Geopolitics on a Shoestring? Unpacking the EU'S Geopolitical External Assistance to Central Asia
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
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Who Cares: Why the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict Matters (More) to Some EU Member States
Abstract What drives the salience of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict amongst EU member states? This article employs domestic foreign policy theories to explain the factors underlying variation in salience, estimated analysing all country statements made at the United Nations General Assembly between 1993 and 2017.
Valerio Vignoli +2 more
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Misogyny incubators: how gaming helps channel everyday sexism into violent extremism. [PDF]
Miller-Idriss C.
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The Political Economy of Attention: Media Salience, Voter Cognition, and Electoral Accountability
ABSTRACT We review conceptual and empirical contributions to the political economy of attention, with a focus on how attention allocation shapes political behavior and electoral accountability. The review distinguishes between endogenous (goal‐directed) and exogenous (stimulus‐driven) attention and examines how these concepts are incorporated into ...
Patrick Balles +2 more
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The desire to avoid cognitive dissonance drives community formation in a social network model. [PDF]
Kovács Z, Palla G, Zafeiris A.
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ABSTRACT This paper investigates the association between football fandom, interpersonal trust and social cohesion across Europe. Drawing on a representative four‐country survey (Germany, Norway, Poland, Spain) and employing structural equation modelling, the study examines whether and how identification as a fan contributes to trust in fellow citizens ...
Jonas Biel
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Patient trust in the health system, Internet information searching and the patient-provider relationship. [PDF]
Mainous AG +4 more
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Cross‐Border Online Radicalization Among Teenagers: Evidence From a Brazilian Case Study
ABSTRACT This article examines the theme of transnationality in online radicalization processes through an empirical case. It focuses on a group called ‘The Kiss’, led by a Portuguese teenager (Micazz) who encouraged individuals to carry out acts of violence in Brazil in 2023.
Quésia Pereira Cabral +1 more
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PROTOCOL: Prevalence and Risk and Protective Factors for Radicalization Among School-Aged Youth: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Petrosino A, Morgan C.
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Abstract In the summer of 1919, W. T. Goode, the Manchester Guardian’s special correspondent in Russia and the Baltic, was arrested in the Estonian capital Tallinn and briefly detained aboard a British warship. Goode's detention caused a furore, leading to accusations of kidnap, heated commentary in the press and questions in parliament.
Colin Storer
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