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127478
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2013.
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IN RECENT YEARS, there has been a surge of international interest in Africa, not long ago known as the "forgotten continent." The world's leading countries have come to see this continent (a source of minerals and energy resources they so badly need) from a new perspective. An important factor fueling interest in Africa is the unprecedented expansion of "emerging powers" in African countries. This applies primarily to China, whose rapid economic growth induces it to double its efforts in world markets, pushing "old players" out of these markets.
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132926
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2014.
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The approaching end game in Afghanistan, marked by the withdrawal of American and NATO troops, draws attention to the urgency of the pursuit of cooperation in the security sphere between India, China, Pakistan, and other neighbors of that country. Even as various diverse fields in bilateral relations between India and China continue to grow the issue of constructive and meaningful cooperation with regard to the future of Afghanistan should be considered an important test of the quality of the relationship, having a vital bearing on the peace, stability, as well as the economic and social development of the Indian subcontinent.
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133134
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2014.
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This special issue identifies new directions in research on the consequences of international involvement in security sector reform (SSR). Both empirically and theoretically, the focus lies on the so far neglected role of local agency and domestic power constellations. The introductory article maps out different ways to analyse the external-domestic interaction dynamics that structure the often contentious and asymmetric encounters between international and local interests and demands in SSR processes. It makes the case for moving beyond a state-centric approach to the study of security governance in areas of limited statehood and for engaging more closely with the layered, mixed or hybrid security orders that can result from external engagement in domestic reform contexts.
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130922
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2014.
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Russian ethnic press in the United States was examined to understand how political identity and loyalties are negotiated in conflictual situations. News coverage of eight foreign policy controversies was studied in terms of tone, emphasis-or lack thereof-on the conflict between the US and Russia, and attributes the newspapers assigned to the two countries. Most of the coverage was neutral in tone. The conflict was mostly de-emphasized. Attributes assigned to the two countries were in the middle of the conflict-cooperation spectrum, avoiding the extremes. These findings suggest that Russian American ethnic newspapers provide a balanced coverage of both the country of origin and that of adoption, thereby pointing to a hybrid political identity of their readers. However, when US security interests are perceived to be at stake, the said press tends to be more pro-American.
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