Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Book Review: Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea
Shiraz Maher Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 292 pages, $29.93, Hardcover. ISBN: 978-0190651121) Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea deals with one of the most pertinent and complex questions of our times: the appeal and resilience of Salafi-Jihadi movements despite decades of forced...
Evaluating the Explanatory Power of Social Identity Theory, …
RESEARCH ARTICLE the rest volume 9, number 2, summer 2019 Evaluating the Explanatory Power of Social Identity Theory, Inter-group Contact Hypothesis, and Integrated Threat Theory in Explaining Prejudice against… …read more Source:: Centre for Strategic Research and...
The Role of Social and Economic Factors on Fast Food Restaurant Chains
RESEARCH ARTICLE the rest volume 9, number 2, summer 2019 The Role of Social and Economic Factors on Fast Food Restaurant Chains M. Yunus Sisman* &… …read more Source:: Centre for Strategic Research and...
Will the INF Treaty’s demise kick-start a new arms race?
By Frank A. RoseFollowing the U.S. withdrawal from the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, Frank Rose examines the Trump administration’s reasons for exiting the treaty, steps the U.S. should take to avoid escalating an arms race, and the need for any new arms control treaties to be responsive to the changing...
What Company Characteristics Are Associated With the Adoption of Social Media?
Abstract In just one decade, social media have moved from being marginal phenomena to having three billion active monthly users globally in 2017. We use a large representative sample to study which company characteristics are associated with the early adoption of social media. Our findings suggest that digital orientation (outside social media),...
Between “America First” and the “Chinese Dream”
In: Documenti IAIBetween “America First” and the “Chinese Dream”: What the EU and Japan Can Do TogetherIssue: 19|14The upheaval of the international order as we knew it is pushing the EU and Japan to take on more responsibilities in global issues, including in unsolved affairs such as the denuclearisation and peace process...
Bahrain’s Perception Problem
After the kudos of hosting a major economic and peace conference last month, Bahrain, the principal base for U.S. and British naval forces coping with the Iranian threat, is now being criticized for executing Shia activists convicted of terrorist offenses. In June, the world’s attention was focused on Manama as leading officials gathered at...
Internships with CIS Arbitration Forum
CIS Arbitration Forum is looking for part-time interns to help with preparing materials offering cutting-edge insights into developments in international arbitration and cross-border dispute resolution. Interns will work (usually remotely) in close cooperation with editors in London and Moscow to produce posts for the Forum, do legal research as...
Why Russia Needs a “Sovereign Runet”
The official goal of the “sovereign internet” bill signed by Vladimir Putin into law on May 1 is to secure the uninterrupted operation of the Runet in case of disconnection from the global infrastructure of the World Wide Web. In reality, this law allows the Russian government to gain centralized control over the Runet and, if need be, to shut...
Turkey’s Energy Confrontation with Cyprus
The hydrocarbon riches of the Nile and Levant geological basins have already transformed the Egyptian economy and expanded Israel’s energy options, but the possibility of similar good fortune for Cyprus is being undermined by a dangerous Turkish power game. Apparently unable to find oil or natural gas in its own Mediterranean waters, Ankara...