Foreign Policy Challenges for a Post-Nazarbayev Kazakhstan

Eurasiatica - Monitoring Central Asia and the Caspian Area ◽

10.30687/978-88-6969-376-2/011 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Fabrizio Vielmini

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

The Political ◽

Power Transition ◽

Demographic Structure ◽

Political Class ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Social ◽

Sensitive Phase ◽

The Stability

After almost 30 years of rule by Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan is going through a sensitive phase of power transition. Since the "multi-vector" diplomacy of these years represents one of the best legacies of the first President, policy-makers would leave as untouched as possible the sphere of foreign policy. At the same time, a crisis of legitimacy following the Presidential elections together with a number of trends which are changing the social and ethno-demographic structure of the population will also put into question some traditional lines of the country’s diplomacy. This will add to the challenges to which the political class will have to provide innovative responses in order to preserve the stability of the country.

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Making Americans Feel Great Again? Personal Significance Predicts Political Intentions of Losers and Winners of the 2016 US Election

10.31234/osf.io/j9a7e ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Katarzyna Jasko ◽

Joanna Grzymala-Moszczynska ◽

Marta Maj ◽

Marta Szastok ◽

Arie W. Kruglanski

Keyword(s):

Political System ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

The Political ◽

Power Transition ◽

Hillary Clinton ◽

Donald Trump ◽

Electoral Success ◽

Personal Significance ◽

Before And After ◽

The Times

Reactions of losers and winners of political elections have important consequences for the political system during the times of power transition. In four studies conducted immediately before and after the 2016 US presidential elections we investigated how personal significance induced by success or failure of one’s candidate is related to hostile vs. benevolent intentions toward political adversaries. We found that the less significant supporters of Hillary Clinton and supporters of Donald Trump felt after an imagined (Study 1A) or actual (Study 2) electoral failure the more they were willing to engage in peaceful actions against the elected president and the less they were willing to accept the results of the elections. However, while significance gain due to an imagined or actual electoral success was related to more benevolent intentions among Clinton supporters (Study 1B), it was related to more hostile intentions among Trump supporters (Studies 1B, 2, and 3).

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Results of the Presidential Elections in Uzbekistan: The Economic and Political Course of Sh. Mirziyoyev

Russia and New States of Eurasia ◽

10.20542/2073-4786-2021-4-97-114 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 97-114

Author(s):

E. Ionova

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

Economic Reforms ◽

Social Program ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Central Asian ◽

The Social ◽

Central Asian Countries ◽

The Republic

The main result of the presidential elections in Uzbekistan held on October 24, 2021 was that President Sh. Mirziyoyev received a mandate to further implement his economic and political course which provisions were set out in his election program. In the elections opponents of the president, representing in general pro-government parties, were unable to provide an effective alternative to the president's program, which, moreover, accumulated many of their proposals. In the next five years, the republic which economy is the fastest growing in Central Asia will face further economic reforms. Their effect will largely depend on the objective conditions associated primarily with the pandemic. The social program of the president, if it is actually implemented, can help smooth out the negative consequences of market reforms. Mirziyoyev’s foreign policy reflected new geopolitical landmarks of the Central Asian countries, including Afghanistan and Turkey. At the same time, the development of relations between Uzbekistan and Russia is increasing, indicating the desire of Tashkent under the leadership of Mirziyoyev to maintain balance in relations with leading foreign policy players. As a result, it can be stated that today the President of Uzbekistan has strong positions both within the country and abroad.

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The Pragmatics of Political Claims and Social Responses amidst Covid-19 and EndSARS Saga in Nigeria

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies ◽

10.36892/ijlls.v3i4.739 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 102-118

Author(s):

Chioma Onwubiko

Keyword(s):

Social Issues ◽

The Political ◽

Theoretic Approach ◽

Ruling Class ◽

Undue Influence ◽

Political Class ◽

Social Responses ◽

Online Newspapers ◽

The Social ◽

The Government

There have been few stand-alone linguistic studies on the Covid-19 virus and the 2020 EndSARS protests in Nigeria. The present study intersects these two critical events with particular focus on the political claims made by the ruling class and the corresponding social responses in line with the contextual affordances shared by the participants. Searle’s speech act theoretic approach is adopted to analyse the pragmatic intentions of the illocutionary acts which political claims perform while Juvenalian satire is used to discuss the satirical elements embedded in the social responses in a bid to ridicule leadership follies and abuses. Three popular Nigerian online Newspapers and few comments from Facebook are selected for this study. Their selection is based on their coverage of these events, coverage of these political claims and popular readership evidenced in the social responses. In all, a total of 6 political claims and 25 social responses relevant to this study are analysed. The study revealed that the pragmatic relevance of these claims is embedded in its political functions of wielding undue influence over the populace, making promises driven by rhetoric and short of initiative and calculated reticence in response to social issues. Consequently, the social responses highlight and criticise leadership vices and the weak efforts of the government in dispensing its leadership interventions. It also fulfils communicative purposes of the contextual space, promote solidarity among the people while prompting change in the political class and the society at large.

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‘The way we were’: the social construction of Italian security policy

Modern Italy ◽

10.1080/13532940903573639 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 217-230 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Pietro Pirani

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Security Policy ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Theoretical Contribution ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

Cultural Considerations ◽

The Social ◽

Full Explanation ◽

The Cold War ◽

Power Position

Italian security policy literature reveals, usually implicitly rather than explicitly, two distinct strains of analysis. One set of explanations, rooted in realist theory, views Italian foreign policy behaviour by reference to its power position. A second set of arguments, rooted in liberalism, assumes that policy-makers are ultimately influenced by domestic institutional factors in deciding foreign policy issues. The purpose of this article is to offer a theoretical contribution to the ongoing debate on continuity and change in Italian foreign policy. While neorealist and liberal theories have been widely used to explain the development of Italian international behaviour, neither approach has yet provided a full explanation of Italian security policy since the end of the Cold War. In contrast to these theories, it is argued that Italy has built its foreign policy on the basis of cultural considerations involving conflicting strategies of action.

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Displaying Roads

Transfers ◽

10.3167/trans.2015.050105 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 46-50

Author(s):

Massimo Moraglio ◽

Bruce Seely

Keyword(s):

Special Section ◽

Political Process ◽

Technical Information ◽

The Political ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Social ◽

Symbolic Value

We argue that road engineers—in the cases presented in the articles in this special section—were acting as cultural actors, playing a greater role than experts and especially policy makers. Even as they utilized technical information in cultural debates, road representation had huge symbolic value in driving the social and political discussions. However, once road experts used and accepted such political tools, they could not disconnect themselves from the political process, which determined success and failure in these projects.

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The COVID-19 Post-lockdown Italian Scenario from an Eco-Socio-Legal Perspective

Białostockie Studia Prawnicze ◽

10.15290/bsp.2020.25.03.07 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 99-116

Author(s):

Fabio Ratto Trabucco ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Justice ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Reference Point ◽

National Interest ◽

The Political ◽

Budgetary Policy ◽

Interdisciplinary Perspective ◽

Legal Perspective ◽

The Social ◽

Policy Proposals

This paper offers an analysis of the possible COVID-19 post-lockdown effects on the powerful factors that constitute the Italian national interest. The interdisciplinary perspective, being at the base of this study, considers a scenario characterized by three factors: time, budgetary policy, and communication. Since the social post-lockdown crisis began, Italy has been facing a problem of social justice in terms of participation, which is absent for now, especially in the political framework. The policy proposals should take account of unpopular decisions, whereas from a legal and geopolitical perspective it is necessary to have a more defined foreign policy, a clearer Italian positioning concerning international alliances with national interest as a reference point.

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Argentinien nach dem Zusammenbruch des neoliberalen Modells

PROKLA Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft ◽

10.32387/prokla.v35i138.48 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 35 (138) ◽

pp. 131-148

Author(s):

Dieter Boris ◽

Ingo Malcher

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Growth Rates ◽

High Growth ◽

The Political ◽

Structural Elements ◽

Reconstruction Process ◽

The Social ◽

The Government

Starting from the deep financial and economic crisis, which took place in Argentina towards the end of 2001, the political, economical and societal reconstruction phases up to early 2005 are briefly summarized. Especially the government of Kirchner - in office since May 2003 - set new priorities in several fields of politics, e.g. human rights, the attitude towards the IMF and the foreign creditors, as well as foreign policy. Many structural elements and legacies of the neoliberal era, however, are still very present even three years after the collapse. In spite of the high growth rates in the last two years the reconstruction process has to be qualified as fragile and reversible. Compared to 2002 the social movements appear mainly weakened today. Whether the Kirchner government will succeed in establishing a more social and law abiding type of capitalism, remains to be seen, since a durable change of power relations in favour of progressive forces has not been realized.

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State and Social Responsibility of the Corporate: Analysis of the Role of State in India

International Journal of Business Ethics in Developing Economies ◽

10.21863/ijbede/2015.4.2.008 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Seema Sharma ◽

Deepa Mann

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

Structural Adjustment ◽

The State ◽

The Political ◽

Social Sector ◽

Political Class ◽

Public Rhetoric ◽

The Social ◽

Indian State

The present article aims to underscore the role of state in developing the context within which corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged in India. The paper traces the trajectory of the Indian economy through the five year plans which were considered to be its backbone and which have now been jettisoned. In addition, it takes a critical look at the public rhetoric of the political class to justify CSR in India. The analysis shows that Indian state since Independence has been dominated by the bourgeoisie class and hence even while focusing on planned development, it continued to create pockets of want in the social sector which have eventually been used to provide justification for the mandated CSR in India. The state had neglected the social sector throughout the plan periods. With the onset of privatization, liberalization, and globalization under the structural adjustment in India, the involvement of state in social sector was likely to reduce further. The state therefore pushed for mandatory CSR to fill the likely gap and the political class of the country provided necessary rhetorical justification for the same.

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Book Reviews: Wiegele

Politics and the Life Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0730938400017482 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 145-147

Author(s):

Carol Barner-Barry

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

International Relations ◽

The Political ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Subject ◽

General Tone

Précis. In this volume, Thomas Wiegele addresses “current developments in biotechnology which in turn can be used to fashion a meaningful inclusion of biotechnology into theories about the behavior of nations” (p. 3). The primary audience is scholars of international relations. There are, however, two other intended audiences: foreign policy-makers and students (both graduate and undergraduate). The general tone aims to be objective, rather than polemical, despite the “political contentiousness” (p. 5) of the subject. The author's assumptions are that most readers will be “conversant with established theoretical and policy approaches in international relations” (p. 4) and that the book will not be used as a general textbook for the study of international relations.

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