Gender inclusion and rebel strategy: legitimacy seeking behavior in rebel groups
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Abstract Women’s participation in conflict settings has long intrigued scholars, and for good reason: women play a wide variety of purposeful roles. However, there are numerous challenges associated with clearly defining the impact of their participation. Often, women are seen in a lens of victimhood—of war, terrorism, and repressive societies—overlooking their impacts. This article examines how women’s participation in rebel groups interacts with other strategic measures those groups take to enhance international perceptions. To achieve their goals and govern effectively, rebel groups require ..read more
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The perceived legitimacy of post-war rights: the case of Kuwaiti resistance
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1w ago
Abstract What are the downstream effects of rebel governance on the demand for reform in post-conflict settings and their perceived legitimacy? Through an analysis of Kuwaiti civil society’s engagement in rebel governance during the Iraqi 1990–1991 occupation of Kuwait, the study shows that engaging in rebel governance in contexts of occupation increases civil society groups’ claims on their states, in which they update framing and increase their demands for greater participation after liberation. However, the perceived legitimacy of such demands is predicated by the public’s experience of reb ..read more
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The politics of military deployments: contestation of foreign and security policy in the Netherlands
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1w ago
Abstract In many liberal democracies today, foreign policy is the subject of increasing political contestation. Recent studies have demonstrated that political parties cluster predictably when voting on military deployments. In the economic left/right dimension, support for military deployments is highest for centrist and centre-right parties, and decreases towards the (far) left and (far) right. This pattern is not as robust in the non-economic GAL/TAN dimension, which pits parties with green, alternative and libertarian (GAL) values against those with traditional, authoritarian and nationali ..read more
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A new cold war?: The case for a general concept
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2w ago
Abstract This paper argues for cold war as a general concept for IR that is necessary to understanding the twenty-first century world order. It distinguishes between hot and cold wars as types of war. It rejects the view that the term should be reserved for the 1947–89 event, and it argues that we are already in a Second Cold War. Its definition of cold war ties it to weapons of mass destruction, which means that cold wars did not exist before the twentieth century. Cold wars risk escalation into hot ones, but can also be fought to win/lose outcomes as happened with the First Cold War, or to s ..read more
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The ‘China Threat’: Stereotypical representations in the US competition with China
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1M ago
Abstract When Donald Trump was elected, the idea of the ‘China Threat’ gained popularity. Nonetheless, this was not a novelty. From the early nineties, when the country consolidated its economic growth, concern had begun to spread that China would convert its economic resources into a military force to turn against the US. This article explores whether the concept of the China Threat may have been influenced by stereotypical representations rooted in US academic thinking and shared at the government level. The analysis proceeds by adopting a three-stage approach. First, it draws a theoretical ..read more
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The regional powers research program: a new way forward
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Abstract This introduction to our special issue on Revisiting Regional Powers examines ways in which the study of regional powers can enhance our ability to understand the dynamic nature of the international system today. The article, first, summarizes and highlights how the study of regional powers remains relevant to the broader discipline of international relations but also indicates that there remains much to improve and investigate, for instance by more systematically including less traditional issue areas for regional power engagement, including the environment or public diplomacy, by in ..read more
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Psychology as a system component: the deterrence logic of communication in China
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Abstract The article investigates how China uses two distinct communication strategies: peace-focused language with positive gestures and assertive speech promising retaliation. It challenges the typical view that the first approach indicates status quo orientation and the second suggests aggressive change. Instead, the study suggests that China’s peaceful rhetoric is used to undermine Western international norms, subtly promoting gradual change. In contrast, its bold language is more about maintaining face and reputation. The study employs systems theory to understand the psychological patter ..read more
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The Council of Europe, Russia, and the future of European cooperation: any lessons to be learned from the past?
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Abstract The Council of Europe (CoE) was among the first Western institutions to open its doors to Russia after the end of the Cold War. However, during Russia’s membership (1996–2022) hopes of socializing the country into the CoE’s standards, norms, and principles in the areas of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law never materialized. While the CoE’s norms and principles nowadays need to be secured from Russia, there might be a point in the (distant) future where Russia should be reintegrated into European structures, with the CoE then again being a likely forum to that end. Against ..read more
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Correction to: Let sleeping bears lie: an analysis of the factors behind Indonesia’s response to the Russo–Ukrainian war and its implications for the Indo‑Pacific region
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From wages for housework to self-care: feminist perspectives on the care economy
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1M ago
Abstract This article argues that privatization of health care since the 1970s has created a paradox whereby a neoliberal discourse of ‘freedom of choice’ masks the fact that it is increasingly difficult to make good choices when it comes to caring for oneself and for one’s loved ones. Part one historicizes this paradox by examining the pioneering international feminist movement Wages for Housework. I argue that Wages for Housework offered a glimpse of a counter-model of state-renumerated care through its revolutionary demand that all houseworkers receive a government wage. At the same time, I ..read more
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