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Passive Political Legitimacy: How the Chinese Online Sphere Went from Challenging to Supporting the State within the Past Decade
(University of Chicago Press, 2022)The Chinese government’s rhetoric and policies have become increasingly assertive in recent years, leading some observers abroad to see China as a threat to democracy and the international order. However, less attention ... -
Protestantism and Human Capital in Guatemala and the Republic of Korea
(2013)Protestant missions from the United States entered the Republic of Korea and Guatemala at the same time (1884 and 1882, respectively). Yet, their impact on human capital has been divergent. The analysis presented in this ... -
Russia's Support for Zero: Tactical Move or Long-term Commitment?
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Russia: Grasping the Reality of Nuclear Terror
(SAGE Publications, 2006)Radical separatists based in the North Caucasus have the motive and are seeking the means to commit an act of nuclear terrorism as well as allies to help them carry it out. Their proximity to insufficiently secured Russian ... -
Russia’s Non-strategic Nuclear Weapons in Their Current Configuration and Posture: A Strategic Asset or Liability?
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, 2010)Russia's military-political leadership envisions a formidable range of uses for the country's arsenal of non-strategic nuclear weapons (NSNWs). In the eyes of Russian leaders, these weapons play a critical role in the ... -
Satisfaction with Democracy: A Review of a Major Public Opinion Indicator
(2023)Satisfaction with democracy (SWD) is one of the most commonly studied topics in the fields of political behavior and public opinion. Gauged with a survey question that asks respondents whether they are satisfied with the ... -
Seven Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis for the Karabakh Conflict
(Belfor Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2012)This paper will explore which lessons of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis Armenian and Azeri leaders should consider institutionalizing if they wish to prevent reheating of their conflict over Nagorny Karabakh into a war. ... -
The socioeconomic drivers of China’s primary PM 2.5 emissions
(IOP Publishing, 2014)Primary PM2.5 emissions contributed significantly to poor air quality in China. We present an interdisciplinary study to measure the magnitudes of socioeconomic factors in driving primary PM2.5 emission changes ... -
Stating Appointment Costs in SMS Reminders Reduces Missed Hospital Appointments: Findings from Two Randomised Controlled Trials
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Background: Missed hospital appointments are a major cause of inefficiency worldwide. Healthcare providers are increasingly using Short Message Service reminders to reduce ‘Did Not Attend’ (DNA) rates. Systematic reviews ... -
Understanding and reimagining migration narratives in Spain
(2023-04-04)The narratives about unaccompanied migrant youth have become so negatively charged in Spain, portraying them in news accounts and far-right campaigns as delinquent and violent. These narratives have become widely disseminated ... -
Using arborescences to estimate hierarchicalness in directed complex networks
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018)Complex networks are a useful tool for the understanding of complex systems. One of the emerging properties of such systems is their tendency to form hierarchies: networks can be organized in levels, with nodes in each ... -
When Law Migrates: Refugees in Comparative International Law
(2014)The current European migration crisis has been playing out worldwide. As record numbers of migrants have fled their countries in recent years, wealthier states have had an increasing interest in restricting their borders ... -
Youth-Police Relations in Multi-Ethnic Cities : A study of police encounters and attitudes toward the police in Germany and France
(Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, 2020)In recent history, various European countries, such as France, have been the scene of recurring violent youth riots targeting the police. Not all countries have, however, been equally affected by the phenomenon. Some ...