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Land Under Siege: Militarized Capitalism and Urban Land Dispossession in the City of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the relationship between militarization and land grabbing in the context of rapid urbanization and protracted violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Drawing on two case studies of the dispossession and privatization of public urban land in Goma, Eastern Congo, during the state of siege, the paper ...
Benjamin Muhoza, Karen Büscher, Sam Kniknie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Legitimation of Authoritarianism: Venezuela's United Nations General Assembly Discourse and Domestic Power Consolidation (1999–2023)

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the Venezuelan government defended the gradual transformation of the country's political system from democracy to authoritarianism in an international forum. Building on the concept of international legitimation strategies, we qualitatively analyse Venezuelan government speeches at the United Nations General Assembly (
Felipe Jaramillo Ruiz, Osmel Osuna
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Dark Futures: Foresighting Human Impacts on Mesopelagic Ecosystem Services

Fish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 876-894, July 2026.
This study uses foresighting to explore four plausible future scenarios of human activity affecting mesopelagic ecosystem services; provisioning, regulating, supporting and cultural. Using participatory scenario development, qualitative network modelling and indicator design, we assess systemic risks and early warning signals linked to harvest, climate
Ben Scoulding, Alistair J. Hobday, Rowan Trebilco, Heidi Pethybridge, Ingrid van Putten, Katherine Baker, Karen Evans, David Green, Eriko Hoshino, Haris Kunnath, Clothilde Langlais, Tim P. Lynch, Javier Porobic, Tyler Rohr, Elizabeth H. Shadwick, Caroline A. Sutton, Jodie Van de Kamp, Briannyn Woods, Bowen Zhang   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Is Smuggler? Contradictory Positions and Unsettled Roles in Smuggling Assemblage on the Balkan Route

Global Networks, Volume 26, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article reconceptualizes migrant smuggling along the Balkan Route through the lens of the smuggling assemblage, which captures the fluid, relational and context‐dependent nature of clandestine mobility. Based on multi‐sited ethnographic fieldwork between 2020 and 2023 across six countries, including 85 semi‐structured interviews and ...
Muhammed Yasir Bodur, Mustafa Ammar Kılıç   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geopolitics on a Shoestring? Unpacking the EU'S Geopolitical External Assistance to Central Asia

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 1473-1495, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The paper examines how the European Union's (EU) increasingly emphasised geopolitical ambitions are reflected in the practice of its external assistance policy. An analysis of EU documents around various policy initiatives and funding instruments reveals that in the Commission's understanding, geopolitical external assistance increases EU ...
Balázs Szent‐Iványi, Dóra Piroska
wiley   +1 more source

Stigmatizing bioterrorism as a public health concern: The case of anthrax in US media. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Dabezies JM, Freeman N, Muñoz Cassolis N, Rakowski JJ, Xu EJ, Gore ML.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Can Europe Sustain a New Rules‐Based Geopolitical Order?

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 1624-1634, July 2026.
Abstract The European Union (EU) faces a unique opportunity to lead a new rules‐based international order in an era of American retreat and heightened global uncertainty. Yet its path to leadership is rife with obstacles. In this article, we draw on international relations literatures on international political economy and comparative politics ...
Kathleen R. McNamara, Federico Steinberg
wiley   +1 more source

Use of lethal weapons to kill protesters by Bangladesh police: A discussion analyzing 253 deaths of July 24 revolution. [PDF]

Dialogues Health
Siddik MAB, Islam MS, Hussen SM, Syfullah MK.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficiency in the Global Prison System: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Journal of Economic Surveys, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 1446-1462, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study systematizes the international literature on prison system efficiency, highlighting patterns and research gaps through a multidimensional framework. By situating efficiency within broader institutional, social, and rights‐based contexts, it examines how academic research has assessed carceral performance.
Leandro Moreira, Enzo Barberio Mariano, Diogo Ferraz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Border militarization affects people's interactions with nature in Białowieża Forest. [PDF]

Ambio
Nowak K, Olszańska A, Pietrzyk-Kaszyńska A, Giergiczny M, Niedziałkowski K, Simonienko K, Jaroszewicz B.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source