Sources: Journals

Alternatives | December 2, 2023

The “UFO Taboo” Is What IR Theorists Make of It: “Sovereignty and the UFO” in Citational Perspective

Alternatives, Ahead of Print. In 2008, Alexander Wendt and Raymond Duvall published an article titled “Sovereignty and the UFO,” which demonstrated how a UFO taboo in international relations theory upheld…

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Journal of Peace Research | December 1, 2023

Dominant group backlash? Majority responses to minority participation in the police

Journal of Peace Research, Ahead of Print. Security sector reform often involves integrating marginalized groups into the police. Extensive discussion surrounds the benefits of inclusion to the marginalized group, but…

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Studies in Comparative International Development | December 1, 2023

“No se Cuidan (They Don’t Take Care of Themselves)”: Reframing Reproductive Rights as Contraceptive Responsibility in Post-ICPD Mexico

Abstract Mexico has a complicated history when it comes to contraception. Malthusian concerns about population growth have shaped national imperatives to reduce fertility by pushing contraception —especially on Mexico’s rural,…

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Millennium Journal of International Studies | November 30, 2023

Movements to Combat Sex-Trafficking: The Social Construction of a Global Problem and Its Solutions

Millennium, Ahead of Print. In this paper we analyze the international movements against sex-trafficking, identifiable for 150 years. We critically assess actor-centric approaches within IR that assume a tight connection between…

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Millennium Journal of International Studies | November 29, 2023

Against Sovereignty: The Colonial Limits of Modern Politics

Millennium, Ahead of Print. The discipline of International Relations is premised upon the idea that a premodern world of empires and colonial domination was gradually replaced through the global spread…

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Journal of Cryptology | November 29, 2023

Lattice-Based Programmable Hash Functions and Applications

Abstract Driven by the open problem raised by Hofheinz and Kiltz (J Cryptol 25(3):484–527, 2012), we study the formalization of lattice-based programmable hash function (PHF) and give three types of…

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Journal of Cryptology | November 29, 2023

Masking the GLP Lattice-Based Signature Scheme at Any Order

Abstract Recently, numerous physical attacks have been demonstrated against lattice-based schemes, often exploiting their unique properties such as the reliance on Gaussian distributions, rejection sampling and FFT-based polynomial multiplication. As…

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Politics and Society | November 28, 2023

Making Sense of (Post)Neoliberalism

Politics &Society, Ahead of Print. The many contradictory interpretations of neoliberalism raise doubts about the value of this concept. This article discusses the literature on neoliberalism for identifying a “minimum…

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Journal of Conflict Resolution | November 27, 2023

What They Are Fighting For – Introducing the UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Although conflict issues – the stated goals of actors engaged in conflict – hold a privileged position in many theoretical explanations of the…

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European Journal of International Relations | November 24, 2023

Hidden figures: how legal experts influence the design of international institutions

European Journal of International Relations, Ahead of Print. Whose preferences influence the design of international institutions? Scholarship on the legalization of international politics and creation of international legal institutions largely…

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Media, War and Conflict | November 24, 2023

Far away but close at heart? German and Israeli consumption of news concerning the 2022 Russian–Ukrainian war

Media, War &Conflict, Ahead of Print. This study, conducted in Germany and Israel in May 2021, compares German and Israeli news media consumption concerning the Russian–Ukrainian war using a structured…

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Security Dialogue (Journal) | November 24, 2023

‘Women helping women’: Deploying gender in US counterinsurgency wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Security Dialogue, Ahead of Print. Central to the goal of ‘hearts and minds’ counterinsurgency is the need for knowledge, understanding and influence in relation to local populations. Building on feminist…

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Millennium Journal of International Studies | November 23, 2023

Suffering for/against the nation: Gharbzadegi and the tensions of anticolonialism in Iran

Millennium, Ahead of Print. What accounts for the nation’s persistence as a central object of identification in anticolonial movements during the 1960s? How can we understand the appeal of nationalism…

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The American Review of Public Administration | November 23, 2023

Bureaucratic Beliefs and Representation: Linking Social Identities, Attitudes, and Client Outcomes

The American Review of Public Administration, Ahead of Print. Representative bureaucracy theory posits that the demographic makeup of a bureaucracy can affect how policy is implemented, especially when bureaucrats engage…

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Journal of Conflict Resolution | November 22, 2023

The Enforcement of U.S. Economic Sanctions and Global De-risking Behavior

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Evidence suggests that firms frequently over-comply with U.S. sanctions—a process also known as “de-risking.” We argue that U.S. enforcement of its economic sanctions…

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Media, War and Conflict | November 22, 2023

Book review: Managing Meaning in Ukraine: Information, Communication and Narration since the Euromaidan Revolution

Media, War &Conflict, Ahead of Print.

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Media, War and Conflict | November 22, 2023

Book review: Strategic Conspiracy Narratives: A Semiotic Approach

Media, War &Conflict, Ahead of Print.

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Africa Spectrum | November 21, 2023

Masculinity, Morality, and the State in Northern Kenya: The Case of Baringo County's Il Chamus

Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Since the early 2000s, armed attacks and inter-ethnic violence have increased in parts of northern Kenya's Baringo County. This article examines how the Maa-speaking Il…

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Journal of Conflict Resolution | November 21, 2023

Backgrounds With Benefits? Rebel Group Origins and Concessions During Civil Wars in Africa

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Why do governments make concessions to some rebels but not others? We argue that the origins of rebel groups influence the bargaining process,…

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Swiss Political Science Review | November 21, 2023

Direkte Demokratie in den GemeindenMartina Flick Witzig und Adrian Vatter, Basel, NZZ Libro (2023), 207 S., ISBN 978–3–907396‐24‐7

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.

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Swiss Political Science Review | November 21, 2023

Pacification through decentralization: An explanatory analysis of ethno‐territorial cabinet conflict in Belgium (1979–2006)

Abstract The impact of decentralization on ethno-territorial conflict is widely debated, but empirical analyses of ethno-territorial party politics are scarce. This paper uses novel data on conflicts in power-sharing cabinets…

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Millennium Journal of International Studies | November 20, 2023

Multiplicity and ‘The International’ as Critique – A Forum

Millennium, Ahead of Print. This forum reconsiders the standing of ‘the international’ in relation to ‘critique’. Is this relation best understood in ways reminiscent of the ‘Fourth Great Debate’, where…

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Millennium Journal of International Studies | November 20, 2023

The Abrahamic Ideology: Patrilineal Kinship and the Politics of Peacemaking in the Contemporary Middle East

Millennium, Ahead of Print. This article examines the geopolitical landscape organised by the Abraham Accords, signed in 2020 between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain under US sponsorship, by exploring their…

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Critical Social Policy | November 20, 2023

Book Review: Hidden Voices Lived Experiences in the Irish Welfare Space by Joe Whelan

Critical Social Policy, Ahead of Print.

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Journal of Conflict Resolution | November 17, 2023

Uncertainty, Information, and Risk in International Technology Races

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. A formal model reveals how the information environment affects international races to implement a powerful, dangerous new military technology, which may cause a…

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