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We Are Our Memory: A Flexible Framework for Quantifying the Demographic Imprints of the Past

Population and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Populations have demographic connections to the past: people who were exposed to the past may still be alive or may at least have living kin. Denton and Spencer and Alburez‐Gutierrez have recently articulated the concept of “demographic memory” to refer to the way in which the memory of single events lingers in populations through their age or
Hampton Gaddy
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A New Concept of “Kim Jong Un Partizan” Discourse and Authoritarian Durability in North Korea

Pacific Focus, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How does the North Korean regime secure elite loyalty without institutional transparency or material redistribution? While existing studies have examined the use of Partizan narratives under Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, this paper argues that Kim Jong Un introduces a significant discursive shift: the invention of “Kim Jong Un Partizans.” This ...
Sohee Hwang
wiley   +1 more source

The authoritarian castling of the Syrian regime: from popular uprising to civil war

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2015
Instead of hastening political change, the Syrian uprising has led to greater authoritarianism. At first, president Bashar al-Assad adopted various cosmetic reforms (a party law and constitutional referendum), which were designed more as a survival ...
Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio Alvariño
doaj  

Territorial Rights and the Debate About the Morality of Zionism

Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the view that, beyond particular wrongs committed by Zionism, the Zionist project was itself inherently wrong. I argue that the most plausible basis for this claim is the contention that Zionism disrespected the territorial rights of the local Arab population. By examining leading contemporary theories of territorial rights
Daniel Statman
wiley   +1 more source

Russian political communications in the context of the Syrian civil war

The Syrian civil war started because of the Arab Spring which spread through the MENA region and in Syria it quickly erupted into a bloody civil war. Where nations such as the United States choose to support the Syrian democratic forces while states like
Sundvik, Sebastian
core   +1 more source

Beliefs about collective victimization in contexts of ongoing and historical oppression: A Q methodology study among Kurds from Turkey and Northern Kurdistan in Germany

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The scarce political and social psychological research on the Kurdish–Turkish context primarily addresses intergroup relations and general perceptions of the conflict. Conversely, Kurds' experiences of and beliefs about collective victimization in this context have not been examined much to date.
Helin Ünal, Johanna Ray Vollhardt
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Surgical restoration of drop-hand syndrome with tendon transfer in patients injured in the Syrian civil war. [PDF]

Mil Med Res, 2019
Ucak M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Restoring delta resilience: phased socio‐ecological model for coastal recovery in Mediterranean Turkey

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Coastal delta regions experiencing long‐term ecological degradation and sudden natural disasters require restoration approaches that are adaptive, process‐based, and context‐specific. The Samandağ coastline in southern Turkey, part of the Mediterranean Asi River Delta, has faced hydrological disruption, habitat fragmentation, and ...
Banu Tomruk
wiley   +1 more source

Fossil fuel feuds and the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract The Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) breaks new ground by clearly identifying fossil fuel production, licensing and subsidisation among the activities to which international climate change obligations apply, going as far as suggesting that such activities may ...
Harro van Asselt, Tejas Rao
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A Complexity‐Based Approach to Migration Policy Change: The Case of the German Residence Act

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper adapts and applies existing indicators to measure the complexity of German migration policy over time. Building on recent scholarship that conceptualizes migration policy as multidimensional, I adapt a measurement strategy from the EUPLEX Project to capture three key components of regulatory complexity: structural, linguistic, and ...
Pau Palop‐García
wiley   +1 more source