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Review of: Asian military evolutions: Civil–military relations in Asia By Alan Chong, Nicole Jenne (Eds.), Bristol: Bristol University Press. 2023. pp. 366. £90.00 (hbk). ISBN: 978‐1529229318 (2024)
Journal Article
Nguyen, M. A. (2024). Review of: Asian military evolutions: Civil–military relations in Asia By Alan Chong, Nicole Jenne (Eds.), Bristol: Bristol University Press. 2023. pp. 366. £90.00 (hbk). ISBN: 978‐1529229318. Asian Politics & Policy, 16(1), 133-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12726

'Speaking proper French': citizen bids for state recognition in Chad and Côte d’Ivoire (2024)
Journal Article
Daga, M., & Gallagher, J. (2024). 'Speaking proper French': citizen bids for state recognition in Chad and Côte d’Ivoire. Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs, 14(1), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1332/20437897y2023d000000030

Theories of international recognition posit that states’ identities are formed through dialogical relations with other states. However, they often overlook the ways in which weaker states’ struggles, constrained within the languages of the powerful,... Read More about 'Speaking proper French': citizen bids for state recognition in Chad and Côte d’Ivoire.

Debt, Diplomacy, and Trust: A Case Study Approach to Assessing the Architecture of Modern Debt Diplomacy (2024)
Thesis
Rosier, K. Debt, Diplomacy, and Trust: A Case Study Approach to Assessing the Architecture of Modern Debt Diplomacy. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Assuming creditor countries that engage in debt diplomacy are seeking to reestablish equilibrium in a debtor country’s balance of payments via debt diplomacy, this paper seeks to understand the independent variables and conditions against which Weste... Read More about Debt, Diplomacy, and Trust: A Case Study Approach to Assessing the Architecture of Modern Debt Diplomacy.

Populism, Political Representation, and Claim-Making in Thailand: The Persistence of Anti-Establishment Parties since 2001 (2024)
Thesis
Zhang, S. Populism, Political Representation, and Claim-Making in Thailand: The Persistence of Anti-Establishment Parties since 2001. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Over the past two decades, Thailand’s persistent power struggle between the populist force associated with the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the military-backed conservative bloc has fuelled extensive, but often essentialist debates on... Read More about Populism, Political Representation, and Claim-Making in Thailand: The Persistence of Anti-Establishment Parties since 2001.

Culture for the Masses: Building Grassroots Cultural Infrastructure in China (2023)
Journal Article
Mittelstaedt, J. C. (2023). Culture for the Masses: Building Grassroots Cultural Infrastructure in China. Modern China, 50(5), 607-640. https://doi.org/10.1177/00977004231206177

This article focuses on the development of “grassroots cultural infrastructure”—namely, “cultural halls” and “cultural stations”—at the county level and below since the Mao Zedong era. Since their formation, the party-state has accorded cultural hall... Read More about Culture for the Masses: Building Grassroots Cultural Infrastructure in China.