Suchergebnisse

Political change and the overseas American military presence -- Overseas military basing agreements : issues and methodology -- The Philippines and Spain : in the shadow of the dictator -- South Korea and Turkey : from common defense to political uncertainty -- Okinawa and the Azores : island hosts and triangular politics -- Japan and Italy : the politics of clientelism and one-party democratic rule -- Central Asia and the global defense posture review : new bases, old politics -- Conclusion : America's past and future base politics

Abstract
The Arab uprisings spawned a new body of theoretical, empirical, and methodological advances by political scientists of the Middle East. This essay reflects upon the contributions of the edited volume The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research since the Arab Uprisings to address three occurring central issues at the intersection of regional studies and political science that are affected by geopolitical shocks: how shocks highlight previously neglected topics and actors; how they subsequently discredit and privilege certain disciplines and methods; and how they recast the role of academic research within global communities of knowledge and policy-making. Topics such as the adaptation of authoritarianism, the role of social media, and the onset of multipolar politics, addressed by the volume on the Middle East, are compared with similar processes that have informed the evolution of social science research in the post-Communist states. The final section reflects on how two contemporary conflicts—Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Hamas-Israel conflict—have affected the American academy, including student protests at American universities, university policies, and academic freedom.

This article, part of the broader project on "Belt & Road in Global Perspective" at the Belt & Road in Global Perspective of the University of Toronto's Munck School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, explores some of the different types of corruption and governance challenges that characterize Chinese-funded development projects in Central Asia.

Opinion post for the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog on the state-sponsored hijacking of a Ryanair flight to Belarus and detention of an exiled journalist passenger as the latest example of the growing challenge of confronting Transnational Repression. May 25, 2021

This paper, delivered as the Keynote address to the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) 2020 Annual Conference on "Civil Society and Confidence Building in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe: Best Practices and Outstanding Needs." The paper overviews the daunting challenges that civil society in Central Asia presently confronts and highlights four recent negatives trends: the stigmatization of NGOs by governments following the Color Revolutions; widespread perceptions of Western regional withdrawal and the ascendancy of Russia and China; the rise of illiberal conflict resolution ideas and practices; and the growing transnational repression of Central Asian security services.

This article published for the TRENDS website expires China's increasing security ties and footprint in Central Asia since the announcement of its signature Belt & Road initiative in 2013. The article identifies Chinese security priorities– including securing BRI investments and stabilizing Xinjiang–focuses on China's adoption of surveillance technologies, the growth of Chinese private security companies, and the establishment of Chinese security facilities and joint border posts in Tajikistan.

Congressional Testimony: Written Testimony before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe "Tools of Transnational Repression" September 12, 2019.