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Tracking earmarked funding to international organizations: Introducing the earmarked funding dataset Rev. Int. Organ. (IF 7.833) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Bernhard Reinsberg, Mirko Heinzel, Christian Siauwijaya
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Why Incorporate the ECHR? The Domestic Incentives of Human Rights Commitment International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Johan Karlsson Schaffer
Why do consolidated democracies incorporate international human rights law (IHRL) treaties into national law? Existing research suggests contrastive accounts of the participation of democracies in IHRL regimes. While overall more likely to ratify, consolidated democracies are sometimes reluctant to accept demanding human rights commitments and less likely than both newly democratic and authoritarian
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The democratic patience Journal of Peace Research (IF 3.713) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Andrew Kenealy
This article theoretically clarifies and presents the first large-N empirical support for a centuries-old intuition: that democracies are slow to use violent military force. It argues that democratic and nondemocratic state leaders managing interstate crises experience trade-offs over when to respond, and that democratic institutions incentivize democrats that consider violent military force to delay
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Third-party countries in cyber conflict: Public opinion and conflict spillover in cyberspace Journal of Peace Research (IF 3.713) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Miguel Alberto Gomez, Gregory H Winger
The transnational nature of cyberspace alters the role of third-party countries (TPCs) in international conflict. In the conventional environment, military operations are primarily confined to the boundaries of the combatants or a designated war zone. However, during cyber conflicts, operations may occur on the digital infrastructure of states not otherwise involved in the dispute. Nevertheless, within
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Manipulating Public Beliefs about Alliance Compliance: A Survey Experiment International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Dan Reiter, Brian Greenhill
Conventional wisdom on alliances proposes that leaders comply with alliances because the public opposes violating alliance commitments. However, this assumes that the public can easily judge whether or not a particular policy violates an alliance treaty. This article challenges this assumption and develops a theory that elites have the opportunity to shape public understanding as to whether an action
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Death, Grief, and Mourning in an ICTY Film: Exploring Relational and Non/Living Worlds International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Caitlin Biddolph
International criminal justice is filled with living, dead, and dying bodies. While witnesses detail atrocities in the courtroom, such testimonies are largely considered for their evidentiary value to establish innocence or guilt. In this article, I explore how death, grief, and mourning are represented at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). I focus on the ICTY documentary
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Land Reform Versus Repression in Counterinsurgency: Evidence From El Salvador Journal of Conflict Resolution (IF 3.211) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 T. David Mason, Jesse Hamner, Amalia Pulido, Mustafa Kirisci, Frank M. Howell
Land reform has been employed as a component of counterinsurgency strategies to inoculate peasants against rebel appeals by giving peasants their own land. However, the remedial effects of land reform can be undermined by right wing violence and rebel violence intended to subvert land reform implementation. We used municipio level data on land reform and election results from El Salvador to test propositions
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Sports nationalism and xenophobia: When cheering turns into violence Journal of Peace Research (IF 3.713) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Gabriele Pinto
International football matches are among the highest manifestations of national pride and unity that a country can have in peaceful times. However, some anecdotal evidence suggests that when things go wrong (e.g. when the national team loses), the euphoria surrounding these events can easily turn into xenophobic outbursts. We propose a conceptual framework and an empirical analysis to explain whether
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Political Regimes and Refugee Entries: The Preferences and Decisions of Displaced Persons and Host Governments International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Masaaki Higashijima, Yujin Woo
s What drives refugee movements? Focusing on host countries' domestic political institutions, we argue that refugee entry is determined by the political regimes that shape the incentives of both host governments and displaced persons. Specifically, we theorize that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between political regimes and the volume of refugee entries. When the host country is autocratic
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How Bashar al-Asad Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the “War on Terror” International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Sean Lee
s This article draws on regime newspaper archives and the Arabic-language speeches of and interviews with Syrian president Bashar al-Asad over the last two decades to track how Syrian governmental rhetoric on the question of “terrorism” has changed over time. Engaging with the literature on how ideas, technologies, and contentious repertoires diffuse and spread and how regimes learn from each other
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Spiral to Surveillance: The Effect of INGOs on Levels of Peacekeeper Misconduct International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Morgan Barney, Kellan Borror
s Over the last twenty years, the international relations literature has sought to understand the conditions in which peacekeeping operations (PKOs) occur and the efficacy of their presence. Much work has focused on PKOs’ relationship to civilians in civil conflict, but less is understood about the influences on peacekeeping missions’ quality. If PKOs commit human rights abuses, how might other actors
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Interpersonal Commitment: The Hidden Power of Face-to-Face Diplomacy International Studies Review (IF 4.342) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Gadi Heimann, Zohar Kampf
This article argues that interpersonal commitment is statespersons’ most highly coveted aim, the greatest benefit that interpersonal relations can yield in diplomacy. Accordingly, statespersons employ a range of relational practices in encounters with counterparts, seeking to create and harness commitment that will advance professional aims. We argue that statespersons can follow one of two paths to
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Taking Civilians: Terrorist Kidnapping in Civil War International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Blair Welsh
Why do insurgents resort to kidnapping in civil war? What explains variation in the selection and intensity of the tactic over time and space? Despite an increase in the use of kidnapping over time, existing research has yet to develop an explanation that explains spatiotemporal variation and extends beyond financial motivations. I argue the decision to kidnap hostages is shaped by insurgents’ behavioral
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Ethnic politics via digital means: Introducing the Ethnic Organizations Online dataset Journal of Peace Research (IF 3.713) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Frederik Gremler, Nils B Weidmann
With the increasing relevance of ethnic groups as political actors, the literature has attempted to identify and study the ethnic organizations representing these groups. How do these organizations use digital communication channels to reach their domestic and international audiences? To enable research on these questions, this article introduces the Ethnic Organizations Online dataset, a new data
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Child Victims and the Punishment of UN Peacekeepers for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Audrey L Comstock
s A growing subset of peacekeeping literature focuses on explaining peacekeeper sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of civilians within postconflict protection. However, what happens after the abuse has received limited attention. Most of the time, peacekeepers do not receive any type of punishment following abuse allegations. What explains why peacekeepers are punished for abuse allegations? I argue
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Collective Memory and Problems of Scale in International Relations International Studies Review (IF 4.342) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Elise Sammons, Will Kujala
International relations (IR) scholars are increasingly interested in the role of memory in world politics. In this paper, we examine a key tension in the uptake of memory in IR between its status as a topic studied within IR and its use as an optic through which the basic categories of IR might be rethought. Focusing on the problem of scales of analysis, central within memory studies more broadly,
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From Confrontation to Cooperation: Describing Non-State Armed Group–UN Interactions in Peace Operations International Studies Review (IF 4.342) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Jenniina Kotajoki
In various conflict contexts where the state is unable to maintain security and public order, non-state armed groups (NSAGs) and the United Nations (UN) conduct their activities alongside one another. While previous research has focused on hostile relations between the UN and NSAGs, less attention has been given to collaborative interactions. This paper aims to address this research gap by formulating
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Right-Wing Populist Leaders, Nationalist Rhetoric, and Dispute Initiation in International Politics Journal of Conflict Resolution (IF 3.211) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Minnie M. Joo, Brandon Bolte, Nguyen Huynh, Vineeta Yadav, Bumba Mukherjee
The global rise of right-wing populist (RWP) leaders has raised concerns about the threat they pose to a cooperative international order, but there is little systematic evidence linking RWP leaders to military aggression. Are RWP leaders more prone to initiating international disputes? If so, when and why? We argue that a RWP leader’s hyper-nationalist rhetoric can galvanize popular support for militant
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Your silence speaks volumes: Weak states and strategic absence in the UN General Assembly Rev. Int. Organ. (IF 7.833) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Julia C. Morse, Bridget Coggins
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The possibilities and limits of international status: Evidence from foreign aid and public opinion Rev. Int. Organ. (IF 7.833) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Lauren Ferry, Cleo O’Brien-Udry
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Transient States and Timeless Ties: (In)Formality, Power Networks, and the EU Mission in Kosovo International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Siddharth Tripathi, Solveig Richter
State-building by external actors can be understood as a practice of intervention in post-conflict spaces characterized by convergences and contestations between different actors striving for power and legitimacy. Informal non-state (armed) groups and clientele networks profit from the contingencies during transition and “capture” emerging formal state institutions to secure private gains and public
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Foreign Military Training and Socialization: An Examination of Human Capital and Norm Transmission Between Allies International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Sándor Fábián, Andrew Boutton
s Foreign military personnel routinely participate in educational and cultural programs administered by the U.S. military. In addition to bolstering the capacity of the recipient military, one of the primary goals of these programs is to professionalize the military of the recipient state. It is hoped not only that the soldiers will internalize norms of human rights and democracy themselves but also
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Fear or Anger? Leaders’ Childhood War Trauma and Interstate Conflict Initiation International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 James D Kim
How does a leader’s childhood exposure to war influence their propensity to initiate conflicts? While much research explains leaders’ national security policies using their combat and rebel experiences, few scholars have examined the effects of childhood wartime violence. I develop and test two competing arguments about the effects of childhood war trauma on future conflict behavior. One argument expects
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Empowering to constrain: Procedural checks in international organizations Rev. Int. Organ. (IF 7.833) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Katherine M. Beall
Why would weak states accept rules which authorize strong states to take coercive action against them? I argue that, in some cases, this is a way of creating constraints over the exercise power in the form of procedural checks, or rules delineating the process through which power can legitimately be exercised. If stronger states become willing to exercise power against weak states in the absence of
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UNIFIL’s “Blue Line” Demarcation: Spatial Ordering, Political Subjectivity, and Settler Colonialism in South Lebanese Borderlands International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Susann Kassem
This article offers an ethnographic account of ongoing border conflicts in south Lebanon between members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and residents in a south Lebanese border village. It emphasizes the specific experiences of this border population with foreign intervention and land expropriations. It places UNIFIL’s current intervention in a long history of Western imperialism
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The Shadow of Official Development Assistance: ODA, Corruption, and the Shadow Economy in Recipients International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Chungshik Moon, Youngwan Kim, Da Sul Kim
s While the shadow economy seems to have both positive and negative effects on a country’s macroeconomy, almost all governments have attempted to control the shadow economy to prevent the loss of tax revenues and the attendant impact on the government budget. Even though official development assistance (ODA) has no formal link with the shadow economy, we often observe a relationship between the two
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Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation? International Studies Review (IF 4.342) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Simon Pierre Boulanger Martel, Anna Jarstad, Elisabeth Olivius, Johanna Söderström, Marie-Joëlle Zahar, Malin Åkebo
What strategies can be employed to conceptualize peace? In recent years, scholars have introduced an impressive array of “peace with adjectives” in order to make sense of some of the normative and empirical underpinnings of peace. Negative, positive, everyday, virtual, illiberal, partial, insecure, relational, emancipatory, agonistic, and feminist are some of the qualifiers that have been associated
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A Threat to Cohesion: Intragroup Affective Polarization in the Context of Intractable Intergroup Conflict Journal of Conflict Resolution (IF 3.211) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Tal Orian Harel, Nimrod Nir, Daan Vandermeulen, Ifat Maoz, Eran Halperin
Growing affective polarization, or animosity between competing ideological groups, threatens to tear apart democratic societies worldwide. In nations that are facing external conflicts, the threat arising from these conflicts may boost internal cohesion and potentially reduce the internal threat of fragmentation. However, in the current study, we analyze survey datasets from two societies embedded
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Participatory Rebel Governance and Durability of Peace International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Hyunjung Park
Rebel groups often develop governance during war by establishing administrative structures, engaging in taxation, and providing social services to the local population. Rebel governance structures, however, vary depending on the extent to which they include participatory arrangements. Some rebel groups allow civilian participation in their governance during the war, while others have highly hierarchical
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Dialectics of International Interventions through Scale, Space, and Time International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Monica Fagioli, Debora V Malito
This Special Issue questions the problem of international interventions’ persistence and multidimensionality by asking what makes interventions still relevant and for whom. In this introduction, we advance a dialectical understanding of interventions to study their diverse modalities and enduring mechanisms of order-making, with specific attention to space, time, and scale. We elaborate on Laura Doyle's
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“Train the World”: Examining the Logics of US Foreign Military Training International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Renanah Miles Joyce, Theodore McLauchlin, Lee Seymour
s Foreign military training has become a key component of the United States’ security policy. What explains the variation in US training allocation across countries and over time? Past work on security assistance, such as training, focuses on its effectiveness and consequences, largely overlooking questions about which countries receive it in the first place. To understand what drives US military training
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The Politics of International Peace and Security: Introducing a New Dataset on the Creation of United Nations Security Council Subsidiary Bodies International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Andrew Lugg, Sloan Lansdale, Shannon Carcelli
This paper introduces new data on the creation of subsidiary bodies (SBs) by members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) between 1972 and 2020. Delegation to SBs is one of the principal means through which the UNSC acts, and these bodies are designed to carry out crucial functions such as peacekeeping, implementing sanctions, and investigating crises. Yet, no research has systematically evaluated
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Abstract Spaces for Intervention in Libya and Nigeria International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Debora V Malito, Muhammad Dan Suleiman
How is the space for contemporary interventions constructed? This article deepens our understanding of counterterrorism as a dialectical form of intervention by highlighting the importance of unifying rationalities in the creation of “ungoverned spaces” as abstract spaces for intervention purposes. We combine dialectical and decolonial thinking to track how unifying rationalities in Nigeria and Libya
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Transnational Legal Spillover? A Re-Appraisal of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Elizabeth Acorn, Michael O Allen
Can prosecutions by US authorities help spread enforcement of foreign bribery laws to other countries? In this article, we explore this question by re-examining earlier scholarship that found that US prosecutions of foreign corporations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) increase the likelihood that the corporation's home state will enforce its own foreign bribery laws. Using a conditional-frailty
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Network analysis of international cooperation in space 1958–2023: Evidence of space blocs Journal of Peace Research (IF 3.713) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Svetla Ben-Itzhak
The future of international cooperation in outer space was questioned when, in January 2022, Russia announced that it intended to leave the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024. A symbol of post-Cold War reconciliation, the station has linked Washington and Moscow even when relations on the ground frayed. The ISS has become a bedrock of international cooperation, having welcomed 276 individuals
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Traditional Authorities, Norm Collisions, and Communal Conflict Journal of Conflict Resolution (IF 3.211) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Clara Neupert-Wentz
I examine the effect of the policing capacity of traditional authorities (TAs) on communal conflict. TAs of ethnic groups use distinct customary laws and dispute-resolution mechanisms. Their coexistence with national norms and those of other TAs results in parallel legal systems. I argue that this generates uncertainties about norms and vertical and horizontal jurisdictional conflict, which increases
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Who adjusts? Exchange rate regimes and finance versus labor under IMF programs Rev. Int. Organ. (IF 7.833) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Saliha Metinsoy
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The motivating and mobilizing effects of inequality on civil conflict: Focusing on trade-induced labor market shocks Journal of Peace Research (IF 3.713) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Hye-Ryoung Jung
This article has two aims: (1) to identify the causal effect of income inequality on civil conflict and (2) to find the mechanism in which disadvantaged individuals can mobilize collective violence. Applying the Heckscher-Ohlin and Stopler-Samuelson theorems, this study hypothesizes that workers in land-rich countries – those who face contracted demand in the labor market and consequently a larger
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Complexities of State-Building in Somaliland International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Monica Fagioli
s Since the mid-2000s, state-building in Somaliland has emerged as a complex mixture of coexisting, competing programs, political aspirations, and foreign agendas. This article applies a dialectical approach to focus on the scalar relations among actors and models of capacity-building, from programs’ design to their implementation. Drawing on science and technology studies, I use the term “complexities”
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The Transit Fix—Border Externalization and the Interplay of Capital and Race in the Transit “Migration” State International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Timor Landherr
What happens after border externalization? States and regional organizations of the Global North increasingly engage in transnational migration management that seeks to prevent potential irregular migration beyond their territory. Despite the impressive financial and political resources the involved actors mobilize to reach this goal, little is known about the effects of this strategy on their target
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The Saavedra Lamas Peace: How a Norm Complex Evolved and Crystallized to Eliminate War in the Americas International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Luis L Schenoni, Gary Goertz, Andrew P Owsiak, Paul F Diehl
s After the Napoleonic Wars interstate war regularly occurred throughout the Western Hemisphere—until in matter of decades it disappeared. After the 1930s even low-level militarized interstate conflict became less frequent, shorter, and less severe over time. What explains the change in this specific region and historical jucture? We argue that leaders in the Americas identified territorial disputes
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Sweetening the liberalization pill: flanking measures to free trade agreements Rev. Int. Polit. Econ. (IF 4.146) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Noémie Laurens, Christian Winkler, Cédric Dupont
Free trade agreement (FTA) negotiators increasingly face pressure from domestic interest groups, including environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil activists and labor unions. As ...
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Positionality Statements as a Function of Coloniality: Interrogating Reflexive Methodologies International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Jasmine K Gani, Rabea M Khan
s Declaration of positionality and the confession of privilege as a way of revealing unequal power dynamics in knowledge production has become an increasingly encouraged reflexive practice in international relations and other disciplines. However, we interrogate the potentially negative implications of this methodology, occurring through a reification of material, assumed, and imagined hierarchies
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Diplomatic Representation and Online/Offline Interactions: EU Coordination and Digital Sociability International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Elsa Hedling
European Union (EU) diplomatic representation in third countries is performed by both the Member States and by the EU Delegation. This hybrid system of representation functions through EU coordination. As social media have become important channels of state representation, coordination also takes place in the domain of digital diplomacy. This article analyzes how the EU Member State embassies and the
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Public support for withdrawal from international organizations: Experimental evidence from the US Rev. Int. Organ. (IF 7.833) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Inken von Borzyskowski, Felicity Vabulas
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The Construction of Terrorist Threat in Mali: Agency and Narratives of Intervention International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Joe Gazeley
s Through a close textual analysis of US diplomatic cables and other relevant documents, this article provides new empirical data to trace the mutual construction of Mali as a site of terrorist threat. It argues that this mutual construction paradoxically enhanced the agency of Malian foreign policy elites in negotiations with their US interlocutors and highlights the effectiveness of Malian deployment
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Foreign Sponsorship of Armed Groups and Civil War International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Michael A Rubin, Iris Malone
s Under what conditions do armed groups escalate their campaigns to civil war? Existing research suggests foreign states’ material support is critical to explaining armed groups' conduct during civil war and, thereby, war intensification, duration, and outcomes. Thus far, little attention has been paid to understanding whether and how foreign support influences whether armed groups fight civil wars
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Credibility in Crises: How Patrons Reassure Their Allies International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Lauren Sukin, Alexander Lanoszka
s How do citizens of US allies assess different reassurance strategies? This article investigates the effects of US reassurance policies on public opinion in allied states. We design and conduct a survey experiment in five Central–Eastern European states—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania—in March 2022. Set against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this experiment asked respondents
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Mass Emigration and the Erosion of Liberal Democracy International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Daniel Auer, Max Schaub
s In many regions of the world, liberal politics is on the retreat. This development is usually explained with reference to inherently political phenomena. We propose an alternative explanation, linking democratic backsliding to deep-reaching demographic change caused by mass emigration. We argue that because migrants tend to be more politically liberal, their departure, if quantitatively significant
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‘A sense of the systemic’: the Bank of England and the language of inclusive capitalism Rev. Int. Polit. Econ. (IF 4.146) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Adam Blanden
Successive crises – social, environmental and political – have led some in global governance circles to advocate a more ‘inclusive capitalism’. In this article, I show how this postcrisis language ...
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Compliance Agreements: Emergent Flexibility in the Inter-American Human Rights System International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Mariana Brocca, Isabel Anayanssi Orizaga Inzunza
Are agreements between states and victims an effective way to achieve reparations for human rights violations? We identify and evaluate a legal instrument hitherto ignored in analyses of the Inter-American Human Rights System: compliance agreements. These agreements emerged as a tool to negotiate the implementation of recommendations made by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to states responsible
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Bending the Automation Bias Curve: A Study of Human and AI-Based Decision Making in National Security Contexts International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Michael C Horowitz, Lauren Kahn
Uses of artificial intelligence (AI) are growing around the world. What will influence AI adoption in the international security realm? Research on automation bias suggests that humans can often be overconfident in AI, whereas research on algorithm aversion shows that, as the stakes of a decision rise, humans become more cautious about trusting algorithms. We theorize about the relationship between
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Colonial Redress and the Unintended Consequences of Global Opportunities International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Claudia Junghyun Kim
Research shows that the rise of political and discursive opportunities enabled by the diffusion of progressive global norms has empowered many aggrieved local actors. Drawing on colonial victims’ transnational redress movements, I add to this literature in two ways. First, rejecting the common association between global opportunities and local movement facilitation and success, I make a counterintuitive
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Terrorists versus Rebels: The Strategic Use of Implicit Amnesty in the Peace Process in Mali International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Sophie T Rosenberg
Why do governments block efforts to hold perpetrators of human rights violations accountable, including against actors linked to proscribed groups? This article explores the Malian government’s decisions to support or suspend accountability efforts against prominent individuals during the peace negotiations between 2012 and 2017, including those with links to jihadist groups. By tracing the micro-processes
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No Safe Haven: Operation Condor and Transnational Repression in South America International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Francesca Lessa, Lorena Balardini
Transnational repression, i.e., the deliberate targeting of refugees and dissidents by states across borders, is a relatively understudied subject in international relations. This article analyzes why states act together to persecute political opponents abroad and explains variations in such practices. It proposes a theory of cooperation in transnational repression and uses the case study of Operation
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Memory Fusion, Diplomatic Agency, and Armenian Genocide Recognition in the Czech Republic International Political Sociology (IF 3.229) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Daniel Fittante
Scholars often emphasize how right-wing political actors in Europe use memory laws to undermine democratic traditions and revise historical accounts. But a broad range of political actors (with diverse motivations) support memory laws. Synthesizing research in international political sociology and memory politics, this analysis examines the relational and social practices of diplomats from small states
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Carrots as Sticks: How Effective Are Foreign Aid Suspensions and Economic Sanctions? International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Claas Mertens
Existing research shows that economic coercion successfully influences targeted states’ behavior 38 percent of the time. This article integrates research on economic sanctions and foreign aid by assessing the relative effectiveness of two types of economic coercion: economic sanctions and foreign aid suspensions. It argues that suspending aid is more effective than adopting economic sanctions because
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Effects of Self-Legitimation and Delegitimation on Public Attitudes toward International Organizations: A Worldwide Survey Experiment International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Farsan Ghassim
Public views on international organizations (IOs) have become a matter of central concern. While actors in world politics increasingly try to legitimize or delegitimize IOs, scholars have begun investigating such phenomena systematically. This paper provides the most comprehensive IO (de)legitimation study to date. Building on cueing theory, and considering input as well as output legitimacy, I examine
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Elitist Remedies? Complaint Resources and Representation in International Human Rights Bodies International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Christoph Valentin Steinert
This article investigates determinants of representation in international human rights bodies. It is argued that socioeconomic factors shape whether human rights abuses translate into complaints to international human rights mechanisms. To seek international remedy, victims of human rights abuse must be aware of remedies, and they require complaint literacy to file complaints. Alternatively, they need
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The Mercurial Commitment: Revisiting the Unintended Consequences of Military Humanitarian Intervention and Anti-Atrocity Norms International Studies Quarterly (IF 2.799) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Hiroto Sawada
The debate on whether military humanitarian intervention and anti-atrocity norms, such as the responsibility to protect, cause perverse incentives, and provocative violence by a rebel group, has yet to reach a consensus. Specifically, existing theories are unable to fully explain why “emboldened” rebel groups provoke the government in some cases but not others. This paper reconciles this unresolved