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Beyond the Binary Logic of Populist Articulations in 2019 Indonesian Election

  • Luthfi Hamzah Husin,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • Nuruddin Al Akbar,Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta
Abstract This study seeks to highlight the emergence of Sexy Killer documentary as an important tool in an effort to encourage the rearticulation of democracy in a more substantial direction. This study is important in the middle of the trend of re-Democratisation  that is taking place but is moving...

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Quo Vadis Islamic Populism? An Electoral Strategy

  • Rendy Adiwilaga,Universitas Bale Bandung
  • Mustabsyirotul Ummah Mustofa,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • Muhammad Ridha Taufik Rahman,LPPM Energy Innovation for Community
Abstract This paper discusses how far Islamic populism as an old social movement, especially in Indonesia, rises as a new form of polarisation in the electoral mechanism in Indonesian democracy nowadays. Considered as the main group of religion in Indonesia, Indonesian Muslims appear as a contested...

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The Effectiveness of Political Identity in Post 212 Movement

  • Yusa Djuyandi,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • Rahmah Ramadhani,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
Abstract The 2019 election did not escape from a variety of cases and issues, whether this is entirely affected or not at all. Elections are also an arena of competition that does not escape cheating, which can hurt the ongoing campaign period until the election. But most of the issues contained in...

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Jeje’s Political Capital in the Regent Election of Pangandaran Regency in 2015

  • Ratnia Solihah,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • Arry Bainus,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • Mudiyati Rahmatunnisa,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
Abstract Political capital is one of the main capitals to be able to follow the political contestation. This political capital was one of the factors that determined the passing of Jeje as regent candidates who following the local political contestation, which eventually became the winner of the political...

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Woman Leader Victory as the Single Candidate in the Elections in District of Lebak Banten Indonesia in 2018

  • Elly Nurlia,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • Utang Suwaryo,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • R. Widya Setabudi Sumadinata,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • Netty Prasetiyani,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
Abstract One of the provinces that contributes to the emergence of women leadership in Indonesia is Banten. Until recently, there are four municipal regions which are chair-headed by female mayors out of the eight regions in Banten Province including Lebak regency. Particularly, Lebak has already conducted...

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The Role of Bawaslu Supervision in Handling Disputes Election Results in Indonesia

  • Yusa Djuyandi,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • Arief Hidayat,Universitas Gadjah Madja, Yogyakarta
  • Hendra,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
Abstract Elections are an implementation of orderly structured and organized democratic practices. Supervision of elections is needed to ensure that elections run democratically, therefore there is a need for well-organized and competent election oversight bodies. The emergence of violations in the...

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Extending Aliran Politics in Electoral Contest

  • Ari Ganjar Herdiansah,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • Yusa Djuyandi,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
  • Widya Setiabudi Sumadinata,Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung
Abstract Aliran politics is an analytical framework that considered too simplistic and less accurately classifying the political axes of Indonesian socio-political structure. This article, however, shows that aliran still prevails in the form of politicization of identity that reflected in the post...

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Russia, the Arctic and Northeast Asia: The Strategic Importance of the Far North

  • Rafael Contreras Luna, Samara National Research University S.P. Korolyev, Russia
Abstract Historically, the Arctic has been much more important to Russia than to other Arctic countries. In Soviet times, the development of the Arctic was of paramount importance and it was used by the Soviet government to legitimise its great power status to domestic and international audiences. It...

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The United States’ China Containment Strategy and the South China Sea Dispute

  • Victor Teixeira,Lusíada University of Lisbon
Abstract The common contention regarding the South China Sea is that its characteristic assets are the central or even the sole explanation for the debate. However, it is the argument of this study that this view is distorted and perilously deceptive. This study argues that there are multiple explanations...

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Evidentiary Thresholds for Unilateral Aggression: Douma, Skripal and Media Analysis of Chemical Weapon Attacks as a Casus Belli

  • Gavan Patrick Gray,Tsuda University’s College of Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract The initiation of military or economic punishment generally on states requires significant justification, lest it be judged an act of aggression. In 2018 two separate incidents invoked similar rationales for such acts of reprisal, specifically that they were responding to attacks using chemical...

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Hydro-Politics and the Dynamics of the Shifting Ethio-Egyptian Hydropolitical Relations

  • Yayew Genet Chekol,Salale University, Ethiopia
Abstract The foremost intent of this article is to investigate the major dynamics that are changing in Ethio-Egyptian hydropolitical relations. To attain this objective the researcher employed case study design, primary and secondary sources of data, and purposive sampling techniques. Despite the fact...

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Unregulated Migration and Nigeria-EU Relations

  • Kingsley Emeka Ezemenaka,University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Abstract This article presents the social and political causes of Nigeria-EU migration issues concerning unregulated migration that has been affecting the EU. This was done through qualitative and quantitative methodology, which includes interviews, data gathering and documentary analysis. From the...

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Trends in Investment Treaty Making: Finding Balance between National Sovereignty and Investment Protection

  • Martin Karas,University of Economics, Bratislava
Abstract The debate over the prevalence of nation states as the main actors in the international arena has been going on for the past 40 years. This article focuses on a single aspect of the debate, namely the national sovereignty of states within the neoliberal investment regimes. The argument...

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From Negative to Positive Peace in Western Balkans: A Case for Eclectic Theory

  • Miroslava Kulkova,Institute of Political Studies, Charles University, Prague
Abstract This article analyses a qualitative transformation of relations between the Balkan states since the dissolution of the SFR Yugoslavia in the 90´s until 2008. It argues that military presence and interventions of external powers were enough to make the belligerents fold weapons and...

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The Democratization Potential of the Middle Class in Russia

  • Jan Švec,Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Prague
Abstract The paper on the case study of the contemporary regime in Russia questions the classical theory of the positive influence of middle classes on democratization processes. The author introduces arguments for the following three hypotheses. (1) An essential part of the middle class in Russia is...

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Borderlines, Natural Resources and Conflicts: Towards a Territorial Materialism of Boundary Disputes in East Africa

  • Al Chukwuma Okoli,Federal University Lafia, Nigeria
  • Elias Chukwuemeka Ngwu,Department of Political Science at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
Abstract This article seeks to examine the phenomenon of boundary disputes in East Africa. By way of a case-study approach, guided by the theory of territorial materialism, the study posits that the ‘colonial causation’ narrative, exemplified in the ethnic partitioning/disintegration hypothesis, does...

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Regionalism in World Politics: Interrogating the Relevance of the Economic Community of West African States in Global Political Economy

  • Chikodiri Nwangwu,Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
  • Chukwuemeka Enyiazu,Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
  • Ejikeme Jombo Nwagwu,Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
  • Christian C. Ezeibe,Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Abstract Globalisation has promoted the connections among sovereign states in the international political economy. Despite the preponderance of neo-protectionist tendencies in the United States and some European countries, the import of regionalism in global political economy has not waned. While economic...

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Modi’s Cultural Diplomacy and Role of Indian Diaspora

  • Junuguru Srinivas,GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, India
Abstract Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into the helm of affairs, he has stressed the role of the Indian Diaspora in Indian foreign policy making because he had realized the importance of the Diaspora in his development strategy. More than 25 million members of the Indian Diaspora are...

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Comparative Analysis of the Hybrid Tactics Application by the Russian Federation in Conflicts with Georgia and Ukraine

  • Lesіa Dorosh, Department of Political Science and International Relation of Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine
  • Olha Ivasechko, Department of Political Science and International Relation of Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine
  • JarynaTurchyn, Department of Political Science and International Relation of Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine
Abstract The essence and main characteristics of the hybrid war are reviewed as a means of destroying the enemy country from inside due to the effective combination of conventional armed forces, subversion, propaganda, and dissemination of misinformation. The hybrid tactics used by the Russian Federation...

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The ‘War on Drugs’ Concept as the Basis for Combating Drugs in the Western Hemisphere

  • Arkadiy Alekseevich Eremin,Department of Theory and History of International Relations of the Peoples’ Friendship University, Russia
  • Oleg Konstantinovich Petrovich-Belkin,Department of Theory and History of International Relations of the Peoples’ Friendship University, Russia
Abstract The article attempts to critically evaluate a controversial transnational phenomenon in the Western hemisphere, known as the ‘War on Drugs’. Started by Richard Nixon to regain the support of his electorate, it has continued to dominate anti-drug policies in the Americas until now. In this article,...

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Kinds of Democracy: New Models of Federal Republics and Multi-Level Governments

  • Christopher Portosa Stevens,Department of Academic Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Abstract In “Kinds of Democracy,” I vary the kind of democracy across levels in multi-level governments and federations. Varying the kind of democracy from level to level produces new competitive structures (and also new kinds of political complexity), such as producing opportunity structures for political...

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Author Meets Critics Symposium: Discussion on Legacies of Totalitarianism

  • Krzysztof Brzechczyn,Institute of Philosophy Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
  • Michał Kwiecień,Institute of Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
  • Grzegorz Lewicki,Polish Economic Institute
  • Cristina Petrescu, Faculty of Political Science at University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Dragoş Petrescu,Faculty of Political Science at University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Rafał Paweł Wierzchosławski,SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznań
  • Aviezer Tucker,Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University
Abstract The symposium on the book Legacies of Totalitarianism by Aviezer Tucker was part of the conference Between Enslavement and Resistance: Attitudes toward Communism in East European Societies (1945-1989) held in Poznań, Poland (June 15-16, 2018). The conference and the symposium were organized...

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Post-ISIS Iraq and the Shia Armed Groups

  • Kardo Rached,e Department of Diplomacy and Public Relations, University of Human Development, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  • Ahmed Omar Bali,Department of Diplomacy and Public Relations, University of Human Development, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Abstract The political environment of Iraq in the period from 2011-2014 experienced a great degree of turbulence. Many Sunni tribes in the Anbar, Ramadi and Salahadin regions organized a daily protest against the central government, accusing it of being sectarian. Gradually, these protests become more...

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Ukrainian State-Building Redux: Triangular Role Performance Under Kuchma

  • Vladislav Strnad,Department of International Relations and European Studies, Metropolitan University Prague, Czechia
  • Nik Hynek,Department of International Relations and European Studies, Metropolitan University Prague, Czechia
Abstract The article systematically analyses the Ukrainian behaviour within the EU-Ukraine-Russia triangle during the presidency of Leonid Kuchma (1994-2004). As it is shown, this was a period to which the origins of many recent, and tumultuous, developments can be traced. We utilise an interdisciplinary...

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Messianic Narrations in Contemporary Russian Statecraft and Foreign Policy

  • Ostap Kushnir,Lazarski University, Poland
Abstract The article aims to uncover the nature and distinctive features of the contemporary messianic narrations in the Russian public discourse, as well as estimate their impact on the actual policy-making. For this reason, the article scrutinizes the political philosophy of Aleksandr Dugin, Nataliia...

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The Legal Mechanisms of Ensuring Regional Cooperation in Combatting Crime Within the Framework of the Council of Europe: Experience of Ukraine

  • Andrii Voitsikhovskyi, Constitutional and International Law Department, Faculty № 4, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Oleksandr Bakumov, Constitutional and International Law Department, Faculty № 4, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Olena Ustymenko, Constitutional and International Law Department, Faculty № 4, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Mykola Marchuk, Constitutional and International Law Department, Faculty № 4, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Abstract Implementation of legal reform in Ukraine, the content of which can be defined as a gradual movement towards a democratic and rule of law state, makes the problem of counteraction to crime especially relevant. Nowadays it is the object of broad regulatory measures, in particular, international...

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Small States in Great Power Politics: Understanding the “Buffer Effect”

  • Ksenia A. Efremova,MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia
Abstract This paper deals with the concept of “small states” as opposed to “great powers”. Both concepts are considered to be ideal types with peculiar behaviour characteristics. It is argued that in certain circumstances (i.e. within a “buffer system”) small states may affect the behaviour of great...

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Japan’s Security and the South Sudan Engagement: Internal and External Constraints on Japanese Military Rise Reconsidered

  • Michal Kolmaš,Metropolitan University Prague
Abstract The article aims to understand the practical relevance of Shinzo Abe’s recent security changes and their role in Abe’s general security strategy. It argues that although Shinzo Abe’s goal is a revision of Japan’s post-war security posture, there is still a plethora of legal, normative (popular)...

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The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations in Development Tourism Sector: A Comparative Study Between Bulgaria and Egypt

  • Petya Ivanova,Tsenov Academy of Economics, Svishtov, Bulgaria
  • Mahmoud Khalifa,Applied Science University Bahrain & Suez Canal University, Egypt
Abstract There are two main parts of the article that present the Bulgarian and Egyptian non-governmental organisations in the field of tourism. The legislative framework and conditions for registration of such organisations as well as their role in the overall management of tourism in both countries...

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Terrorism Situations and its Challenges to European Union: A Longitudinal Statistical Analysis

  • Zeren Langjia,Sichuan University of China and Ghent University of Belgium
  • Jian Shi,Centre for European Studies and Centre for EU Studies, Sichuan University
Abstract Terrorism is increasingly threatening world peace and stability, not least during the post-9/11 era. In particular, viewed from Europe’s geographical proximity to areas of conflicts, terrorism is a greater menace to European continental peace, security and stability. As a natural consequence,...

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