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Deconstructing Nonviolence and the War Machine: Unarmed Coups, Nonviolent Power, and Armed Resistance (2021)
Journal Article
Finlay, C. J. (2021). Deconstructing Nonviolence and the War Machine: Unarmed Coups, Nonviolent Power, and Armed Resistance. Ethics & International Affairs, 35(3), 421-433. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0892679421000423

Proponents of nonviolent methods often highlight the extent to which they rival arms as effective means of resistance. Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan, for instance, influentially compared civil resistance techniques favorably with armed insurrecti... Read More about Deconstructing Nonviolence and the War Machine: Unarmed Coups, Nonviolent Power, and Armed Resistance.

Cross-Domain Topic Classification for Political Texts (2021)
Journal Article
Osnabrügge, M., Ash, E., & Morelli, M. (2023). Cross-Domain Topic Classification for Political Texts. Political Analysis, 31(1), 59-80. https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2021.37

We introduce and assess the use of supervised learning in cross-domain topic classification. In this approach, an algorithm learns to classify topics in a labeled source corpus and then extrapolates topics in an unlabeled target corpus from another d... Read More about Cross-Domain Topic Classification for Political Texts.

New Zealand: Parliamentary Speeches under a Mixed-Member Proportional Electoral System (2021)
Book Chapter
Osnabrügge, M. (2021). New Zealand: Parliamentary Speeches under a Mixed-Member Proportional Electoral System. In H. Bäck, M. Debus, & J. M. Fernandes (Eds.), The Politics of Legislative Debates (613-632). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198849063.003.0030

This chapter studies debate participation in New Zealand’s parliament from 1996 to 2002. New Zealand has a mixed-member proportional electoral system and a multiparty system. Its parliamentary rules and procedures give parties considerable control ov... Read More about New Zealand: Parliamentary Speeches under a Mixed-Member Proportional Electoral System.

Drones, Afghanistan and Beyond: Towards Analysis and Assessment in Context (2021)
Journal Article
Page, J., & Williams, J. (2022). Drones, Afghanistan and Beyond: Towards Analysis and Assessment in Context. European Journal of International Security, 7(3), 283-303. https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2021.19

Afghanistan is one of the most drone-affected states, however, very few scholarly studies of drone use there exist. This article uses original fieldwork data in a strategically important area of Afghanistan, eastern Nangarhar province, to analyse dro... Read More about Drones, Afghanistan and Beyond: Towards Analysis and Assessment in Context.

Midcentury Modern: The Emergence of Stakeholders in Democratic Practice (2021)
Journal Article
Abraham, K. J. (2022). Midcentury Modern: The Emergence of Stakeholders in Democratic Practice. American Political Science Review, 116(2), 631-644. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003055421001106

Since the 1960s, “the stakeholder,” or affected party, has emerged as a novel democratic subject whose participation in varied institutional sites—from universities to government agencies, corporate boardrooms to international organizations—is seen a... Read More about Midcentury Modern: The Emergence of Stakeholders in Democratic Practice.

From Tools to Teammates: Human-Machine Teaming and the Future of Command and Control in the Australian Army (2021)
Report
Neads, A., Galbreath, D. J., & Farrell, T. (2021). From Tools to Teammates: Human-Machine Teaming and the Future of Command and Control in the Australian Army. [No known commissioning body]

In 2018, the Australian Army launched its Robotic and Autonomous Systems Strategy to capitalise on the military opportunities presented by the much-anticipated ‘fourth industrial revolution’ in artificial intelligence and machine learning software. T... Read More about From Tools to Teammates: Human-Machine Teaming and the Future of Command and Control in the Australian Army.

Getting the Better of the Bargain: Technical Intelligence, Arms Sales, and Anglo-Israeli Relations 1967–1974 (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, C. (2021). Getting the Better of the Bargain: Technical Intelligence, Arms Sales, and Anglo-Israeli Relations 1967–1974. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 32(3), 531 - 553. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2021.1961489

This analysis explores the nature of Anglo-Israeli intelligence relations between 1967 and 1974, focusing in particular on how the legacy of the British mandate in Palestine, the influence of senior British diplomats, as well as wider commercial inte... Read More about Getting the Better of the Bargain: Technical Intelligence, Arms Sales, and Anglo-Israeli Relations 1967–1974.

Citizens from 13 countries share similar preferences for COVID-19 vaccine allocation priorities (2021)
Journal Article
Ducha, R., Roopea, L. S., Violatoa, M., Fuentes Becerrab, M., Robinson, T. S., Bonnefon, J., …Clarke, P. M. (2021). Citizens from 13 countries share similar preferences for COVID-19 vaccine allocation priorities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(38), Article e2026382118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2026382118

How does the public want a COVID-19 vaccine to be allocated? We conducted a conjoint experiment asking 15,536 adults in 13 countries to evaluate 248,576 profiles of potential vaccine recipients that varied randomly on five attributes. Our sample incl... Read More about Citizens from 13 countries share similar preferences for COVID-19 vaccine allocation priorities.

Disadvantage, Disagreement, and Disability: Re-evaluating the Continuity Test (2021)
Journal Article
Begon, J. (2021). Disadvantage, Disagreement, and Disability: Re-evaluating the Continuity Test. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2021.1972585

The suggestion that individuals should be considered disadvantaged, and consequently entitled to compensation, only if they consider themselves disadvantaged (Dworkin’s ‘continuity test’) is initially appealing. However, it also faces problems. First... Read More about Disadvantage, Disagreement, and Disability: Re-evaluating the Continuity Test.

Coping with Covid; Understanding and Mitigating Disadvantages Experienced by First Generation Scholars Studying Online (2021)
Journal Article
Mates, L., Millican, A., & Hanson, E. (2022). Coping with Covid; Understanding and Mitigating Disadvantages Experienced by First Generation Scholars Studying Online. British Journal of Educational Studies, 70(4), 501-522. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2021.1966382

This article examines the implications of the transition to online or blended learning for first generation scholars (FGS) brought about by Covid-19. We present the findings of a mixed methods project that draws data from both in-depth qualitative in... Read More about Coping with Covid; Understanding and Mitigating Disadvantages Experienced by First Generation Scholars Studying Online.

Once A Diaspora, Always A Diaspora? The Ethnic, Cultural and Political Mobilization of Kurdistani Jews in Israel (2021)
Journal Article
Baser, B., & Atlas, D. (2021). Once A Diaspora, Always A Diaspora? The Ethnic, Cultural and Political Mobilization of Kurdistani Jews in Israel. Politics, Religion and Ideology, 22(3-4), 302-328. https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2021.1975111

This paper examines the experiences of Kurdistani Jews who were airlifted to Israel from Iraq in the early 1950s with the Operations Ezra and Nehemiah. The article seeks to answer questions regarding what transnational ties Kurdistani Jews have with... Read More about Once A Diaspora, Always A Diaspora? The Ethnic, Cultural and Political Mobilization of Kurdistani Jews in Israel.

Host state reactions to home state diaspora engagement policies: Rethinking state sovereignty and limits of diaspora governance (2021)
Journal Article
Baser, B., & Féron, É. (2022). Host state reactions to home state diaspora engagement policies: Rethinking state sovereignty and limits of diaspora governance. Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs, 22(2), 226-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12341

During the last few decades, institutions, policies, and other state-sponsored mechanisms linking home states and diasporas have expanded well beyond traditional areas. Numerous states have established diaspora engagement policies and institutions to... Read More about Host state reactions to home state diaspora engagement policies: Rethinking state sovereignty and limits of diaspora governance.

Transgressive Protest after a Democratic Transition: The Kamour Campaign in Tunisia (2021)
Journal Article
McCarthy, R. (2022). Transgressive Protest after a Democratic Transition: The Kamour Campaign in Tunisia. Social Movement Studies, 21(6), 798-815. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2021.1967128

A democratic transition is likely to bring significant changes to the character of contentious politics. Scholars argue protest is likely to become normalized and more frequent because of new opportunities, but less radical because it is channelled b... Read More about Transgressive Protest after a Democratic Transition: The Kamour Campaign in Tunisia.