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State Building in Putin’s Russia
This book argues that Putin's strategy for rebuilding the state was fundamentally flawed. Taylor demonstrates that a disregard for the way state officials behave toward citizens - state quality - had a negative impact on what the state could do - state capacity. Focusing on those organizations that control state coercion, what Russians call the 'power ministries', Taylor shows that many of the weaknesses of the Russian state that existed under Boris Yeltsin persisted under Putin. Drawing on extensive field research and interviews, as well as a wide range of comparative data, the book reveals the practices and norms that guide the behavior of Russian power ministry officials (the so-called siloviki), especially law enforcement personnel. By examining siloviki behavior from the Kremlin down to the street level, State Building in Putin's Russia uncovers the who, where and how of Russian state building after communism.
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Cautious Bully
Since 1990, China has used coercion in its maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea, despite adverse implications for its image. China is curiously selective in its timing, targets, and tools of coercion: China rarely employs military coercion, and it does not coerce all countries that pose similar threats. An examination of newly available primary documents and hundreds of hours of interviews with Chinese officials to trace the decisionmaking processes behind China’s use and nonuse of coercion reveals a new theory of when, why, and how China employs coercion against other states, especially in the South China Sea. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the findings show that China is a cautious bully that does not use coercion frequently. In addition, when China becomes stronger, it tends to use military coercion less often, choosing instead nonmilitary tools. Moreover, concerns with its reputation for resolve and with economic cost are critical elements of Chinese decisionmaking regarding the costs and benefits of coercing its neighbors. China often coerces one target to deter others—”killing the chicken to scare the monkey.” These findings have important implications for how scholars understand states’ coercive strategies and the future of Chinese behavior in the region and beyond.
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State building in Putin's Russia : policing and coercion after communism
\"Building a strong Russian state was the central goal of Vladimir Putin's presidency. This book argues that Putin's strategy for rebuilding the state was fundamentally flawed. Taylor demonstrates that a disregard for the way state officials behave toward citizens--state quality--had a negative impact on what the state could do--state capacity. Focusing on those organizations that control state coercion, what Russians call the \"power ministries,\" Taylor shows that many of the weaknesses of the Russian state that existed under Boris Yeltsin persisted under Putin. Drawing on extensive field research and interviews, as well as a wide range of comparative data, the book reveals the practices and norms that guide the behavior of Russian power ministry officials (the so-called siloviki), especially law enforcement personnel. By examining siloviki behavior from the Kremlin down to the street level, State building in Putin's Russia uncovers the who, where, and how of Russian state building after communism\"--Provided by publisher.
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ABOLITION AS PRAXIS OF HUMAN BEING
What are the historical conditions and political imperatives of \"abolition\" as a contemporary praxis? How does abolition generate a radical critique of carceral power - of \"incarceration\" as a logic of state and social formation? What are the limitations of liberal-to-progressive demands to reform (allegedly) dysfunctional and/or scandalous systems of legitimated state violence (for example, \"mass incarceration\" or \"police brutality\")? How does abolitionist praxis facilitate notions of freedom, justice, security, and community that do not rely on systems of carceral state power, including but not limited to criminal justice, policing, and (domestic) militarization/war?
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RUSSIAN THREATS OF FORCE AGAINST UKRAINE MAY CONSTITUTE DURESS IN ENGLISH CONTRACT LAW
In 'Law Debenture Trust Corporation v Ukraine' [2023] UKSC 11 (\"'Ukraine'\") the Law Debenture Trust Corporation, acting on behalf of the Russian Federation (\"Russia\"), sought repayment of debt owed to Russia by Ukraine, pursuant to Eurobonds issued in 2013 with a nominal value of $3 billion (the \"Notes\"), which fell due in 2015 but were not repaid. The Supreme Court allowed Ukraine's pleaded defence that the Notes are voidable for duress to the person to proceed to trial. However, the court struck out all Ukraine's other pleaded defences, including its argument that it lacked capacity to enter into the agreements pursuant to which the Notes were issued (and/or that its Minister of Finance lacked ostensible authority to issue the Notes), and held that the international law doctrine of countermeasures was not part of English law. The decision is remarkable for its acceptance that threats of force by a state may amount to illegitimate pressure for the purposes of duress in English private law, and for its analysis of when English courts may refer to international law in applying English law. It is also a rare example of a private contractual claim giving rise to fundamental questions of international law.
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