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Cultures of Corruption: Evidence From Diplomatic Parking Tickets [PDF]

Corruption is believed to be a major factor impeding economic development, but the importance of legal enforcement versus cultural norms in controlling corruption is poorly understood.
Edward Miguel, Raymond Fisman
core  

Complementarity in alliances: How strategic compatibility and hierarchy promote efficient cooperation in international security

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Essential Role of Air Quality Monitoring at U.S. Embassies and Consulates. [PDF]

Am J Respir Crit Care Med
Cromar KR, Lazrak N.
europepmc   +1 more source

The logic of secret alliances

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

A humanitarian crisis in healthcare: the Israel-Iran conflict. [PDF]

Ann Med Surg (Lond)
Kumari S, Fathima Haseena H, Jaber Amin MH.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Regime of Diplomacy and the Tehran Hostages [PDF]

, 1981
Grzybowski, Kazimierz
core   +2 more sources

Competitive diplomacy in bargaining and war

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the evolution of cross-Strait relations via global news big data (2014-2023): An analysis integrating GDELT and machine learning. [PDF]

PLoS One
Shi S, Chen B, Guang Z, Kong D.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Mobility Politics of Hong Kong's High‐Speed Rail

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human geography scholarship has revealed how powerful and marginalised actors alike may use (im)mobility to exert authority, and it has recognised the ability of infrastructure to either consolidate or undermine state power. This paper uses new evidence to demonstrate how Hong Kong's express rail link (XRL) to Mainland China was implicated in ...
Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational well-being of diplomatic personnel: a qualitative study. [PDF]

Occup Med (Lond)
Brooks SK, Patel D, Greenberg N.
europepmc   +1 more source