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Everyday Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Spaces: The Creation of Social Legitimacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina's Cultural Arenas (2012)
Journal Article
Kappler, S. (2013). Everyday Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Spaces: The Creation of Social Legitimacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina's Cultural Arenas. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 7(1), 11-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2012.655614

The international community has long been criticized for its lack of social legitimacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its creation of a dysfunctional public space in the light of people's everyday experiences of peace. This article contends that, as a res... Read More about Everyday Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Spaces: The Creation of Social Legitimacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina's Cultural Arenas.

Lost in translation: why Nigeria’s police don’t implement democratic reforms. (2012)
Journal Article
Hills, A. (2012). Lost in translation: why Nigeria’s police don’t implement democratic reforms. International Affairs, 88(4), 739-755. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2012.01099.x

The transfer of democratic values and practices such as community-based policing to African police forces is a key aspect of western aid and security policies, yet the cultural transmission on which it depends is not fully understood; the ways in whi... Read More about Lost in translation: why Nigeria’s police don’t implement democratic reforms..

'The Westphalian model and sovereign equality' (2012)
Journal Article
Stirk, P. M. (2012). 'The Westphalian model and sovereign equality'. Review of International Studies, 38(3), 641-660. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0260210511000192

Although the Westphalian model takes many forms the association of Westphalian and sovereign equality is a prominent one. This article argues firstly that sovereign equality was not present as a normative principle at Westphalia. It argues further th... Read More about 'The Westphalian model and sovereign equality'.

Japan's Middle East policy: ‘still mercantile realism’ (2012)
Journal Article
Miyagi, Y. (2012). Japan's Middle East policy: ‘still mercantile realism’. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 12(2), 287-315. https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcr022

Japan's vital interests, both its energy security and US alliance, are at stake in the Middle East. Change in Japan's Middle East policy is charted over three periods, from a stance independent of the United States to one increasingly aligned with US... Read More about Japan's Middle East policy: ‘still mercantile realism’.

After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies. (2012)
Book
Davidson, C. M. (2012). After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies. Hurst & Company

The Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and its five smaller neighbours: the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) have long been governed by highly autocratic and seemingly anachronistic regimes. Yet despite bloody conflicts on their doo... Read More about After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies..