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Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech
ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
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South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
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Status Politics: The Changing Meanings and Practices of South Korea's Middle Power Diplomacy
ABSTRACT Why do some states engage in so‐called middle power diplomacy? Conventional middle power scholarship does not adequately explain this question because the logical premise underlying its definition of “middle powers” is either inconsequential or circular.
Yong Wook Lee
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When Universities Turn Carceral: Between Academic Freedom and Elimination
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Gil Rothschild Elyassi
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The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence
ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
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Power Transition and Pragmatic Adaptation: Iran's Strategic Approach to China, Russia and the GCC
ABSTRACT This study examines how Iranian strategic thinkers conceptualise the country's ‘Look East’ policy (i.e., relations with China and Russia) and the GCC states. Using thematic qualitative content analysis of approximately 70 documents from Iranian state official, advisory and academic institutions (2015–2025), it reveals that Iran's eastward ...
Sara Bazoobandi
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The WHO Pandemic Agreement Negotiation: Introducing a New Database (The Pandemic Agreement Database)
ABSTRACT In May 2025, the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a historic pandemic agreement following 3 years of intensive and complex multilateral negotiations. By providing primary data on the negotiation process, the Pandemic Agreement Database supports empirical and scholarly research across multiple dimensions of global ...
Kevin Parthenay, Petra Godoy
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Western Balkans as the Frontline of Russian Hybrid Warfare
ABSTRACT Hybrid warfare (HW) scholarship acknowledges the phenomenon's contextual and temporal specificity, yet its dominant conceptual framing has generated a literature largely centred on identifying and categorising hybrid activities. This focus has left the contextual vulnerabilities that enable hybrid threats (HTs) and shape an adversary's ...
Vesna Bojicic‐Dzelilovic
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