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Land use practices and farmer–herder conflict in Agogo: dynamics of traditional authority and resistance Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Tobias Tseer, Kasim Salifu, Gordon Yenglier Yiridomoh
The existing literature has extensively explored the causes of farmer–herder conflicts in Ghana. However, there has been limited investigation into the relationship between royal hegemony over cust...
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Brutality on display: media coverage and the spectacle of anti-LGBTQ violence in the Colombian Civil War Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Samuel Ritholtz
During the Colombian Civil War, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people were targeted by armed actors for reasons related to ideology and strategy. Even with the generalised violence ...
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Dislodging the hegemony of the white epistemological frame Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Thapelo Tselapedi
In South African public discourse, the concept of gender appears to be cognate with the category of woman. Given the presence of masculinity studies in South Africa, the normative view of gender do...
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Interdisciplinary perspectives on gendered violence and resistance in Latin America Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Tatiana Sanchez Parra, Sanne Weber
Latin America has been the backdrop of colonial extraction, military dictatorships and armed conflicts, while it has also been characterised by its strong social movements, political organising and...
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Political healing in East Asian international relations: what, why and how Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Ching-Chang Chen, Astrid H. M. Nordin, Peter Karl Mayer
The opening article of this collection serves as an invitation to academics and practitioners of international relations to rethink and transform, not merely observe and contain, long-standing conf...
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The limits of autocratisation in Indonesia: power dispersal and elite competition in a compromised democracy Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Marcus Mietzner
How does democracy survive in a polity that has witnessed consistent autocratisation trends for an extended period of time? In Indonesia, new patterns of autocratisation and broader democratic decl...
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Sanitation is political: understanding stakeholders’ incentives in funding sanitation for the Gaza Strip, Palestine Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Mariam Zaqout, Mariam Fayad, Dani J. Barrington, Anna Mdee, Barbara E. Evans
The Gaza Strip is dependent on external aid to deliver basic services, including water and sanitation. Such services are not sustainable due to the Israeli occupation and the limited financial and ...
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Who owns the land? Socio-cultural and economic drivers of unequal agrarian land ownership in climate-vulnerable coastal Bangladesh Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Saleh Ahmed, Elizabeth Marie Eklund
In agrarian society, land is a critical resource. Not only does access to arable land increase food security and household income, it also provides resources to cope with any environmental stresses...
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The gendered politics of Iran-U.S. relations: sanctions, the JCPOA and women’s security Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Valentine M. Moghadam
I examine the decades of fraught Iran–U.S. relations through a conceptual feminist IR lens, and I situate the relationship within the broader MENA region beset with rivalries, conflicts and crises....
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Climate security and Japan’s new national security strategy: a policy analysis Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Hideshi Tokuchi
Japan’s National Security Strategy makes it clear that the Government of Japan is more climate-security minded than before, although its overall tone is dominated by geopolitical and traditional se...
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Shifting discourses of climate security in India: domestic and international dimensions Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Dhanasree Jayaram
The Indian perspectives on climate security are influenced by both domestic and international imperatives. The logic followed by India is not typically the same as that adopted by countries of the ...
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Instrumentalising the army before elections in Turkey Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Huseyin Zengin
This paper argues that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has instrumentalised the Turkish army by conducting military operations in the run-up to elections. Although ending military tutelage ...
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Correction Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-09
Published in Third World Quarterly (Vol. 45, No. 3, 2024)
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Guns, gender and petroleum: a critical analysis of the underlying dynamics of Timor-Leste’s development trajectory Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Selver B. Sahin, Stepan Verkhovets
This article examines the underlying political economy context of the uneven development outcomes in post-conflict Timor-Leste. We use a modified version of a structural political economy approach ...
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A crisis of ontological security in foreign policy: Iran and international sanctions in the post–JCPOA era Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Fariborz Arghavani Pirsalami, Arash Moradi, Hosein Alipour
Since the Islamic revolution, Iran has experienced deep identity changes in its foreign policy. The Islamic Republic redefined the way to interact with the world based on the Shi’ite ideas and the ...
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Oceanic diplomacy and foreign-policy making in Tuvalu: a values-based approach Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Jess Marinaccio
Recently, scholars of the Pacific region have discussed the concept of Oceanic diplomacy. Oceanic diplomacy focuses on diplomatic practices or principles that belong to Pacific cultures and are dis...
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Power and networks in the shaping of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Stefan Vicedom, Rachel Wynberg
AGRA (formerly known as the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) was founded in 2006 by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Gates Foundation to initiate agricultural transformation in Africa. ...
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Environmental pollution, variegated violence: the fizzling bond of Delta State diaspora from their homeland Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Henrietta Omo Oshokunofa
Since crude oil was discovered in Oloibiri, present-day Bayelsa State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, its exploration by the multinational oil companies has continued unfettered. With this exploration re...
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The changing role of Gulf-based non-state actors in foreign aid Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
This article examines how non-state actors in Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have engaged in foreign aid historically and against the backdrop of tightening national regul...
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Deleuze & Guattari on protest weakness in Iraq Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Benedict Robin-D’Cruz
Diverse forms of protest in contemporary Iraq have not altered the country’s political system and in some respects have reinforced it. This paper argues that the existing literature has not fully e...
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Development and national security: Indonesia’s Natuna Island and the South China Sea issue Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Yani Yang, Yizheng Zou
This article analyses the demands and interests of the Natuna Regency of Indonesia and interprets the disputes in the South China Sea from the perspective of local factors. Based on an analysis of ...
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9/11 and branding the Gulf States’ foreign aid Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Mohammad Yaghi
In many ways, 9/11 and the subsequent ‘Global War on Terror’ came to represent defining factors for the evolution of the Gulf States’ development and humanitarian assistance. In this context, this ...
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A dialogical appraisal of diasporic women’s work to impact change in Iran Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Rebecca Barlow, Shahram Akbarzadeh, Sanaz Nasirpour
How do women in the Iranian diaspora contribute to change in their homeland? Drawing on narrative accounts from activists and advocates, this paper offers insight into whether and how change occurs...
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Broadening perspectives on inclusive peacemaking: the case of the UN mediation in Syria Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Sara Hellmüller
Civil society inclusion has become a widely accepted norm in international peacemaking. Scholars have analysed the impact of inclusion on mediation effectiveness, mediators’ rationales for broadeni...
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Migrants in the throes of multiple crises: fragmented state authority, informal networks and forced (im)mobilities in Libya Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Eyene Okpanachi, Christian Kaunert
This article investigates the influence of non-state actors’ activities on migrants’ journeys and the resulting phenomena of ‘stranded migrants’ and forced (im)mobilities in Libya. Due to the inten...
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Legacies and futures for Global South research Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Mustapha Kamal Pasha, Shahram Akbarzadeh, Morten Bøås, Matt Davies, Jing Gu, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, Rirhandu Mageza-Barthel, Marianne H. Marchand, Sam Okoth Opondo, Heloise Weber, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard
Published in Third World Quarterly (Vol. 45, No. 1, 2024)
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Dependency theory meets feminist economics: a research agenda Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Belén Villegas Plá
Dependency theory had great influence in Latin America between 1940 and 1970, but since then it has lost political and academic relevance. However, in recent years, the dependency agenda has been i...
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Continuity and change in Saudi Arabia’s development and humanitarian aid Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Narayani Sritharan, Ammar A. Malik, Asad Sami
This paper delves into the motivations and drivers behind Saudi Arabia’s foreign aid, shedding light on the interplay between geopolitics, religious affinity, and strategic objectives. Drawing on n...
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The role of the sustainable development goals for digital development professionals: lessons for the post-2030 development goals Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Franz-Ferdinand Rothe
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are meant to transform the work of anyone working in international development, throughout a vast ecosystem spanning the private and public sectors and beyo...
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Bad adopters or bad proponents of technology? Facebook and the violence against Muslims in Myanmar Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Aleksandar Deejay, Tamas Wells, Kathryn Henne, Stefan Baechtold
The violence towards the Rohingya people in Myanmar has been well documented, with Facebook serving as a key site for the proliferation of anti-Muslim hate speech in the country. There are differin...
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Forging alliances: political competition and industrial policy in democratic Brazil Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Renato H. de Gaspi
Most of the literature on the politics of industrial policy describes a policy realm that is dominated by business–state relations. This paper goes beyond this and proposes that, in democratic sett...
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Love in war? The strategic use of intimacy in armed conflict Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Kiran Stallone
The strategic use of intimacy to achieve concrete objectives during war has not been systematically or comprehensively analysed. This article presents the cases of civilian women in armed conflict ...
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Broadening the concept of interregionalism: beyond state-centrism and Eurocentrism Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Andréas Litsegård, Frank Mattheis
An increasingly relevant layer of South–South cooperation (SSC) is the proliferation of interactions between regional organisations, in addition to bilateral cooperation. However, studies on interr...
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From financial inclusion to financial health of refugees: urging for a shift in perspective Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Swati Mehta Dhawan, Kim Wilson, Hans-Martin Zademach
Based on new empirical insights gained in a multi-country project with a particular focus on Jordan as a hotspot of international development in the context of forced displacement, the paper in han...
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‘Made in Kyrgyzstan is gold!’ the rise of the informal Kyrgyzstani apparel industry Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Claudia Eggart
The Kyrgyzstani apparel industry has seen spectacular growth in recent years, despite informal structures, a predatory business environment, and intersecting crises. Contrary to other apparel produ...
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Theory importation and the death of homegrown disciplinary potential: an autopsy of Turkish IR Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Ersel Aydinli
A primary premise of the Global IR initiative is its emphasis on world history as a basis for global IR theorising. While non-Western contributions are thus critical, periphery IR disciplinary comm...
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The burden of war widows: gendered consequences of war and peace-building in Sri Lanka Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Karen Brounéus, Erika Forsberg, Kristine Höglund, Kate Lonergan
Research shows that war affects various groups of survivors differently, yet the severe consequences faced by war widows are often overlooked. Combining insights from fieldwork in Sri Lanka with se...
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Revisiting neoliberalism and new developmentalism: lessons from Turkey and Argentina Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Sumercan Bozkurt Gungen
This article contributes to ongoing efforts to clarify and differentiate between neoliberal and new developmentalist strategies pursued in the early twenty-first century by shifting the focus of an...
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Towards a non-hegemonic world order – emancipation and the political agency of the Global South in a changing world order Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Annamária Artner, Zhiguang Yin
This introduction presents an overview of this collection. It aims to clarify the making of the modern world order through the dialectic between the will to dominate and the will to resist. As conv...
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Postcolonial Bangladesh and neocolonial assimilative literacy practices: the case of private schools and English language programmes Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Firoze Alam
Abstract This paper explores the ways in which neocolonial and assimilative literacy practices colonise the psyche of students through private schools and English language teaching programs in Bangladesh. Colonialist education in British India was designed to produce collaborators and not critical thinkers and to create a new breed of Indians who were Brown in the skin but British in the mind. This
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Gender and the bifurcated state: women in Uganda’s traditional authority Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Yahya Sseremba
This article introduces Mahmood Mamdani’s bifurcated state theory to the study of gender and power. The purpose is to unveil the structure of the state that produces conflicting experiences of elit...
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Crises, labour market and informality in Brazil: the Covid-19 shock in the light of past dynamics Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Mireille Razafindrakoto, François Roubaud, Alexis Saludjian
Abstract In this article, we show the magnitude of the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the Brazilian labour market, especially on informal workers who were the main victims. This result calls into question the validity of the standard model, referred to in our work as a ‘canonical crisis’, which states that the informal economy plays a counter-cyclical role as a shock absorber. A thorough analysis
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Has Spanish international development and aid policy done ‘more with less’? Crisis, horizontal cooperation and complexity Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Ileana Daniela Serban, Andrea Betti
By approaching the question of complexity in international development through governance lenses, this article proposes the use of complexity as an innovative and enabling framework for understandi...
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Interdiscursivity, Kurdish nationalism, and femininity: a feminist critical discourse analysis Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Ferdos Hatami Taher
Abstract In this study, I examine how femininity is constructed in the discourse of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), one of the representatives of Kurdish nationalism. Based on my analysis, I believe the KDPI’s discourse represents Kurdish nationalism in Iran well. Using purposive sampling, I apply feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) to examine KDPI’s texts on gender. The interdiscursivity
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Decolonising sociology through popular culture-music research: Nigeria’s liberal democracy in focus Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale, Olugbenga Samuel Falase, Mofeyisara Oluwatoyin Omobowale, Adebimpe Oluwabukade Adefila
Abstract The discipline of sociology digs out the empirical reality of societies based on affirmed epistemological frameworks. Sociological theory, methodology and research in Nigeria are deeply encapsulated in dominant Western-oriented epistemes and objectivity designs aimed at value-free assumptions, yet they are non-universally applicable to ascertaining nuanced realities with impacting outcomes
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Informality and survival in times of crises: the role of the Quadripartite security committee in wartime Beirut Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Dana Abi Ghanem
Abstract Infrastructures are crucial for survival, never more so than during wartime. The history of the civil war in Beirut illuminates how access to infrastructure was maintained through informal relations despite strife and divisions. In this paper, the role of the Quadripartite Security Committee (QSC) in managing service provision for Beirut’s habitable areas is explored. The QSC was set up to
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Morocco’s northern border region: gender, labour and mobility Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Marlene Solís, Rosa María Soriano-Miras, Cristina Fuentes-Lara
This paper presents the results of two recent studies on gender, labour and mobility on the borders between Morocco and Spain. Industrial relocation and the feminised labour market was the first fo...
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Stopping Firestone and starting a citizen ‘revolution from below’: reflections on the enduring exploitation of Liberian land and labour Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Robtel Neajai Pailey
Attempting to reduce America’s dependence on foreign-sourced rubber, Firestone established in 1926 the world’s largest industrial plantation in Liberia under a controversial 99-year-lease agreement...
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The Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme and the EU’s normative dilemma: the case of Myanmar’s garment sector Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Angela Pennisi di Floristella
Amid the escalation of the so-called Rohingya crisis and rising human rights concerns, EU institutions have repeatedly threatened a suspension of the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade arrangement wit...
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Memory and justice after famines: an introduction Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Camilla Orjuela, Swati Parashar
Famines in the Global South have claimed staggering numbers of lives, but are rarely the focus of scholarship on, or practices of, memorialisation and justice. The articles in this collection inves...
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Prison reform in conflict-affected contexts: evidence from Somaliland and Puntland Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Lina Grip, Jenniina Kotajoki
Abstract Prisons are key institutions for strengthening justice and security and are increasingly targets of international interventions. However, prison reform in conflict-affected settings is understudied. To understand the conditions underpinning successes and pitfalls of international prison reform, this study examines the local conditions under which international prison reform interventions take
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Gender and urban poverty in India Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Meghna Jaglan, Amrita Shergill
Poverty is a product of various deprivations. Gender discrimination is linked with deprivation in terms of socio-economic and political opportunities. This study explores the link between female-he...
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Constructing the future: solidarity action in Nicaragua Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Mónika Szente-Varga
Hungarian solidarity action was organised in the second half of the 1980s to build an agricultural vocational school in Nicaragua. Even though Hungary and Nicaragua had special relations after the ...
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Constructing a Vishwaguru (world teacher): Hindu nationalism, populism and the domestic consumption of Narendra Modi’s global image Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Nissim Mannathukkaren, Drew MacEachern
Narendra Modi is a prime example of a right-wing nationalist populist, in his case, trying to create a new India that rejects India’s traditional secular liberalism in favour of a Hindu state. Modi...
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Correction Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-17
Published in Third World Quarterly (Vol. 44, No. 9, 2023)
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Saudi Arabia’s foreign aid: the singularity of Yemen as a case study Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Javier Bordón, Eyad Alrefai
Abstract This article examines aid as a foreign policy tool for power and influence. In doing so, it highlights the historical and contemporary Saudi–Yemeni relationship to analyse the different patterns of Saudi aid over the last three decades, including shifts in aid criteria and allocation. The article travels between 1994 and 2022, accounting for domestic, regional and international structures
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A historic review of deforestation and afforestation in North Korea Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Jinlong Liu, Chunhong Sheng
Forest cover loss in the DPRK is intrinsically related to food insecurity and energy insufficiency. This study used qualitative research methods to understand the deforestation and afforestation hi...
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Presidential prerogatives, exogenous situations, and Sisyphean IMF loan arrangements: examining fiscal crises in post-Arab Spring Tunisia and Egypt Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Maxwell J. Fuerderer
Since the Arab Spring’s overthrow of leadership in Tunisia and Egypt in 2011, both states find themselves in severe fiscal crisis due to currency shortages, high external debt and inflation, despit...
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The evolution of the Gulf states as humanitarian donors Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Ghassan Elkahlout, Sansom Milton
Abstract Over the past two decades, the Gulf states have emerged as leading humanitarian actors both regionally and globally. This paper charts the evolution of four of the six Gulf states–Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, and Qatar–as humanitarian donors and actors. It analyses the evolving humanitarian sectors of the Gulf states, focussing on trends in humanitarian funding, the
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Emancipatory movements in Latin America: challenges and impetus arising from the historical formation of the region Third World Quarterly (IF 2.255) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Bruno De Conti, Patricia Villen
This article aims to investigate whether the interpretation of the social movements which emerged in the turn of the century as movements defined by their struggles against neoliberalism is applica...