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Evaluating the Commitment of South Africa to the Principles of Separation of Powers
The notion of separation of power is a crucial prerequisite for both consolidated and emerging constitutional democracies. The functional and...
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State-Building and the Reorganization of Institutional Spatial Configurations Before the Cultural Revolution
As mentioned in the previous chapters, the author sees the Cultural Revolution from the perspective of the interaction between the state and society...
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Federalism in the European Union
There are two conceptualizations of the European Union (EU) as federation. First, the EU is a normative project. Building a federal European entity...
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A Brief History of Proxy War Part II: The Cold War
This chapter focuses on the Cold War, which set conditions for how proxies are used today. In radically bipolar orders, like the Cold War, the need...
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Winning or Dying: The Politics and IR of Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones creates a fantasy Medieval world, drawing from a variety of historical episodes from the Ancient through Early Modern periods, but it...
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The dysfunctional paradox of identity politics in liberal democracies
Liberal democracy, according to a popular criticism, cannot create a common identity from sources of itself, is only a means to the end of fulfilling...
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A Dodgson-Hare synthesis
In 1876, Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) proposed a committee election procedure that chooses the Condorcet winner when one exists...
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Theory and Practice of Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific—Spheres, Logics, and Regional Dynamics
This short introduction to the Special Issue entitled “Theory and Practice of Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific – Spheres, Logics, and Regional...
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The perceived legitimacy of post-war rights: the case of Kuwaiti resistance
What are the downstream effects of rebel governance on the demand for reform in post-conflict settings and their perceived legitimacy? Through an...
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Undefended Borders in the Atlantic Area: The North American Security Community
The presidency of Donald Trump brought significant changes to the dynamics of the North American continent. Such evolution might raise questions if...
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Energy Rebellion in the Black Forest
Starting as a parent’s initiative against nuclear power, EWS today is one of Germany’s largest independent suppliers of renewably sourced electricity...
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Introduction
While local government is found in all federal countries, its place and role in the governance of these countries vary considerably. In some, local...
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Prospects of European-Chinese Contest for Influence in the Western Balkans: The Case of Serbia
Immediately after the breakup of former Yugoslavia, the US has emerged as the single most important external actor in the regional dynamics of the...
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The Kingmaker’s Conundrum: South Korea Navigating the Sino-US Peer Competition
Positioned on Northeast Asia’s geopolitical fault line and split between two contesting orders, Washington-led and Bei**g-led respectively, the...
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The Trump Shock: Populism and Changing Narratives of US Foreign Policy
During his inaugural address on January 20, 2021, Joe Biden called on Americans to end their ‘un-civil war’ and refrain from treating political...
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Enduring Rivals: The Return of Great Power Politics Between Russia, China, and the West
Hopes were high in the post-Cold War era that former geopolitical rivals like Russia and China could be integrated into a globalizing liberal...
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‘We speak over the phone almost dailyʼ: routinisation as an overlooked source of pacification in the Western Balkans
This article provides an in-depth assessment of the peaceful change in the Western Balkan relations between the years 1999 and 2011 that happened...
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A Fresh Outlook on Order-Disorder Transition: The Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) Perspective
A methodological framework is analyzed for conceptualizing regions and regional orders, such as the Liberal Order, as complex adaptive systems (CAS),...
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The strength of a weak centre: pandemic politics in the European Union and the United States
The European Union presents a puzzle to political systems scholars: how can a develo** polity, with all its attendant functional weaknesses, be...
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Spain
In general terms, the Spanish system of local government under the current Constitution (1978) is relatively stable. Various economic crises and...