When First Nations Don't Count: H.V. Evatt and the Erasure of Palestinian Rights
As Minister for External Affairs in the Chifley Government, Herbert Vere Evatt played a pivotal role at the United Nations in securing the partition of Palestine and recognition of the State of Israel. These endeavours were represented by Evatt and in subsequent commentary as exemplifying Evatt's commitment to justice.
Jeff Rickertt
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An anatomy of worldmaking: Sukarno and anticolonialism from post‐Bandung Indonesia
Abstract This article analyzes the anticolonial worldmaking of postcolonial Indonesia's first president Sukarno, during Guided Democracy (1959–1965). Using worldmaking as a conceptual interface, the article offers three interconnected interventions.
Say Jye Quah
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BESS tribute to Michael Selby Watson (1941-2024) : Founding member and President of BESS High performing athlete, Royal Air Force Officer, Academic Researcher, Diplomat, Ambassador, Shoulder Giant, Second President of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow (ESSSE/SECEC), Founding member and Third President of British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) and Corresponding Member American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. [PDF]
Wallace WA, Bayley I, Watson A.
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The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad
Abstract The past decade has seen a marked shift as many previously liberal democratic states have backslidden, taking authoritarian turns. How should liberal actors respond to democratic backsliding by others? Although it might seem that it is vital for liberal actors to react robustly to avoid complicity or to maintain their liberal integrity, this ...
James Pattison
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Abstract How can defense alliances reap the efficiency gains of working together when coordination and opportunism costs are high? Although specializing as part of a collective comes with economic and functional benefits, states must bargain over the distribution of those gains and ensure the costs of collective action are minimized.
J. Andrés Gannon
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GPs' experience of difficult decisions in people with dementia who have an acute illness: a qualitative, semi-structured interview study. [PDF]
Lassa S, Burton C, Dickson JM.
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Abstract Alliances are typically understood as agreements intended to deter aggression from enemy states. By signaling an ally's commitment to a protégé state, a shared enemy may be deterred from attacking. In light of this signaling logic, secret alliances are puzzling.
Peter Bils, Bradley C. Smith
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The Gates Foundation's network diplomacy in European donor countries. [PDF]
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The Characteristics and Functions of International Friendship Cities of China – and Prospects of Local Cooperation in Sino-Poland Relations [PDF]
Liu, Jiang, Long, Yang, Xin, Chen
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Competitive diplomacy in bargaining and war
Abstract War is often viewed as a bargaining problem. However, prior to bargaining, countries can vie for leverage by expending effort on diplomacy. This article presents a dynamic model of conflict where agenda‐setting power is endogenous to pre‐bargaining diplomatic competition.
Joseph J. Ruggiero
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