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The question of revival is not new, yet it has never been more urgent. Across the Muslim world, nations face a paradox: immense potential alongside persistent challenges. Rich in resources, history,……続きを見る

In a world dominated by powerful nations and complex global dynamics, small states often face existential challenges. Yet history demonstrates that size is not destiny. With intelligence, foresight,……続きを見る

The modern world stands at a crossroads where conflict is no longer confined to borders, and peace is no longer guaranteed by distance. Across several Muslim-majority regions, crises continue to unf……続きを見る

Why Nations Collapse Economically During War Wars rarely begin as economic crises. Yet almost every war eventually creates one. When geopolitical conflict erupts, the first impact is often political……続きを見る

Land warfare remains the most complex, dynamic, and decisive aspect of conflict. While air and naval forces can dominate certain domains, control of terrain, populations, and ground forces defines t……続きを見る

Throughout history, war has often been accepted as an inevitable part of human civilization. From ancient tribal conflicts to global wars involving entire nations, humanity has repeatedly turned to ……続きを見る

Urban slums, particularly Muslim-majority informal settlements, are often overlooked in global development agendas. Yet, these communities are rich in social capital, cultural heritage, and human po……続きを見る

The modern startup ecosystem presents itself as a theater of innovation. It promises disruption, efficiency, technological progress, and economic growth. It attracts capital, talent, and public atte……続きを見る

Corruption is often described as an act ー a bribe exchanged, a contract manipulated, a law bent. In reality, corruption is rarely an event. It is a system. It survives through networks, adapts to o……続きを見る

"Imagining India, Part I, The Path to 2050: The India in Transition" explores the transformative journey of India as it approaches the year 2050. This section delves into the multifaceted nature of ……続きを見る

In Southeast Asia, atmospheric violence emerges from the haze plumes of burning of palm oil plantations, the invisible but powerful spread of viral flows, and the subordination of upland farmers who……続きを見る

Collaborative Damage is an experimental ethnography of Chinese globalization that compares data from two frontlines of China's global interventionーsub-Saharan Africa and Inner/Central Asia. Based o……続きを見る

Asian nations are no longer "rising" powers in the world order; they have risen. How will they conduct themselves in world politics? How will they deploy their considerable and growing power individ……続きを見る

This provocative Element is on the 'state of the art' of theories that highlight policymaking complexity. It explains complexity in a way that is simple enough to understand and use. The primary aud……続きを見る

During the last two decades, there has been much scholarly and popular interest in the financialization of the American economy--why the turn to finance has taken place, what constituted it, and wha……続きを見る

This volume explores the political economy and social philosophy of F. A. Hayek as they relate to social change. Arguably one limitation of Hayek’s social philosophy is that he, as some of his conte……続きを見る

This Element details how elites provide policy concessions when they face credible threats of revolution. Specifically, the authors discuss how the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent fo……続きを見る

This book introduces the concept of ‘knowledge alchemy’ to capture the generic process of transforming mundane practices and policies of governance into competitive ones following imagined global go……続きを見る

Building effective state institutions before introducing democracy is widely presumed to improve different development outcomes. Conversely, proponents of this “stateness-first” argument anticipate ……続きを見る

This open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current stat……続きを見る

Political leadership styles in East Asian states are shaped and influenced by a number of domestic factors. These factors include the type of political system that an East Asian state adopted from t……続きを見る

This book presents the Balanced Development Index (BDI), measuring socioeconomic development in twenty-two European OECD member countries in a period 1999-2017. Compared to other composite measures ……続きを見る

A study of the changing character of state-society relations in contemporary Thailand, using the telecommunications industry as a case study. It examines the privatization and gradual reforms of the……続きを見る

Collected and translated by Deutscher Prize-Winning Grossman biographer Rick Kuhn, assembles several of Henryk Grossman’s most important essays, and serves as an introduction to his project of recov……続きを見る

For many years, political leaders and analysts have debated the impacts of China’s rise on the stability of the existing international system. International observers have also debated whether China……続きを見る

This book constitutes an up-to-date treatment of Russia’s economic development and economic policies since 2000, when Vladimir Putin became the President of Russia. After the slow decline and sudden……続きを見る

If the military were a business, would you buy shares? Over recent years, Western armed forces, particularly the US, have been costing more yet achieving less. At the same time, austerity measures a……続きを見る

The book outlines the approaches of classical elite theory and democratic elitism for the study of national power structures. The book displays different research methods for elite study as well as ……続きを見る