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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The revival of Biafran separatism in contemporary Nigeria is often explained with three leading theoretical frameworks: relative deprivation, political economy and state repression. Whereas relative deprivation and political economy perspectives posit that the resurgent separatism derives from the perception and empirical reality of ...
Promise Frank Ejiofor
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Guerilla Warfare & Law Enforcement: Combating the 21st Century Terrorist Cell within the U.S.
Journal of Strategic Security, 2009 Both domestic and international terrorist organizations employ guerrilla warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures. Thus, the ability to identify and defeat the members of these organizations, cripple their infrastructures, and disrupt their financial ...
Major Richard Hughbank
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A Forced Union: Exploring the Consequences of India's Removal of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article adds to academic literature interested in two core questions: What happens to residents as a result of an annexation? And how do aggressor states maintain control over an annexed territory where there is a history of insurgency and mobilization for independence?
Serena Hussain
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Why do some members of an ethnic group support ethnic group rights while others do not? Drawing on social psychology, I argue that exposure to political violence shapes individual attitudes by deepening in‐group and out‐group distinctions and fostering expressive solidarity towards group rights. To test this argument, the study uses nationally
Oner Yigit
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Polemological Paradigm of Hybrid War Research [PDF]
Философия и космология, 2017 This article is devoted to the methodological problems and manipulative mechanisms of hybrid warfare. Owing to the polemological (from πολέμιος — war and λόγος — study) approach the authors managed to systematize and summarize the theories of war and ...
Roman Dodonov +3 more
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Weaponizing Kinship: A Demographic Analysis of Bereavement in the Colombian Conflict
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract The ongoing Colombian armed conflict has produced widespread homicides and enforced disappearances, as armed actors used violence to terrorize communities and consolidate power. Family bereavement—one of the most pervasive and enduring consequences of this violence—remains critically understudied from a quantitative perspective.
Enrique Acosta +3 more
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Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract Protracted armed conflicts increasingly drive long‐term displacement, yet demographic frameworks often treat forced migration from conflict settings as a response to acute, singular events. This study introduces a typology of displacement grounded in the tempo and form of conflict‐related insecurities—anticipatory, chronic, and imminent—and ...
Stephanie M. Koning +2 more
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War, Gender, and Family Dynamics: A Couple Analysis
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract A growing demographic literature outlines how war exposure has long‐lasting and far‐reaching impacts on individuals. Yet the nascent literature leaves questions of whether and how the war exposures of key relatives, such as spouses, affect individuals.
Yingyi Lin, Emily Smith‐Greenaway
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Targeted Killing: Self-Defense, Preemption, and the War on Terrorism
Journal of Strategic Security, 2009 This paper assesses the parameters and utility of “targeted killing” in combating terrorism and its role within the norm of state self-defense in the international community.
Thomas Byron Hunter
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How Can Law Be Robust in the Face of Heightened Societal Turbulence?
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Taking its cue from the growing frequency of disruptive crises, new research argues that crisis‐induced turbulence calls for robust governance based on adaptation and innovation. While law plays a key role in the effort of governments to govern robustly, the robustness of law has received scant regard.
Eva Sørensen +2 more
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