As European integration has become politicised over the last several decades, scholars have paid keen attention to role of identity in shaping political conflicts and contestation Europe. This article investigates microfoundation divide by building on extending theories social recent studies affective polarisation. Large-scale survey experiment data from 25 Union member states are analysed expl...

This essay offers a small state perspective on US-China rivalry in the post-COVID-19 era. After tracing emergence of "twin chessboards" big power rivalry, namely, high and low politics competitions, assesses impact these competitions post-pandemic Asian order, with focus Southeast Asia. I argue that while competition has been rising rapidly (that is, military field), increasing importance polit...

Syrian crisis started as a domestic uprising against President Bashar-ul-Assad, and soon engulfed not only the neighbouring states, but also extra-regional great powers. This study tries to anatomise by addressing nature of actors lying at domestic, regional, system levels, who have rendered conflict its multifaceted nature. The main question this addresses is: What are factors that contributed...

Church conflicts arise due to poor ethics, hermeneutics or doctrine. Unending may be historical and conflict resolution not have been done. This article identifies fissures in the history of Christ Zimbabwe (COCZ). It proposes use ‘Robert’s Rules Order’ (RONR) redirect deliberants’ energies towards comprehensive solutions (Robert 2020). can eradicate collegial competition, litigious animosity, ...

Abstract This study set out to provide insight into the integration of Netherlands and Northwest Germany Napoleonic Empire, through implementation governance, distinguishing several phases. concluding chapter puts research findings a larger context. After exploring collapse legacy rule, successive stages conquest, incorporation, are reflected upon. Both areas experienced similar tensions betwee...

Affective polarization—growing animosity and hostility between political rivals—has become increasingly characteristic of Western politics. While this phenomenon is well-documented through surveys, few studies investigate whether how it manifests in the digital context, what mechanisms underpin it. Drawing on social identity intergroup theories, study employs computational methods to explore ex...

Social phobics have an increased risk of alcoholism. The mechanism behind this co-morbidity is not well understood. According to the appraisal-disruption model [Sayette, M. A. (1993). An appraisal-disruption model of alcohol's effects on stress responses in social drinkers. Psychological Bulletin, 114, 459-476], alcohol disrupts appraisal of threat stimuli unless the stimuli are easy to process...