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COVID-19 “Humanitarianism”

Geopolitical Logics of Chinese, American, and Russian Assistance

By: Mariya Omelicheva,Brittnee Carter

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COVID-19 “Humanitarianism”

Geopolitical Logics of Chinese, American, and Russian Assistance

By: Mariya Omelicheva,Brittnee Carter

What motivates states to assist other countries in need? Focusing on Chinese, Russian, and American decisions about COVID-19 aid, this book illuminates the role of historically contingent ideas in donors’ decisions. Drawing on the theoretical insights of the critical geopolitics tradition, it advances and tests explanations for aid-related decisions on a novel global dataset of COVID-19 aid. Rigorously theorized, meticulously researched, and accessibly written, this book illuminates the ways in which China and Russia seek to reshape the humanitarian field consistent with their geopolitical visions. Their competition with the US over approaches to aid has weakened the integrity of humanitarian system.

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239

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BRILL

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9004692673

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9789004692671

Webs of Corruption

Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia

By: Mariya Omelicheva,Lawrence Markowitz

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Webs of Corruption

Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia

By: Mariya Omelicheva,Lawrence Markowitz

Counterterrorism experts and policy makers have warned of the peril posed by the links between violent extremism and organized crime, especially the relationship between drug trafficking and terrorism funding. Yet Central Asia, the site of extensive opium trafficking, sees low levels of terrorist violence. Webs of Corruption is an innovative study demonstrating that terrorist and criminal activity intersect more narrowly than is widely believed—and that the state plays the pivotal role in shaping those interconnections. Mariya Y. Omelicheva and Lawrence P. Markowitz analyze the linkages between the drug trade and terrorism financing in Central Asia, finding that state security services shape the nexus of trafficking and terrorism. While organized crime and terrorism do intersect in parts of the region, profit-driven criminal organizations and politically motivated violent groups come together based on the nature of state involvement. Governments in high-trafficking regions are drawn into illicit economies and forge relationships with a range of nonstate violent actors, such as insurgents, erstwhile regime opponents, and transnational groups. Omelicheva and Markowitz contend that these relationships can mitigate terrorism—by redirecting these actors toward other forms of violence. Offering a groundbreaking combination of quantitative, qualitative, and geographic information systems methods to map trafficking/terrorism connections on the ground, Webs of Corruption provides a meticulously researched, counterintuitive perspective on a potent regional security problem.

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229

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Columbia University Press

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0231547919

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9780231547918

Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia

By: Mariya Y. Omelicheva

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Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia

By: Mariya Y. Omelicheva

This book examines the dangerous tendency of counterterrorism policies of the Central Asian states to grow more alike amid propensities for divergence and attributes this trend to the impact of the social context in which these states operate. It underscores the importance of international setting that shapes governments’ perceptions of terrorism and their counterterrorism policies.

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190

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Routledge

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1136923721

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9781136923722

Democracy in Central Asia

Competing Perspectives and Alternative Strategies

By: Mariya Y. Omelicheva

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Democracy in Central Asia

Competing Perspectives and Alternative Strategies

By: Mariya Y. Omelicheva

Promoting democracy has long been a priority of Western foreign policy. In practice, however, international attempts to expand representative forms of government have been inconsistent and are often perceived in the West to have been failures. The states

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813160707

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9780813160702

Book's by Mariya Y. Omelicheva

COVID-19 “Humanitarianism”

COVID-19 “Humanitarianism”

Webs of Corruption

Webs of Corruption

Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia

Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia

Democracy in Central Asia

Democracy in Central Asia

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