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Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past decade, cyber scamming has expanded rapidly across Southeast Asia. These operations cluster in compounds within business parks, casinos, industrial zones and other real estate developments. Although organized crime is often assumed to thrive where states are weak, this article offers a politically grounded explanation for why ...
Neil Loughlin
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, 2016 China´s rapidly expanded aid, trade and investment in Africa since the turn of the millennium has attracted a lot of scholars’ attention. Some scholars have criticised China´s engagements as been driven by self-interest and argue that China´s growing presence in Africa will influence other donor countries to use aid and diplomatic relations to pursue ...
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Bioethics and the World Order: A Curious Coincidence Between Chinese and African Approaches
Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The post‐1945 world order is standardly pictured as a Westphalian system, in which each state is equal under the law with sovereign authority over its territories. This paper argues that the Westphalian system is changing and examines the implications for bioethics. We show that cross‐border health, economic, ecologic, and sociopolitical risks
Nancy S. Jecker +2 more
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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COVID, Deglobalization and The Decline of Diplomacy: Could Tele-diplomacy Revitalize Diplomacy's Capacity to Promote Consensus? [PDF]
Glob Policy, 2021 Manfredi-Sánchez JL, Hare PW.
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The Virgin Queen and the Diplomatic Game: Elizabeth I and the Spanish Diplomats
Esta tesis doctoral se centra en el análisis de la correspondencia de los embajadores españoles de Felipe II en la corte inglesa de Isabel I entre los años 1558 y 1584. Dichas cartas han sido, durante muchos años, obras de gran valor para el estudio de las relaciones entre España e Inglaterra; más concretamente, para analizar las relaciones ...
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Beijing 2022: one step closer towards more inclusive Games
The persevering and inclusive spirit of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games quickly faded earlier this year, only to be replaced by calls for a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.
Gorczynski, Paul, Fraser, Kotryna
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The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
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Between famine and freedom: Food prices during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945–9
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper investigates how the Indonesian War of Independence (1945‒9) influenced staple food prices, and how fluctuations in those prices, in turn, shaped the trajectory and dynamics of the conflict. We compiled a dataset comprising more than 8600 prices for staple foods covering the entire Indonesian archipelago from 1939‒49, allowing us to
Ingrid de Zwarte +2 more
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