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132324
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2014.
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In order to assess the impact of culture on state behavior in international crises, specifically with regard to mediation and its outcome, this study tests hypotheses rooted in both the international relations and the cross-cultural psychology literatures, implementing analysis at both the international-system level and the domestic-state-actor level. At the international system level, the study finds that cultural difference between adversaries affects whether or not mediation occurs during an international crisis but has no effect on tension reduction. At the domestic state actor level, we find that there are certain facets of cultural identity that make a state more or less open to requesting or accepting third-party mediation during an international crisis, but that these facets have no effect on tension reduction.
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134040
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2014.
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The Maritime Silk Road (MSR) idea is part of this wider attemptby China to construct multiple lines of communication to its economicheartland in eastern China since the early 2000s. The underlying aim ofsuch a geostrategy is to also develop inner Chinese provinces and shapeChina's regional periphery by exercising economic, political and cultural Influence.
In May 2014, Xinhua unveiled maps showing China's ambitious Landand Maritime Silk Roads.3 The MSR envisions an 'economic cooperationarea' stretching from the Western Pacific to the Baltic Sea as a sort ofmaritime highway buttressed by Chinese-supported infrastructure andport facilities in states straddling maritime routes along which China'strade and natural resources flow.
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137918
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Laos improved its economy in 2014, although its human rights record continues to receive critiques from international society. With frequent visits of Lao leaders to China and the opening of the fourth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, Laos deepened its relations with China in 2014, despite the emerging challenges that China faces.
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074606
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2006.
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Arab media is no longer limited to state-sponsored sources, opening a door of opportunity to the Muslim world. Islamic terrorist groups leverage information technology to form resilient, networked organizations that influence how many Muslims perceive events and U.S. political goals. This article looks at the connection between information technology and cultural transformation in the Middle East. It focuses on how information technology-as the major weapon system in the battle of ideas-has been used effectively by Islamic extremists and less so by the U.S. Important conclusions are drawn regarding the necessity of culturally-attuned uses of information technology.
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