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Counter-Revolution: Liberal Europe in Retreat

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Can open society survive? Is Europe disintegrating? How to overcome the economic crisis? Will Europeans feel secure again?

Counter-Revolution: Liberl Europe in Retreat is a bold attempt to make sense of the extraordinary events taking place in Europe today. It examines the counter-revolution developing in Europe, exploring its roots and implications.

Electoral incumbency advantages and the introduction of fixed parliamentary terms in the UK

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Can fixing the parliamentary term be expected to reduce electoral incumbency advantages? The UK’s 2011, Fixed-term Parliaments Act aims to prevent incumbents from scheduling early elections for political benefit. Yet, the view that flexible election timing gives incumbents an unfair advantage remains contested. The literature on opportunistic election calling – including the signalling effects of this strategy and the competence of governments that select it – lends support to both sides in the debate. This paper examines how far the divergent arguments apply in the UK.

Blockchains for Governmental Services: Design Principles, Applications, and Case Studies

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Working Paper No.7 (December 2017)

Blockchain technology is the subject of intense and growing attention among governments, technology developers, and private investors. The most prominent contemporary applications of blockchain technology are cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. The research and deployment of other practical applications remains limited, however.

Cybersecurity and the Age of Privateering

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Research Affiliate Florian Egloff's book chapter has been published in Understanding Cyber Conflict: Fourteen Analogies (2017, Georgetown University Press).

Why dominant governing political parties are cross-nationally influential

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Previous research suggests that political parties learn from and emulate the successful election strategies of governing parties in other countries. But what explains variation in the degree of influence that governing parties have on their foreign counterparts? We argue that clarity of responsibility within government, or the concentration of executive responsibility in the hands of a dominant governing party, allows parties to learn from the most obviously electorally successful incumbents. It therefore enhances the cross-national diffusion of party programs.

Why China’s internet censorship model will prevail over Russia’s

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Podcast: Inducement and Smaller-States' Triple Trade-offs: Southeast Asian Responses to China's Belt and Road Initiative

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Policy is about trade-offs, more so in the realm of external affairs. This is especially true for weaker and smaller states faced with material inducement from big power, as their inherent limitations and vulnerabilities mean that they are more exposed to the mixed effects of power-centred inducement than stronger states.

Podcast: Identity

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This is a 3-part podcast series produced by Félix Krawatzek and Lea Muller-Funk and created by Emma Chippendale as part of a workshop held at Nuffield College, Oxford University, on 19 and 20 June 2017 on Political Remittances and Political Transnationalism: Narratives, Political Practices and the Role of the State.