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ABSTRACT This study conducts a comprehensive and critical examination of the interplay between development assistance and strategic geopolitical objectives in the European Union's (EU) engagement with African crises. Although the EU positions itself as a normative power committed to advancing peace, development, and human rights, its practices often ...
Edmond Chick +1 more
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Can interest groups influence elections? Evidence from unions in Great Britain, 1900–2019
Abstract Unions sponsor electoral candidates around the world, yet little is known about the consequences of these arrangements. I study how union sponsorship affected the electoral prospect of British parliamentary candidates throughout the 20th century. I collect new data on the universe of union‐sponsored candidates.
Alexander Fouirnaies
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Political, social and economic determinants of corporate social disclosure by multi-national firms in environmentally sensitive industries [PDF]
Using examples from environmentally sensitive industries, the paper examines the determinants of corporate social disclosure (CSD). The paper moves beyond the traditional literature in two respects.
Hasseldine, J., Massoud, H., Toms, S.
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Europe ́s Coherence Gap in External Crisis and Conflict Management The EU’s Integrated Approach between Political Rhetoric and Institutional Practice. November 2019 [PDF]
The European Union (EU) aspires to play a part in conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict peace- building through civil and/or military operations, through stabilisation efforts, and by building resilience at home and abroad.
Blockmans, Steven, Debuysere, Loes
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Abstract The article presents a model that conceptualizes the discursive construction of post‐disruption dynamics endorsed and reproduced by the affected parties and its potential to (not) contribute to future co‐operation. Conceiving of Brexit as a prime case of a broader phenomenon of post‐disruption contexts, this paper applies this model to the ...
Monika Brusenbauch Meislová
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In this paper, the authors attempt to prove that the Polish position on developing the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) was skeptical, despite entries in political and strategic documents which emphasized its great significance for Polish ...
Teresa Usewicz +2 more
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Preliminary results on epidemiology of coconut lethal yellowing in Ghana [PDF]
Epidemiological studies are of major importance in understanding the determinants of plant diseases in order to control the risks of their spreading. A research programme on the epidemiology of coconut lethal yellowing, or Cape Saint Paul Wilt Disease ...
Bonnot, François +4 more
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Irregular and Infectious? COVID‐19, Ebola and the Securitization of Migration to Southern Europe
Abstract Securitization scholarship concentrates on the discursive association between undocumented migration, terrorism and crime. Our textual and visual analysis of Italian, Spanish and Maltese newspapers between 2013 and 2020 demonstrates that the discourses securitizing irregular mobility as a health risk became more salient than those linking ...
Eugenio Cusumano +2 more
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The process of increasing the EU dependence on the security guarantees of NATO (1999-2004) [PDF]
The article aims to demonstrate that, with the adoption of the Maastricht Treaty, the EU expressed a clear intention and aspiration to build its geopolitical ambition.
Ćuprić Damjan S.
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Abstract Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 led the European Union (EU) to take several measures to support Ukraine and sanction Russia. Still further measures have been discussed, including the question of whether Russians, and especially Russian tourists, should be banned from travelling in the Schengen area.
Nicole Scicluna
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