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Of Silk Roads and Global Transformations: China’s Rise and its Impact on the Developing World (2019)
Journal Article
Strauss, J. (2019). Of Silk Roads and Global Transformations: China’s Rise and its Impact on the Developing World. The China Quarterly, 239, 804-812. https://doi.org/10.1017/S030574101900105X

On a random Tuesday in May 2019, I found myself in Shanghai's Pudong International Airport, waiting in a fortunately short and quickly moving immigration line prior to a return flight home. Just to the right was an immigration desk with what appeared... Read More about Of Silk Roads and Global Transformations: China’s Rise and its Impact on the Developing World.

Party Politics in Taiwan Revisited (2019)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. (2019). Party Politics in Taiwan Revisited. In D. Fell, & H.-H. M. Hsiao (Eds.), Taiwan Studies Revisited (178-196). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429259937-11

My first book, Party Politics in Taiwan: Party Change and the Democratic Evolution of Taiwan was published in August 2005. Now seems a good time to revisit this volume, as we are almost two decades from when I first started this research project. In... Read More about Party Politics in Taiwan Revisited.

A research agenda for studying legislative incumbent turnover in new democracies, using Indonesia as a case study (2019)
Journal Article
Buehler, M., & Nataatmadja, R. (2019). A research agenda for studying legislative incumbent turnover in new democracies, using Indonesia as a case study. South East Asia Research, 27(3), 203-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/0967828X.2019.1642027

Legislative incumbent turnover rates are an important indicator for the quality of a democracy. Low turnover rates may indicate the presence of oligarchic structures while high turnover rates may be a sign of political instability. Yet, there is litt... Read More about A research agenda for studying legislative incumbent turnover in new democracies, using Indonesia as a case study.

How China Views North Korea's Readiness to Reform and Its Influence on China's North Korea Policy in the Post-Cold War Era (2019)
Journal Article
Kong, T. Y. (2021). How China Views North Korea's Readiness to Reform and Its Influence on China's North Korea Policy in the Post-Cold War Era. The Pacific Review, 34(1), 85-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2019.1651384

China’s policy of restraint (avoidance of crippling economic sanctions) towards North Korean provocation is typically explained in terms of geopolitical concern with North Korean regime stability. The strategic and diplomatic costs of restraint would... Read More about How China Views North Korea's Readiness to Reform and Its Influence on China's North Korea Policy in the Post-Cold War Era.

Building Transnational Feminist Alliances: reflections on the post 2015 development agenda (2019)
Journal Article
Okech, A., & Musindarwezo, D. (2019). Building Transnational Feminist Alliances: reflections on the post 2015 development agenda. Contexto internacional, 41(2), 255-272. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-8529.2019410200002

This article reflects on transnational feminist organising by drawing on the experiences of the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) during the consultations leading up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. First,... Read More about Building Transnational Feminist Alliances: reflections on the post 2015 development agenda.

The Allure of Distant War Drums: Refugees, Geography, and Foreign Policy Preferences in Turkey (2019)
Journal Article
Getmansky, A., Sinmazdemir, T., & Zeitzoff, T. (2019). The Allure of Distant War Drums: Refugees, Geography, and Foreign Policy Preferences in Turkey. Political Geography, 74, Article 102036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2019.102036

Previous research argues that countries often intervene in the conflicts that cause refugees to flow across their borders. Public opinion against refugees may pressure states to intervene to ‘solve the refugee problem.’ We study what shapes public su... Read More about The Allure of Distant War Drums: Refugees, Geography, and Foreign Policy Preferences in Turkey.