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“Magical math hand‐waving”

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 580-591, November 2024.
Abstract Political risk forecasting is an industry that provides specialized analysis to a range of clients, including insurance companies, extractive industries, governments, defense ministries, and NGOs. Risk forecasters aim to help their clients mitigate risks by anticipating political developments that could threaten their investments and assets ...
Jon Schubert
wiley   +1 more source

The new frontiers of Islamist extremism: understanding the threat that al-Qaeda affiliates pose to African security [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines three violent Islamist groups in Africa - Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), al-Shabaab and Boko Haram - and the way they’ve evolved, especially in the linkages between them and al-Qaeda’s ideology and tactics.
Tobias Feakin
core  

Localizing the state: Stateness among refugee–led community‐based organizations in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya

open access: yesPoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 163-175, November 2024.
Abstract The localization of humanitarian operations is commonly characterized as a return of ownership to local and national actors. Localization policies in Kenya have made refugee‐led community‐based organizations a viable alternative for humanitarian provisioning.
Stefan Millar
wiley   +1 more source

South African media’s framing of the terrorist insurgency in Mozambique [PDF]

open access: yesWorld of Media
This paper investigated South African media’s framing of the terrorism insurgency in Mozambique. It specifically sought to understand how South Africa’s flagship online publications: News24, TimesLive, and IOL, framed the insurgency.
Blessing Makwambeni, Trust Matsilele
doaj   +1 more source

All Containment and No Engagement: Australia's Contemporary Policy towards the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, Volume 70, Issue 3, Page 379-401, September 2024.
Australia's interactions with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), henceforth known as North Korea, have ebbed and flowed throughout their seventy‐five‐year history. In times of détente on the Korean Peninsula, Australia actively engaged North Korea and sought to facilitate its integration into the international system. However, during the
Jack D. Butcher
wiley   +1 more source

Somalia’s Foreign Relations in the Context of the Latest Offensive Against Al Shabaab

open access: yesJournal of Central and Eastern European African Studies
The political and military weight of clans, foreign interventions, the relations between the local, provincial and federal levels, the strength of the national idea and attachment to political islam have historically been determining factors behind ...
Matthieu Gotteland
doaj   +1 more source

Australia’s response to the Horn of Africa humanitarian crisis, 2011 [PDF]

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An evaluation by the Office of Development Effectiveness of Australia’s response to the Horn of Africa humanitarian crisis, 2011. Foreword This report identifies many strengths of the Australian response to the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of ...
Anais Resseguier   +6 more
core  

Strategic Communications for Peace Operations: The African Union’s Information War Against al-Shabaab

open access: yesStability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2018
Despite widespread agreement that effective strategic communications are a necessary part of complex peace operations, many missions struggle to generate relevant capabilities and implement effective campaigns.
Paul D. Williams
doaj   +1 more source

Detecting trends and shocks in terrorist activities. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2023
Prieto-Curiel R, Walther O, Davies E.
europepmc   +1 more source

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