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Balancing national uncertainty and foreign orientation: identity building and the role of political parties in post-orange Ukraine / Melnykovska, Inna; Schweickert, Rainer; Kostiuchenko, Tetiana

Schweickert, Rainer	Journal Article
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2011.

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Political Parties ; Ukraine ; Primordialism ; national identities ; Foreign Orientation ; National Uncertainty ;
Post - Colonialism

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ID: 112466

Do Russia and China promote autocracy in Central Asia? / Melnykovska, Inna; Plamper, Hedwig; Schweickert, Rainer

Schweickert, Rainer	Journal Article
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2012.

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The purpose of our paper is to contribute to the literature on autocracy promotion by analyzing Central Asia as the most-likely case, considering both Russia and China as relevant external actors. We develop a concept for our analysis based on the different strategies of Russia and China towards the region and present the results of a qualitative study of the main dimensions of autocracy promotion (regional organizations, economic cooperation, and interference and threat). Based on this qualitative study, we define variables measuring the potential for autocracy promotion and test our hypotheses using panel data for 24 post-communist countries. The somewhat surprising result of our analysis is that, in contrast to Russia's dominance mode of operation, China's doing-business approach towards its neighbors in Central Asia may have-although unintentionally-even positive effects in terms of improving governance and undermining autocratic structures.

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Central Asia ; China ; Russia ; Autocracy

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NATO an external driver of institutional change in post-communi / Melnkovska, Inna; Schweickert, Rainer

Melnkovska, Inna	Journal Article
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2011.

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So far, economic analyses of NATO enlargement have been restricted to aspects of regional security while political analyses focused on indirect peace-building effects on democracy in the first place. Our panel regressions for 25 post-communist countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 reveal that direct incentives provided by NATO pre-accession are important for broad-based institutional development. Results are even more robust than for variables measuring EU pre-accession or NATO membership effects. This supports the argument that NATO can act as a transformative power and should strengthen its political agenda.

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NATO ; Governance ; Institutional Change ; Transition Economies

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