Research on public opinion and foreign policy in China has focused nationalism as the driver behind support for use of force. However, is just one many potentially significant factors that can increase military deployments. In this article we build a mediation model to test relative effects psychological predispositions, attitudes, perceptions opposing state calculations about likely outcome co...

Measures of four dimensions of personality (Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Lie scores) and six aspects of social attitudes (to sex, taxation, militarism, politics, religion and a general conservatism scale) were obtained by mailed questionnaire from 29,691 US subjects including adult twins (n = 14,761) their parents (n = 2360), their spouses (n = 4391), siblings (n = 3184) and adu...

This paper presents the results of first-ever representative survey on demographic and attitudinal legacies Armenian genocide. The data, collected in 2018, maps varied geographical origins citizens contemporary Armenia traces their links to Around half Armenians descend from refugees genocide, while about a third had family members killed. data also inform debates how violence transforms societ...

This article analyses the Howard League's campaigning against death penalty in mid-20th-century British colonies. It examines two case studies: campaign to limit Palestine Mandate 1930s and their silence on mass executions during Kenya Emergency 1950s. Drawing Ben-Natan's (2021) concept of dual penal regime, we argue League concentrated its intervention ordinary regimes demarcated emergency as ...

Nations and nationalisms are, in the modern world, quite a fact. However, biggest problem for state is to create nation from its citizens. In order fulfill this task states have used every opportunity tool. The military one of these tools. As has counterparts, Turkish Republic indoctrinate citizens nation. usage never been limited time, or itself. Both militarist discourse, Turkey, involved per...

Non-serving partners of personnel in the British military endure numerous challenges due to their association with Armed Forces and complex systems support exist mitigate some disadvantages they might experience. Military research suggests that support-seeking can be stigmatised, limiting effectiveness existing systems. However, it seldom engages how stigma is produced, often obscuring reflecti...

In Japan’s southernmost prefecture, Okinawa, the Japanese government is constructing a new military base for United States Marine Corps despite ongoing local opposition and protest. Sea grass beds, which are potential feeding grounds of critically endangered Okinawa dugong, situated within construction area. Because its critical status close to regional extinction, dugong was declared Natural M...