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Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 2014 The beginning of the war in 1939 changed the geopolitical situation in the Baltic region. After Poland had lost its sovereignty and the Soviet Union approached the borders of Lithuania, the country’s defence concept also changed. Reforms of the army that
Simonas Strelcovas
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Warrior Cops: The Ominous Growth of Paramilitarism in American Police Departments [PDF]
, 1999 Over the past 20 years Congress has encouraged the U.S. military to supply intelligence, equipment, and training to civilian police. That encouragement has spawned a culture of paramilitarism in American law enforcement.
Diane Cecilia Weber
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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the Turkish state's Village Guard system, revived in the 1980s as part of its counterinsurgency strategy against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). While often framed as a defensive militia, the Village Guards became central to the state's exceptional governance in Kurdistan, both facilitating military control and ...
Francis O'Connor +3 more
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"Wars are not something accidental, nor are they due to bad characters" [PDF]
, 2011 Interview with Dario Azzellini, author of The Business of War and the new documentary film, Comuna Under Construction. What is it about Venezuela that is so interesting? Since 2003 I have practically lived in Venezuela.
Azzellini, Dario, Marichal, Juan Diego
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Public Administration, Local and Regional Governance, and Domestic Terrorism
Public Administration Review, Volume 85, Issue 6, Page 1804-1839, November/December 2025.ABSTRACT This study examines how the nature of public administration and local and regional governance affects domestic terrorism in 73 mixed and democratic countries from multiple regions and levels of development. In conducting a cross‐national statistical analysis from 1991 to 2019 with standard political, economic, and social controls, and ...
Lance Y. Hunter +3 more
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Historical Studies on Central EuropeThis paper reconstructs the political worldview and transnational practices of the “White International,” the loose network of counterrevolutionary paramilitary actors operating across Munich, Vienna, and Budapest after 1919.
Gergely Romsics
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High‐Profile Attacks, Regimes of Criminal Governance and Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico
The World Economy, Volume 48, Issue 7, Page 1732-1752, July 2025.ABSTRACT This paper examines the influence of high‐profile attacks (HPAs) on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mexican municipalities. HPAs target political officials and signal attempts by organised criminal groups (OCGs) to dominate the local organisation of the communities under their influence.
J. Eduardo Ibarra‐Olivo +2 more
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Ending the siege? David Ervine and the struggle for progressive Loyalism [PDF]
, 2018 Drawn from newspapers and interviews with political colleagues, relatives, and conflict intermediaries, this article concerns the late Loyalist political leader David Ervine – an ideal vector through which to explore the recent history and struggle for ...
Parr, Connal
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Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 35, Issue 3, May/June 2025.ABSTRACT This paper draws on findings from the first wave of a 3‐year qualitative longitudinal study focused on the lived experience of residents of the Market community in inner‐city Belfast who are facing challenges connected with disadvantage, inequality and the legacy of conflict.
Emma Loudon +4 more
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Militarising Mumbai? The ‘politics’ of response [PDF]
, 2017 This article focuses on how urban security has been governed in Mumbai in the aftermath of the 2008 terrorist attacks (26/11). The event was widely cited as a major turning point in the securitisation and militarisation of Indian cities. It also produced
Machold, Rhys
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