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Mechanisms of the Arabian Gulf Countries to Safeguard Maritime Security
This chapter deals with mechanisms established, or participated in, by the Arabian Gulf countries to counter threats to maritime security. The...
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Border Closure in Nigeria: Implications for the AfCFTA and Communities on the Benin–Nigeria Corridor
Moving towards a unified trading system for the African continent, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) of 2018 presents to...
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Position of Responsibility: International Response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis – The Case of Western Countries
The Rohingya crisis is an increasing example of a struggling international conflict resolution mechanism that has failed to offer sustainable peace...
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GCC-Israel Rapprochement Under Abraham Accords: Implications for Israel-Palestine Conflict
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have faced significant challenges in the past few years, ranging from regional conflicts to disputes...
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Should China Join the CPTPP?
China faces the choice of whether to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which has come into...
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Voter Rights and Gender: An Analysis of the Importance of Voter Education in Zimbabwe
The right to vote in Zimbabwe is enshrined in s67 (3) (a) of the Constitution of ZimbabweConstitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013 which...
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The Abraham Accords: Regional Impact on Hezbollah
Since its creation in 1948, Israel has fought several wars with its neighbours and the region has been a hotbed of hostility. This small Jewish state...
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EU Social Policy, Social Partners, and the Rule of Law
The chapter examines the peculiarities of the concept of “rule of law” within EU social policy, focussing, in particular, on the role played by...
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Thou Shalt Not Deport? Religious Ethical Discourse and the Politics of Asylum in Poland and Israel
The chapter explores the use of religious ethical discourse to support more or less restrictionist state policies toward asylum seekers. Drawing on...
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Stagnation
This first empirical chapter documents stagnation as a crisis outcome category. Stagnation is characterized by an initially formulated and already...
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Labor and Migration
The social division of labor and the relationship between capital and labor are at the core of capitalism. Chapter 9 introduces these aspects and...
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A Case for Dark Horse Thinking? Re-Imagining Group Asylum
Forced migration is often viewed as a linear movement out of danger into safety. This is empirically inaccurate because migration is in itself an...
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Enhancing Cooperation Between South Korea and the EU in the Fight Against Cybercrime
Cybercrime is one of the representative transnational crimes occurring across national jurisdictions and has become an international challenge with...
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Feminist Aspects of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy
A feminist foreign policy is an emerging framework that advocates for promoting value-driven foreign policy goals of gender equality, human rights,...
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Migration Movements and Their Implications for Macedonia
Following a general consideration of what can constitute migration and migration movements, to this chapter illustrates Macedonia’s position and...
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The United Nations and Its System
This chapter provides some background information on the UN system as a whole. To speak simply of the United Nations (UN) can be misleading, because...
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CPTPP Membership for Taiwan: Rationales, Challenges, and Outlook
Taiwan’s application for CPTPP membership in 2021 is a critical step for its economic future, as it offers a way to avoid being left out of the Asia...
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Codes of Conduct for Political Parties
Political party conduct is a fundamental aspect of the question of achieving free and fair elections. As one of the major avenues through which the...
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China’s perspective on applying for the CPTPP: enhancing economic interdependence as a hedging approach in great power rivalry
The Chinese government has formally requested to join the CPTPP, making a critical step in China’s FTA strategy. By summarizing the policy debate in...
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City-Regionalisation, Local Democracy and Civic Participation
City regions have emerged as a new significant spatial formation complementing and challenging the traditional state-based public space organised as...