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This article explores the multi-faceted, contextual, and ambivalent character of support relations between the LTTE and Tamil civilians. It demonstrates how distinct support patterns emerge from particular power constellations and manifestations of violence in the localities where respondents lived and interacted with the LTTE. The social ties between respondents whose political socialization was shaped by the escalation of the conflict and who, later, lived in government controlled areas were predominately based on a sense of political representation and characterized by subtle notions of socio-spatial distance; by contrast, for interviewees living in militarily contested zones, fear and coercion but also affective connections to LTTE members played a crucial role in their interactions with and orientations towards the LTTE. Lastly, in LTTE controlled areas, notions of support oscillated between perceptions of effective service provision and fear of recruitment.

Zusammenfassung
Der russische Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine am 24. Februar 2022 sorgte für landesweite Empörung. Hunderttausende gingen auf die Straße, um gegen den Krieg zu protestieren. Die diesjährigen Ostermärsche konnten jedoch, wider Erwarten, nicht von dem verstärkten Mobilisierungspotential profitieren. Vor diesem Hintergrund befasst sich der vorliegende Beitrag mit den Gründen für die geringe Mobilisierungskraft. Anhand einer Befragung der Teilnehmer*innen am Ostermarsch in Bielefeld zeigen wir, dass größtenteils Menschen mit viel Protesterfahrung und langjähriger Einbindung in die Ostermarschbewegung mobilisiert wurden, während Personen ohne Protesterfahrung nicht vertreten sind. Allerdings nimmt knapp ein Fünftel der protesterfahrenen Befragten zum ersten Mal an einem Ostermarsch teil. Wir argumentieren, dass die geringe Anschlussfähigkeit der frames der Ostermarschbewegung mit allgemeinen gesellschaftlichen Interpretationsansätzen und Diskursen ein bedeutender Grund für die geringe Mobilisierungskraft darstellt. Eine Analyse der Motivationen der Teilnehmer*innen zeigt zudem, dass der Ukrainekrieg einen Verstärkungseffekt auf die bestehenden Überzeugungen der Befragten ausübte: Die Mehrheit sieht sich durch den Krieg und die politischen Reaktionen in ihren sicherheitspolitischen Ansichten und Forderungen bestärkt, insbesondere in ihrer Kritik an militärischer Aufrüstung und Waffenlieferungen.

The 1992 Helsinki Document, "The Challenges of Change" provided the then CSCE with the political mandate to deploy peacekeeping operations (PKO), but no OSCE PKO has been mandated since the Organization adopted its norms in 1992. … On the other hand facing pressure to respond adequately to concrete crises, participating States of the CSCE/OSCE had been quite willing to establish field operations [OSCE missions] which, due to their nature as well as their functions, can be defined as PKOs. Following this line of reasoning, it could, thus, be argued that the OSCE is already playing a role in peacekeeping, albeit without officially declaring its activities as peacekeeping. (CORE WP/Pll)

The article proposes the notion of emotional attrition to capture the process through which activists working in high-risk environments may develop a lasting state of emotional exhaustion caused by protracted exposure to adversarial conditions. Combining insights from clinical psychology and the sociology of emotions, it outlines a novel framework to understand the relationship between activism, emotions, and disengagement. We argue that activists can develop an emotional state characterized by dispiriting emotions and disengaging attitudes that affect their well-being and ability to sustain their activism. This argument is grounded on an in-depth analysis of more than 130 interviews with local human rights activists in Colombia, Kenya, and Indonesia. By examining their experiences and pressures in relation to the arena of repression, their immediate social circle, and the broader sociopolitical and cultural context, we shed light on the complex intersections between activists' emotional challenges and the range of contextual and strategic factors shaping their work and lives.