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(Dis)utilities of Force in a Postcolonial Context: Explaining the Strategic Failure of the French-Led Intervention in Mali (2023)
Journal Article
Bertrand, E., Chafer, T., & Stoddard, E. (2023). (Dis)utilities of Force in a Postcolonial Context: Explaining the Strategic Failure of the French-Led Intervention in Mali. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2023.2278268

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)
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Trenta, L., Fahey, K. T., & Atkinson, D. B. (2023). Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government's intervention in Guatemala. Intelligence and National Security, https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2279317

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)
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Islam, K. M., Meyer‐Sahling, J., Mikkelsen, K. S., Rahman, T., & Schuster, C. (2023). Does citizen participation make public servants more satisfied with their jobs? It depends on whether they are Spectators or Participants. Public Administration and Development, 43(5), 381-392. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2031

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.

Making universal education a priority for sustainable development: The EU, Vietnam and education (2023)
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Gegout, C. (2024). Making universal education a priority for sustainable development: The EU, Vietnam and education. Global Policy, 15(1), 91-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13298

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.

Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections? (2023)
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Dardanelli, P., Kincaid, J., Adeney, K., Moscovich, L., Olmeda, J. C., Schlegel, R., …Lacroix Eussler, S. (2023). Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections?. Regional and Federal Studies, 33(5), 577-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2023.2274861

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)
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Casal Bértoa, F., Enyedi, Z., & Mölder, M. (2023). Party and Party System Institutionalization: Which Comes First?. Perspectives on Politics, 22(1), 194-212. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592723002530

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)
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Burns, T. (in press). Marx’s Capital and the concept of super-exploitation. Capital and Class, https://doi.org/10.1177/03098168231199913

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)
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Gill, M. J., & Gill, D. J. (2024). Coaxing corporations: Enriching the conceptualization of governments as strategic actors. Strategic Management Journal, 45(3), 588-615. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3557

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)
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Renz, B. (2023). Western Estimates of Russian Military Capabilities and the Invasion of Ukraine. Problems of Post-Communism, https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2023.2253359

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)
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Ross, T., Sullivan, J., & Lai, H. (2023). Private Investment in Chinese Football Clubs: Political Capital and State-Business Exchanges. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 52(3), 518 - 541. https://doi.org/10.1177/18681026231188142

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)
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Lomas, D., & Murphy, C. J. (2023). The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 34(3), 433-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2023.2239638

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)
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Bales, K. (2023). Expanding and protecting human rights from space. Digital War, https://doi.org/10.1057/s42984-023-00064-x

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)
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Landman, T., & Smallman-Raynor, M. (2023). The politics of COVID-19: Government response in comparative perspective. Political Geography, 106, Article 102957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102957

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)
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Lee, C., & Knoerich, J. (2024). Buying Taiwan? The Limitations of Mainland Chinese Cross-Strait Direct Investments as a Tool of Economic Statecraft. China Quarterly, 257, 202-221. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305741023001029

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.

Parliamentary candidates and their campaign messages at the 2019 General Election (2023)
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Trumm, S., Milazzo, C., & Duggan, A. (2023). Parliamentary candidates and their campaign messages at the 2019 General Election. Politics, https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957231186384

The 2019 General Election brought about a significant change in the parliamentary balance of power. There has already been much attention devoted to how parties and their leaders campaigned in the run up to the polling day. Using original leaflet dat... Read More about Parliamentary candidates and their campaign messages at the 2019 General Election.

Racism by Designation: Making Sense of Western States’ Nondesignation of White Supremacists as Terrorists (2023)
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Búzás, Z. I., & Meier, A. A. (2023). Racism by Designation: Making Sense of Western States’ Nondesignation of White Supremacists as Terrorists. Security Studies, 32(4-5), 680-713. https://doi.org/10.1080/09636412.2023.2230882

How can we make sense of Western states’ nondesignation of white supremacists as terrorists compared to other actors engaged in similar political violence? This article offers three arguments and supports them with rich case studies of designation in... Read More about Racism by Designation: Making Sense of Western States’ Nondesignation of White Supremacists as Terrorists.