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Globalization, American power, and international security / Kirshner, Jonathan

Kirshner, Jonathan	Journal Article
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Publication	2008.
Summary/Abstract	Jonathan Kirshner considers the consequences of globalization for American power and international conflict more generally. He argues that the processes of globalization are affecting the balance of power between states and creating new axes of international conflict. He posits that even though the United States is advantaged by globalization, the process also challenges some of its own interests

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Globalization ; International Security ; United States Power

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Palestinian suicide bombing revisited: a critique of the outbidding thesis / Brym, Robert J; Araj, Bader

Araj, Bader	Journal Article
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Publication	2008.
Summary/Abstract	Robert J. Brym and Bader Araj contest Mia Bloom's outbidding thesis, which holds that suicide attacks are a currency for outbidding rivals in the competition for popular support. They find that public opinion data are inconsistent with the outbidding thesis and argue that support for suicide bombing is more a function of social solidarity than competition within the Palestinian community

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Palestine ; Terrorism ; Middle East ; Suicide Bombing

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Psychological reflections on Barack Obama and John McCain: assessing the contours of a new presidential administration / Renshon, Stanley A

Renshon, Stanley A	Journal Article
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Publication	2008.
Summary/Abstract	Stanley A. Renshon analyzes the probable psychological baseline contours of a Barack Obama or John McCain presidency. He explores the psychology, worldview, and approach to leadership that are likely to inform and shape the presidency of each candidate in the context of his own developmental history and the psychology of public expectations and concerns

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Presidential Elections ; United Stattes

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Reconciliation after democratization: coping with the Past in Spain / Encarnación, Omar G.

Encarnación, Omar G.	Journal Article
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2008.

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Omar G. Encarnación examines Spain's ongoing effort to reconcile the legacy of its dark past, including the mass killings of the Spanish Civil War and the repression of the Franco dictatorship, three decades after its celebrated transition to democracy. Key among his findings is that contrary to the widespread conventional wisdom promoted by the influential "transitional justice" movement, reconciliation is not a pre-condition for effective democratization.

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Spain ; Civil War ; Iran - Democracy - 1941-1953

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When the men with guns rule: explaining human rights failures in Kosovo since 1999 / Wolfgram, Mark A

Wolfgram, Mark A	Journal Article
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Publication	2008.
Summary/Abstract	Mark A. Wolfgram discusses the costs of early failures in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations mission in Kosovo after June 1999. The failure of NATO and the UN to secure basic human rights for Kosovo's non-Albanian minorities raises serious questions about the future of similar militarized humanitarian interventions.

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Human Rights ; Kosovo War ; United Nations

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