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Iran's Forward Defense in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines Iran's security and defense initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa between 1990 and 2024 and how they reflect the extraterritorial application of the regime's forward defense doctrine. In response to the long‐term erosion of its homeland defense capabilities since the Iran‐Iraq War of the 1980s—driven by infrastructure ...
Ariel Limanya Limbu, Ronen A. Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Bringing financial literacy and education to low and middle income countries : the need to review, adjust, and extend current wisdom [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper presents a World Bank led and Russia trust fund financed work program to measure financial capability and the effectiveness of financial education in low and middle income countries.
Holzmann, Robert
core  

Dread in the Homeland: Symbolic Politics and Ethnonationalist Struggles for Self‐Determination in Nigeria

open access: yesNations 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
wiley   +1 more source

Contesting Nationalism: Global Citizenship and Chinese Identity in Hong Kong

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global citizenship highlights that one's identity transcends national borders, whereas nationalism prioritises individuals' identification with a specific nation‐state. In the context of nation‐building, tension could arise between global citizenship and national identity.
Shen Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Remaking Kabaddi: Participatory Action Research and Intercultural Sports in Hong Kong

open access: yesAnnals of Anthropological Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the evolution of Fun with Kabaddi (2015–2024), an intercultural sports initiative in Hong Kong, through the framework of participatory action research (PAR). Designed to foster inclusive sports experiences and improve ethnic relations through community engagement, the program shifted from isolated events to sustained ...
Wai‐Man Tang
wiley   +1 more source

Equity How and Equity for Whom? Incorporating Equity Into Local Government Budgeting Processes

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social equity is politically polarized, with advocates contending that it is a governance mandate and opponents claiming that it promotes reverse discrimination and inefficiencies. When implementing policies and programs, local bureaucrats must maneuver within this legal, ethical, normative, and political battlefield.
Alexis R. Kennedy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A New Concept of “Kim Jong Un Partizan” Discourse and Authoritarian Durability in North Korea

open access: yesPacific Focus, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How does the North Korean regime secure elite loyalty without institutional transparency or material redistribution? While existing studies have examined the use of Partizan narratives under Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, this paper argues that Kim Jong Un introduces a significant discursive shift: the invention of “Kim Jong Un Partizans.” This ...
Sohee Hwang
wiley   +1 more source

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