Global Politics
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Reflections on Failed Democratization and Civil War in Algeria
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Both the failed democratization and the outbreak of civil war in Algeria were the unintentional outcomes of political actors’ mistaken decisions.
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Building Future Cities for Those Who Can Afford To Save the Environment
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‘New wonders for the world.’ The vague promise emblazoned on the top of the NEOM website is not elaborated upon in the equally nebulous subheading: ‘A revolution in civilization.’ It is not clear from this promotional material what NEOM, a high tech, ‘smart city’ region being built in Saudi Arabia, will ultimately look like. The…
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Book Review: Invisible China by Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell
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Invisible China shines a light on various weaknesses in the Chinese economy that have come about due to the government’s failure to pursue public health and education reform in rural areas with the same vigour as it has in the cities.
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Commodity Supercycles and the World System
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The trappings of a new commodity supercycle—a sustained period of commodity inflation—presage a world economy increasingly impacted by the relative scarcity of raw materials.
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Don’t Fear, Truss’s Resignation Proves UK Democracy is Alive and Well
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The prime minister’s resignation should reassure us that, amid political chaos, the safeguards of UK parliamentary democracy will kick in.
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Revitalized Friendships or Colonial Irrelevance? The Commonwealth and Britain’s Relationship with the Global South
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Is the Commonwealth really an opportunity for Britain to forge new relationships with the Global South?
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A Geopolitical Restructuring: How Russia’s War in Ukraine is Reshaping Central Asia
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Troubling to Putin, both China and Turkey are poised and ready to fill the geopolitical and economic void that waning Russian influence in Central Asia presents.
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A Play in Two Acts: The Duality of Ideas Influencing the Peruvian Pension System
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Considering Fujimori’s initial lack of ideological commitments, was the implementation of the private pension scheme in Peru in the early 1990s truly a response to neoliberal ideals?
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Lest We Forget: The Impact of Austerity on Pre-Pandemic Inequality in the UK
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The inequalities we saw in and after the pandemic really began a decade before the outbreak of COVID-19. Discussions of inequality in the UK today, therefore, must begin with austerity.
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Understanding the Congolese Crisis Through Land Rights Regimes
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With intense competition for the limited resources, and because these minerals are an extension of the land, understanding how land rights are accessed, controlled, and distributed sheds light on the Congolese crisis.