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Myths of Empire
\" Myths of Empire offers the best-developed
theory to date of the domestic sources of international conflict
and security policy... Snyder has taken a major step toward ending
the theoretical impoverishment of the study of the domestic sources
of international conflict.\" ― American Political
Science Review
Overextension is the common pitfall of empires. Why does it
occur? What are the forces that cause the great powers of the
industrial era to pursue aggressive foreign policies? Jack Snyder
identifies recurrent myths of empire, describes the varieties of
overextension to which they lead, and criticizes the traditional
explanations offered by historians and political scientists. He
tests three competing theories-realism, misperception, and domestic
coalition politics-against five detailed case studies: early
twentieth-century Germany, Japan in the interwar period, Great
Britain in the Victorian era, the Soviet Union after World War II,
and the United States during the Cold War. The Resulting insights
run counter to much that has been written about these apparently
familiar instances of empire building.
Overextension is the common pitfall of empires. Why does it
occur? What are the forces that cause the great powers of the
industrial era to pursue aggressive foreign policies? Jack Snyder
identifies recurrent myths of empire, describes the varieties of
overextension to which they lead, and criticizes the traditional
explanations offered by historians and political scientists.He
tests three competing theories-realism, misperception, and domestic
coalition politics-against five detailed case studies: early
twentieth-century Germany, Japan in the interwar period, Great
Britain in the Victorian era, the Soviet Union after World War II,
and the United States during the Cold War. The resulting insights
run counter to much that has been written about these apparently
familiar instances of empire building.
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Foreign affairs
Includes sections \"Recent books on international relations\" and \"Source material.\"
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A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned
On January 2020, the WHO Director General declared that the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The world has faced a worldwide spread crisis and is still dealing with it. The present paper represents a white paper concerning the tough lessons we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, an international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making. With the present paper, international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making.
Journal Article
The Somali nation and the hazards of the nation-state model in the horn of Africa: lessons from Somaliland
The paper aims to evaluate the risks associated with the Western nation-state model in the Horn of Africa (HoA). Specifically, it examines the effects of the nation-state model adopted by the Somali people in the region. The work was done qualitatively, using data gathered from secondary sources. The study's findings indicate that the Somali nationalism/nation-state project has both internal and external destabilizing effects. Internally, it caused tensions within clans, and externally, it supported the self-determination of Somali-speaking territories in neighboring countries, as well as dissidents within those territories. The project also provoked the Ogaden War (1977-78) with Ethiopia, leading to the downfall of the regime and ultimately the disintegration of the state, resulting in the emergence of clan-based militias and Islamic fundamentalists. The paper also suggests that Somaliland's hybrid governance model might offer a solution to the ongoing turmoil affecting the Somali people and others in the region.
The Horn of Africa has been characterized as a region known for complex problems. The region has been plagued by prolonged interstate and intrastate conflicts, massive displacements, catastrophic hunger, political oppression, economic exploitation, and state failure, among other challenges. Various studies attribute these issues to different factors. This research also attributes the turmoil in the Horn of Africa states to the nation-state model they adopted from the West, which appears to have been largely overlooked until now. The study demonstrates how the adoption of the nation-state model by the Somali people has resulted in clan-based conflicts, the disintegration of the Somali state, and hostility with neighboring states that embrace Somali-speaking territories. In the end, it is recommended to consider Somaliland's hybrid model as one of the potential solutions for the complex problems in the region.
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Producing the Inevitability of Solar Radiation Modification in Climate Politics
This essay investigates the fit between solar radiation modification (SRM) and climate politics. Researchers, activists, and politicians often present SRM technologies as “radical.” According to this frame, SRM comes into view as a last-ditch effort to avoid climate emergencies. Such a rationale may be applicable to the scientists researching the potential of SRM, yet it only partially accounts for political and policy interest in SRM. In this contribution, I argue that there is an increasingly tight fit between the promise of SRM technologies and the global regime of climate politics. Within this regime, SRM may not be a radical option but is more of a logical extension of current rationales. I argue that SRM corresponds to tightly controlled discursive rules within which climate politics operates, leading to a shifting narrative on the feasibility, desirability, and necessity of SRM. The ethical implications of this tight fit are threefold. First, it implies that SRM might be an instrument of mitigation deterrence, implicitly as much as explicitly. Second, ethical responsibility and political value debates are at risk of becoming invisible once SRM becomes embedded in the prevailing regime. Third, SRM use might become inevitable, despite the good intentions of most people involved.
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