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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
wiley   +1 more source

Turkish Thoracic Society Declaration on Peace and Health the Importance of Breathing in a World Without War. [PDF]

Thorac Res Pract
Çetinkaya PD, Töreyin ZN, Yüce Özdemir H, Yasin Y, Kılınç O, Yorgancıoğlu A, Çalışır HC, Çuhadaroğlu Ç, Köktürk N, Demirdöğen E, Öcal N, Bingöl Z, Gürün Kaya A, Esendağlı D, Yıldız E, Balcan MB, Çil B, Kılıçgün H, Begiç E.   +18 more
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

The Life and Legacy of Dr. Jonathan Letterman (1824-1872): The Father of Modern Battlefield Medicine. [PDF]

Cureus
Carter J, Meyers N.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Loss to Transformation? Towards Pluralistic and Politicised Agrarian‐Climate Futures

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how actors perceive and anticipate future states of the world is gaining traction in climate change governance scholarship and related calls for sustainability transformations. However, smallholder farmers, indigenous groups, and local communities, who are expected to bear disproportionate burdens of loss and damage from climate ...
Joel Persson, Kelly Dorkenoo, Monin Nong, Sodavy Nhong, Van Hai Thi Nguyen   +4 more
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Interdependence explains how and when crises impact social cohesion. [PDF]

Commun Psychol
Koster J, Lang M, Van Lange PAM.
europepmc   +1 more source

On the Destruction and Humanitarianisation of the Health System in Gaza and the Need for a Biopolitical Bioethics

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Israel's destruction and ‘humanitarianisation’ of Palestinian health systems, arguing that this should be understood as an instance of ‘necropolitics,’ as conceived by Achille Mbembe. We review the extensive, long‐term destruction of health systems in Palestine before 7 October 2023 and the catastrophic acceleration of that
Mohammad Salaymeh, Arianne Shahvisi, Sohail Jannesari   +2 more
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The East Asian climate-warfare nexus underwent a paradigm shift across pre-industrial and industrial eras. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Chang H, Fang M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Theorising the Impacts of Polycrisis on Employment Relations: Complexity and Diversity at a Global Scale

British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Polycrisis—understood as intersecting crises that amplify each other rather than unfolding separately—poses profound challenges for employment relations theory and practice. The employment relationship is simultaneously a site where the effects of crises are most acutely experienced and a central mechanism through which profit is generated ...
Tony Dobbins, Fang Lee Cooke, Rea Prouska, Steve Williams, Sean O'Brady   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of Rising Ambient Temperatures with Increased Violence Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

West J Emerg Med
Chauhan V, Thakur S, Galwankar S, Temple S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source