Pub Date : 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1177/00207020241276958
Pierre Martin, Marie-Joëlle Zahar
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Pub Date : 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1177/00207020241276093
Jack Cunningham
{"title":"Book Review: The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink by William Inboden","authors":"Jack Cunningham","doi":"10.1177/00207020241276093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020241276093","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46226,"journal":{"name":"International Journal","volume":"385 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142175573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1177/00207020241276095
Kim Richard Nossal
The America First agenda in the United States poses a major threat to Canada America First is marked by an enthusiasm for protectionism; a retreat from global engagement that echoes the isolationism of the 1930s; a rejection of global governance; an indifference towards a global leadership role for the United States; an embrace of illiberal and authoritarian leaders and a concomitant disdain for America’s traditional friends and allies in the West. The America First policy agenda enjoys the support of tens of millions of Americans. If the Democratic Party loses control of the White House and one or both houses of Congress, the consequences for the interests of Canadians will be profoundly negative.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-17DOI: 10.1177/00207020241257635
Brian McQuinn, Marcus Kolga, Cody Buntain, Laura Courchesne
This article details the Russian government's efforts to influence Canadians' perceptions of the war in Ukraine. Specifically, we examined Russian information campaigns tailored to Canadian audiences on X (formerly known as Twitter) and the supportive ecosystems of accounts that amplify those campaigns. By 2023, this ecosystem included at least 200,000 X accounts that have shared content with millions of Canadians. We identified ninety accounts with an outsized influence. The vast majority of the influential Canadian accounts were far right or far left in orientation. These networks were among Canada's most prolific and influential political communities online. We determined this by comparing these networks' potential influence to the online community engaging with Canada's 338 members of Parliament on X and a sample of twenty influential X accounts in Canada. The sophistication and proliferation of Canada-tailored narratives suggest a highly organized and well-funded effort to target Canadian support for Ukraine.
本文详细介绍了俄罗斯政府为影响加拿大人对乌克兰战争的看法所做的努力。具体而言,我们研究了俄罗斯在 X(前身为 Twitter)上针对加拿大受众开展的信息宣传活动,以及扩大这些活动的支持性账户生态系统。到 2023 年,这个生态系统中至少有 20 万个 X 账户与数百万加拿大人分享了内容。我们发现了九十个具有巨大影响力的账户。绝大多数有影响力的加拿大账户都是极右或极左方向的。这些网络是加拿大最活跃、最具影响力的网络政治社区。我们将这些网络的潜在影响力与加拿大 338 名国会议员的 X 网络社区以及加拿大 20 个有影响力的 X 账户样本进行了比较,从而确定了这一点。为加拿大量身定制的叙事的复杂性和扩散性表明,针对加拿大对乌克兰的支持是一项组织严密、资金充足的努力。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-29DOI: 10.1177/00207020241257639
Christoph N. Vogel
{"title":"Book Review: Belonging, Identity, and Conflict in the Central African Republic by Gino Vlavonou","authors":"Christoph N. Vogel","doi":"10.1177/00207020241257639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020241257639","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46226,"journal":{"name":"International Journal","volume":"233 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141187945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-29DOI: 10.1177/00207020241257640
Mohamed Elgayar
{"title":"Book Review: Research Methods in Critical Security Studies: An Introduction Mark B. Salter, Can E. Mutlu, and Philippe M. Frowd","authors":"Mohamed Elgayar","doi":"10.1177/00207020241257640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020241257640","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46226,"journal":{"name":"International Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141187783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1177/00207020241256001
Daniel Troup
Canada and the US maintain one of the closest international partnerships in the world, but there are concerns about its future. Donald Trump's election generated anxieties about the rise of autarkic or authoritarian politics in the region. These worries persist as it remains to be seen whether the Trump administration was a temporary interruption to liberal governance or a signifier of more profound change. Canadian security scholars have contemplated whether an illiberal shift may disrupt the US-Canada security community. This article intervenes in these discussions by emphasizing the extent to which prejudices and political policing have fostered the community's emergence and operation. Archival investigation reveals that illiberal practices have proven reconcilable with a liberal identity throughout the community's development. Therefore, without dismissing existing concerns, we should be vigilant of the possibility that the security community may be internalized within democratic retrenchment, rather than corroded by it.
{"title":"Democratic Identity, Political Policing, and the Other side of the US-Canada Security Community","authors":"Daniel Troup","doi":"10.1177/00207020241256001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020241256001","url":null,"abstract":"Canada and the US maintain one of the closest international partnerships in the world, but there are concerns about its future. Donald Trump's election generated anxieties about the rise of autarkic or authoritarian politics in the region. These worries persist as it remains to be seen whether the Trump administration was a temporary interruption to liberal governance or a signifier of more profound change. Canadian security scholars have contemplated whether an illiberal shift may disrupt the US-Canada security community. This article intervenes in these discussions by emphasizing the extent to which prejudices and political policing have fostered the community's emergence and operation. Archival investigation reveals that illiberal practices have proven reconcilable with a liberal identity throughout the community's development. Therefore, without dismissing existing concerns, we should be vigilant of the possibility that the security community may be internalized within democratic retrenchment, rather than corroded by it.","PeriodicalId":46226,"journal":{"name":"International Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141168716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1177/00207020241257637
Ravi Kumar
{"title":"Book Review: The Sino-Indian Rivalry: Implications for Global Order by Šumit Ganguly, Manjeet S. Pardesi, and William R. Thompson","authors":"Ravi Kumar","doi":"10.1177/00207020241257637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020241257637","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46226,"journal":{"name":"International Journal","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141168816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1177/00207020241257632
Israel Nyaburi Nyadera, Ayten Ceter
What are the challenges and opportunities facing emerging powers in an increasingly complex international system? While existing studies on emerging powers have looked at their potential impact on the international order, fewer studies have focused on the challenges and opportunities that can negatively or positively impact the progress of emerging powers. This study examines the experiences of Türkiye as an emerging power since the turn of the new millennium and uses it to illustrate the potential challenges and opportunities. The authors adopt five pillars which include: 1) domestic political and international ideological pillars; 2) geopolitical pillars; 3) success in international broadcasting; 4) economic pillars; and 5) institutional pillars (regionalism and international cooperation) to assess how emerging powers navigate the complexities that come with such status. Using a case study approach, the authors argue that emerging powers are likely to remain as “emerging” if they do not capitalize on their strengths and/or reduce the negative effectes of threats that come with the being an emerging power. The findings of the study aim to inform policy and open a new front to assess and understand emerging powers.
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The sustainable development of transport and logistics systems and projects is one factor for the successful development of states and an indicator of integration processes in certain regions, including Central Asia. This study is devoted to the analysis of some aspects of the diversification of the external transport and logistics infrastructure; namely, an assessment of the potential of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) from the perspective of the Republic of Kazakhstan. While the route is useful for trade in multiple sectors, this paper will focus on the shipment of petroleum products via the TITR. Despite the absence of restrictions on the transit of goods to Europe through Russia, there are serious challenges to increasing the delivery time. The development of transport and logistics infrastructure is also relevant for Kazakhstan in the context of its new foreign policy role in the international arena to strengthen interregional cooperation. This requires serious attention and research into potentially promising routes. One of these routes is the TITR. Its development can significantly strengthen the economic position of Kazakhstan and strengthen its diplomatic potential. Along with this, there are several challenges and difficulties that need to be analyzed and overcome.
{"title":"Trans-Caspian International Transport Route: Kazakhstani Perspective on Challenges, Opportunities, and Prospects","authors":"Adilbek Yermekbayev, Leila Delovarova, Aliya Kaliyeva","doi":"10.1177/00207020241257636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020241257636","url":null,"abstract":"The sustainable development of transport and logistics systems and projects is one factor for the successful development of states and an indicator of integration processes in certain regions, including Central Asia. This study is devoted to the analysis of some aspects of the diversification of the external transport and logistics infrastructure; namely, an assessment of the potential of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) from the perspective of the Republic of Kazakhstan. While the route is useful for trade in multiple sectors, this paper will focus on the shipment of petroleum products via the TITR. Despite the absence of restrictions on the transit of goods to Europe through Russia, there are serious challenges to increasing the delivery time. The development of transport and logistics infrastructure is also relevant for Kazakhstan in the context of its new foreign policy role in the international arena to strengthen interregional cooperation. This requires serious attention and research into potentially promising routes. One of these routes is the TITR. Its development can significantly strengthen the economic position of Kazakhstan and strengthen its diplomatic potential. Along with this, there are several challenges and difficulties that need to be analyzed and overcome.","PeriodicalId":46226,"journal":{"name":"International Journal","volume":"10878 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141168672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}