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Moderate is the New Black: Shifts and Intersections in Saudi Arabia's Domestic and Foreign Policy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is undergoing a period of intense changes. Its current stage of transformation has been led by Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) since 2015, seeking to turn the Kingdom into a story of successful governance and one of the leading powers in the Middle East. In hardly understood yet very consequential ways, KSA's
Javier Bordón, David Hernández Martínez   +1 more
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Regional cooperation against transnational organized crime: challenges and opportunities in the Western Hemisphere

Frontiers in Political Science
Transnational Organized Crime represents a critical threat to the political, economic, and social stability of the Western Hemisphere. This article analyses the dynamics of the criminal organizations that constitute this phenomenon, including their ...
Jaime Cubides-Cardenas, Christian Esteban Hernández-Alvarado, Jonnathan Jimenez-Reina, Andrés Felipe Roncancio-Bedoya   +3 more
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Drug use disorders among people convicted of large‐, moderate‐ and small‐scale drug supply crimes: A register‐based retrospective comparative study

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Heavy drug use has been associated with small‐scale drug crime, but the substance use histories of individuals involved in the manufacturing, smuggling and wholesaling of larger quantities of drugs [here referred to as serious drug crimes (SDC)] have been largely unexamined.
Julie Elizabeth Brummer, Freja Ilsing Magnussen, Morten Hesse, Thomas Friis Søgaard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES AND THE MAIN FEATURES OF SOME TYPES OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

, 2022
In this scientific article was justified that the most dangerous forms of transnational crimes are terrorism, corruption, human trafficking, illegal arms trade, illegal trade of human body parts, computer crime, crimes committed through drugs and psychotropic substances.
openaire   +1 more source

Endogenous and Exogenous Drivers of Refugee Policy of the Transit State: The Case of Indonesia

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most studies on transit states emphasise exogenous influences on domestic refugee policymaking, with little consideration of endogenous factors to the state itself. Exploring literature from migration studies, refugee studies and international law studies, we identify and classify nearly identical endogenous and exogenous drivers of refugee ...
Anita Herlina, Kynan Gentry, Kirsten Martinus   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Redemption of a Forgotten War: Korea in Australian Memory and Commemoration

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the Korean War has been remembered in Australia despite its historically marginal place in the nation's military heritage. By detailing Australian memories of the Korean War across official, quasi‐official, and unofficial histories, it shows that Korea occupied only a minor position in Australia's military imaginary ...
David Hundt
wiley   +1 more source

Rebuilding trust in national police: The case of the UN mission in Mali

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract International interventions often aim to reinforce both capacity as well as perceived legitimacy of national security forces. However, how peacekeeping operations manage to improve trust in the national police has received limited attention. In this article, we evaluate whether and how UN missions can (re‐)build trust in the national police ...
Nadine Ansorg, Zorzeta Bakaki, Jessica Di Salvatore   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transnational Organized Crime and its Perspectives in Conditions of Global Instability

Евразийская интеграция: экономика, право, политика, 2019
The article examines transnational organized crime, the ways of it’s classification, its types and subjects. The characteristic of directions, where crime groups have their activities.
M. E. Khachatryan, M. M. Shumilov
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Navigating Ethical Review Processes in Conflict‐Affected, Authoritarian Contexts: A Case Study of Myanmar's Interim Ethics Review Board (IERB)

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the formation and operation of Myanmar's Interim Ethics Review Board (IERB), which was established in November 2023 by displaced academics involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement against the 2021 military coup. Operating within a highly repressive, conflict‐ridden environment, the IERB exemplifies a locally‐led and ...
Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw, Su Su Maw, Nyein Chan, The Spring IERB Team   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between Care and Control: Age Assessments and the Regulation of Unaccompanied and Asylum‐Seeking Children

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers a critical conceptual review of age assessments in England and examines their implications for unaccompanied asylum‐seeking children (UASC). Drawing on Foucault's theories of biopower and governmentality, age assessments are conceptualied as technologies of control that set the parameters for who is deemed ‘deserving’ of ...
Ama‐Rose Greaves
wiley   +1 more source