Reshaping the Threat Environment: Personalism, Coups, and Assassinations

The International Community’s Reaction to Coups

With ten attempts since 2010, coups d’ etat are surprisingly common events with vital implications for a state’s political development. Aside from being disruptive internally, coups influence interstate relationships. Though coups have important consequences, we know little about how the international community responds to these upheavals. This paper explores what drives global actors to react ...

Personalism for public health ethics.

In public health ethics, as in bioethics, utilitarian approaches usually prevail, followed by Kantian and communitarian foundations. If one considers the nature and core functions of public health, which are focused on a population perspective, utilitarianism seems still more applicable to public health ethics. Nevertheless, faulting additional protections towards the human person, utilitariani...

Diagnosing Rickettsia: crimps, complications, and coups.

TO THE EDITOR—The recent publication by Denison et al [1] conducted a study on the detection of the 3 most common spotted fever group rickettsia (SFGR) species endemic to the United States: Ricksettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia parkeri, and Rickettsia akari. When patients present with fever and rash and SFGR is in the diagnosis, serology and skin biopsy are often done. Serology can be negative ear...

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Coups, Corporations, and Classified Information∗ Arindrajit Dube

We estimate the impact of coups and top-secret coup authorizations on asset prices of partially nationalized multinational companies that stood to benefit from U.S.-backed coups. Stock returns of highly exposed firms reacted to coup authorizations classified as top-secret. The average cumulative abnormal return to a coup authorization was 9% over 4 days for a fully nationalized company, rising ...