in policymaking and implementation desirable? Numerous studies have explored its effects on policy outcomes and citizen attitudes. We, instead, examine its effects on public servants. Citizen participation changes public sect... Read More about Does citizen participation make public servants more satisfied with their jobs? It depends on whether they are Spectators or Participants.

MacIntyre and Hegel on the possibility of resolving philosophical disagreements (2023)
Journal Article

This article examines the views of Hegel and Alasdair MacIntyre regarding philosophical disagreements, whether or not they can be resolved and if so how. For both thinkers such a disagreement is thought of as taking place between the advocates of two... Read More about MacIntyre and Hegel on the possibility of resolving philosophical disagreements.

Marx, Automation and the Politics of Recognition Within Social Institutions (2023)
Journal Article

Making universal education a priority for sustainable development: The EU, Vietnam and education (2023)
Journal Article

This article highlights the need to bring education to the forefront of EU policies to promote sustainable development in Vietnam. The EU is increasingly concerned with promoting sustainable development worldwide. It does this in its aid policies, an... Read More about Making universal education a priority for sustainable development: The EU, Vietnam and education.

The Aden Protectorate Levies, Counter-insurgency and the Loyalist Bargain in South Arabia, 1951-1957 (2023)
Book Chapter

Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections? (2023)
Journal Article

What is the impact of democracy/authoritarianism regime change on de/centralization in federations? Based on the annual coding of three politico-institutional aspects, 22 policy fields, and five fiscal categories, this article maps de/centralization... Read More about Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections?.

Party and Party System Institutionalization: Which Comes First? (2023)
Journal Article

Parties and party systems are treated as separate phenomena in theory, but not in research practice. This is most clearly so in the literature on the institutionalization of party politics, where the party level and the systemic levels are often anal... Read More about Party and Party System Institutionalization: Which Comes First?.

Marx’s Capital and the concept of super-exploitation (2023)
Journal Article

This article explores the theory of exploitation which Marx sets out in Capital. It argues that Marx assumes there that there are five modes of extraction of surplus value. These are associated with the following principles: 1. extended duration of t... Read More about Marx’s Capital and the concept of super-exploitation.

Coaxing corporations: Enriching the conceptualization of governments as strategic actors (2023)
Journal Article

Research Summary: Little is known about how governments secure discrete resources from global corporations over which they have limited direct control. Utilizing declassified archival sources, we examine how the UK government influenced Moody's and S... Read More about Coaxing corporations: Enriching the conceptualization of governments as strategic actors.

Western Estimates of Russian Military Capabilities and the Invasion of Ukraine (2023)
Journal Article

The poor performance of the Russian military during the invasion of Ukraine came as a surprise to many in the West. This prompted a debate about why Russian capabilities had been overestimated. Fingers were pointed at the work of Western military ana... Read More about Western Estimates of Russian Military Capabilities and the Invasion of Ukraine.

Private Investment in Chinese Football Clubs: Political Capital and State-Business Exchanges (2023)
Journal Article

Business-government relations play a crucial role in China's economic development and policy implementation. Situated in an asymmetric dependency nexus, local officials court business investments to facilitate policy and boost their political careers... Read More about Private Investment in Chinese Football Clubs: Political Capital and State-Business Exchanges.

The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952 (2023)
Journal Article

The protection of diplomats, embassies and sensitive information has always been an important aspect of diplomacy. Today, security is an accepted norm of day-to-day diplomatic work, yet the importance of security in the UK Foreign Office was not alwa... Read More about The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952.

Expanding and protecting human rights from space (2023)
Journal Article

The area of surveillance of human activities from above is fraught with concerns and controversy. Such surveillance is clearly being used in ways that invade human lives and often put those lives in danger. At the same time, there is an argument for... Read More about Expanding and protecting human rights from space.

The politics of COVID-19: Government response in comparative perspective (2023)
Journal Article

Since its appearance in Wuhan (China) in late December 2019, the geographical spread of COVID-19 and its constituent waves varied in pace and intensity around the world. Responses to the pandemic also varied across the world with high variation in ca... Read More about The politics of COVID-19: Government response in comparative perspective.

Buying Taiwan? The Limitations of Mainland Chinese Cross-Strait Direct Investments as a Tool of Economic Statecraft (2023)
Journal Article

Chinese cross-border investments are often assumed to be state-driven and Beijing’s tool of economic statecraft. However, corresponding evidence remains inconclusive. This article examines mainland Chinese direct investments in Taiwan and finds that... Read More about Buying Taiwan? The Limitations of Mainland Chinese Cross-Strait Direct Investments as a Tool of Economic Statecraft.