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Abstract Research in the United States shows a strong link between right‐wing Christianity and support for law enforcement. Yet, it remains unclear whether this support extends uniformly across contexts, which has important implications for our understanding of public attitudes about police. Integrating insights from group identity theory with research
Christopher H. Seto +3 more
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Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech
ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
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Guardians Under Siege: Civil Society Access and Reform of the UN Human Rights Council
ABSTRACT This article examines how restrictions on civil society participation at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) undermine the institution's effectiveness. Through stakeholder interviews and analysis of recent developments, we show that civil society engagement does not merely fulfil a democratic aspiration, but it is an operational ...
Inés M. Pousadela, Samuel King
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Palestine, Public Sentiment and the Limits of Omani Foreign Policy Discourse
ABSTRACT This article examines how expressions of solidarity with Palestine in Oman reveal transformations in state–society relations during the Gaza war of 2023–2025, a period of leadership transition and regional rupture. Drawing on elite statements, opinion columns and semi‐structured interviews, it combines framing analysis with thematic analysis ...
Sumaiya Al‐Wahaibi
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Moderate is the New Black: Shifts and Intersections in Saudi Arabia's Domestic and Foreign Policy
ABSTRACT The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is undergoing a period of intense changes. Its current stage of transformation has been led by Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) since 2015, seeking to turn the Kingdom into a story of successful governance and one of the leading powers in the Middle East. In hardly understood yet very consequential ways, KSA's
Javier Bordón +1 more
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Significant Far‐Right Challenges to Australian Society? The XYZ and AustraliaOne
ABSTRACT Scholars who analyse the Australian far‐right from a criminological or security studies perspective propose that activists and groups pose ‘political’ challenges to Australian society. This paper examines the far‐right news website The XYZ and the AustraliaOne political party, and argues that claims that the far‐right may normalise ...
Timothy Lynch
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Endogenous and Exogenous Drivers of Refugee Policy of the Transit State: The Case of Indonesia
ABSTRACT Most studies on transit states emphasise exogenous influences on domestic refugee policymaking, with little consideration of endogenous factors to the state itself. Exploring literature from migration studies, refugee studies and international law studies, we identify and classify nearly identical endogenous and exogenous drivers of refugee ...
Anita Herlina +2 more
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The electoral politics of immigration and crime
Abstract Concern that immigration worsens crime problems is prevalent across Western publics. How does it shape electoral politics? Prior research asserted a growing left–right divide in immigration attitudes and voting behavior due to educational realignment.
Jeyhun Alizade
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Rebuilding trust in national police: The case of the UN mission in Mali
Abstract International interventions often aim to reinforce both capacity as well as perceived legitimacy of national security forces. However, how peacekeeping operations manage to improve trust in the national police has received limited attention. In this article, we evaluate whether and how UN missions can (re‐)build trust in the national police ...
Nadine Ansorg +2 more
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ABSTRACT Honour‐based violence (HBV) is a serious social problem with significant health and social consequences for affected children. Despite growing policy attention, little is known about how child protection services address HBV in practice. This study examines how child protection investigations categorized as HBV are handled by a specialized ...
Stina Lindegren, Siv‐Britt Björktomta
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