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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the persistence of infant mortality and the Matthew effect in post-Soviet countries: evidence from nonlinear and Fourier-based time-series methods. [PDF]

Prim Health Care Res Dev
Gasim N, Mukhtarov S, Sahinler AN, Afandiyeva A, Alakbarova N.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews, focus group discussion on issues and problems (Box 99, Folder 94)

, 1992
Digitized audiocassettes include recordings of Light's conversations with those in Congress, local and national news media, and others involved in the Soviet Jewry movement. There are also interview recordings with leading figures in the Bay Area Council
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews
core  

The Anthropocene and the End of Nuclear Disaster: Normalizing the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article places the concept of disaster in critical dialogue with that of the Anthropocene, which introduces new imaginaries that negatively affect the governance of crises like nuclear accidents. I argue that tropes surrounding the Anthropocene can depict certain events as apocalyptic calamities while also portraying other events as mere “
Maxime Polleri
wiley   +1 more source

The reverberations of famine: understanding the aftermath of the Holodomor, 1932-1933. [PDF]

J Public Health Policy
Vsetecka J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews Conference (Box 99, Folder 63)

, 1975
Digitized audiocassettes include recordings of Light's conversations with those in Congress, local and national news media, and others involved in the Soviet Jewry movement. There are also interview recordings with leading figures in the Bay Area Council
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews
core  

Four Questions for Ethnographers Under Trumpian Authoritarianism

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines evolving challenges and ethical dilemmas facing ethnographers working under intensifying authoritarianism in the United States. Because very little of what the United States is experiencing is new, my work here is primarily curatorial in nature, drawing upon the lessons offered by scholars across disciplines in the United
Elizabeth Hanna Rubio
wiley   +1 more source

Leadership style, conflict management behavior, and self-regulation among Uzbek managers: differential prediction by intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientation in a post-Soviet Muslim-majority workforce. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Ibragimov JM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Westin, Dr. Jerry, speaking about Soviet Jews (Box 99, Folder 24)

, 1971
Digitized audiocassettes include recordings of Light's conversations with those in Congress, local and national news media, and others involved in the Soviet Jewry movement. There are also interview recordings with leading figures in the Bay Area Council
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews
core  

Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source