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Managing migration, fighting organized crime, or protecting migrants? Dutch prosecutors’ multifaceted approach to human smuggling

Journal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 239-262, June 2026.
Abstract Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of street‐level bureaucracy and the evolving role of prosecutors under institutional pressure, this article offers an empirical contribution to the literature on ‘crimmigration’. It interrogates how prosecutors interpret their role within human‐smuggling cases and how these interpretations affect the ...
FLAVIA PATANÈ
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Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 206-227, Summer 2026.
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
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Between Ideology and Strategy: The Iranian Revolution and the Reconfiguration of Middle Eastern Security

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 41-56, Summer 2026.
Abstract The Iranian revolution of 1979 is generally portrayed either as the catalyst of sectarian polarization in the Middle East or, more recently, as the foundation of a pragmatic grand strategy shaped by geopolitical insecurity and learning forged by decades of war. This article challenges this binary opposition between ideology and strategy.
Alabbas F. Alsudani
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Sand extraction discourses in marine governance: the Dutch North Sea case. [PDF]

Marit Stud
Pafi M, Urselmann E, Toonen H.
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GCC‐Asia Pacific Energy Nexus: Navigating Shifts in Demand and Geopolitics

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 85-104, Summer 2026.
Abstract As the 2026 Iran War intensifies pressure on energy export routes, relations between states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Asia‐Pacific region are undergoing a structural shift with implications beyond bilateral trade. This article contends that the nexus among these countries increasingly combines hydrocarbon interdependence ...
Umud Shokri
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Gender Non‐Conformity in Islamic Studies and Muslim Communities Across Times and Theoretical Frameworks

Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines gender diversity in Islamicate societies across historical and contemporary contexts, emphasizing the interplay between social norms, religious frameworks, and structural power. It addresses the methodological challenge of avoiding anachronistic applications of modern categories such as “gender” and “sexuality” to Muslim ...
Vanja Hamzić
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Revisiting Capital and Class in the Ecological Crisis: Toward an Expanded and Historical Approach

Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article offers a critical review of recent literature examining the entanglement of ecological crisis, capitalism, and class struggle, and proposes the incorporation of an expanded and historical perspective on class. First, we offer an introductory conceptual mapping of the anticapitalist ecology and some of its most significant ...
Julio Martínez‐Cava Aguilar, Rubén Martínez Moreno   +1 more
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Local Ethics and Conflicts of Interest: Living Between Bottom-Up from Top-Down Peace in Provincial Egypt. [PDF]

J Peacebuilding Dev
Friesen I.
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Teaching Theology and Law in the Australian Secular Law School: Lessons From the Adelaide Law School

Teaching Theology &Religion, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 2-10, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Adelaide Law School introduced Law and Religion into its suite of elective courses in 2012, the culmination of a long process of encouraging both the institution and individual faculty members to accept that this sub‐discipline, at the time already well‐recognized in the United States and Europe, properly belonged as a scholarly pursuit in
P. T. Babie
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