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Dangerous Speech As An Atrocity Early Warning Indicator: Measuring Changing Conflict Dynamics, Catherine Buerger, Susan Benesch Oct 2024

Dangerous Speech As An Atrocity Early Warning Indicator: Measuring Changing Conflict Dynamics, Catherine Buerger, Susan Benesch

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

Dangerous speech, any expression that can increase the likelihood that someone will commit or condone violence against members of another group, can be a powerful early warning signal of impending mass violence. However, one cannot make a list of words that are dangerous, since the effect of the message depends not only on its content, but also on how it is communicated: by whom, to whom, and under what circumstances. What may be benign in one context may be extremely inflammatory in another. Thus, effective monitoring requires deep knowledge of the local setting and structural factors. The spread of dangerous …


Promoting Resilience To Genocide: An Evidence-Based Approach, Deborah Mayersen Oct 2024

Promoting Resilience To Genocide: An Evidence-Based Approach, Deborah Mayersen

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

Preventing genocide is more achievable than ever before. In the past two decades, there has been an upsurge in research and resources dedicated to genocide and mass atrocity prevention. There is now substantial knowledge of risk factors for genocide, of current countries at risk of genocide and mass atrocities, and, most importantly, a small but passionate field of practitioners dedicated to prevention. Crucial to their effectiveness, however, is the adoption of evidence-based strategies. One important methodological approach to identifying proven strategies is through comparative analysis of historical case studies of resilience to genocide. From these case studies, in which a …


Lessons Learned: Overcoming Obstacles To Inference And Synthesis In Atrocity Prevention Research, Tallan Donine, Daniel Solomon, Lawrence Woocher Oct 2024

Lessons Learned: Overcoming Obstacles To Inference And Synthesis In Atrocity Prevention Research, Tallan Donine, Daniel Solomon, Lawrence Woocher

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

In this paper, we argue that atrocity prevention (AP) researchers face obstacles to inference and knowledge synthesis in the study of AP strategies and tools. We argue that researchers can begin to address obstacles to inference by using rigorous social-science methods and can address obstacles to knowledge synthesis through greater coordination and transparency about concepts, methods, and data. Our argument proceeds in four parts. First, drawing on a systematic review of three decades of research about AP tools, we survey key analytic obstacles to drawing conclusions about the effects of AP policy. Second, we survey four separate methods that researchers …


Contextualized Transitional Justice Policy Development In Uganda: Differentiating Between Normativity Types In Evidence-Based Problem Analysis, Saghar Shahidi Birjandian Oct 2024

Contextualized Transitional Justice Policy Development In Uganda: Differentiating Between Normativity Types In Evidence-Based Problem Analysis, Saghar Shahidi Birjandian

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

This article discusses the fundamental impact of normativity on producing evidence-based guidance for context-sensitive transitional justice policy. It draws on lessons learned from Uganda’s complex transitional justice context and extensive fieldwork to demonstrate the necessity and the means to differentiate between belief-based normativity and evidence-based normativity in conducting problem analysis as a crucial site that determines the integrity of evidence-based guidance. It also establishes that evidence-based normativity guiding problem analysis must include empirical evidence of societal dynamics and views of affected communities or there is a significantly higher risk of belief-based normativity decontextualizing strategy development. Findings establish significant substantive differences …


Revisiting The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis: Strategic Lessons For Today, Kendall Carll Oct 2024

Revisiting The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis: Strategic Lessons For Today, Kendall Carll

Journal of Strategic Security

As the inhabitants of the Quemoy Islands sat down for dinner on August 23, 1958, three years of relative peace in the Taiwan Strait came to an abrupt end. In the weeks that followed, the Eisenhower administration deployed ships to the strait, worked to understand the Communists’ intent, and considered nuclear first use. Though Washington ultimately prevailed in the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, a critical review of the decision-making process enabled by newly leaked materials suggests catastrophe was closer than previously assumed. This article investigates the successes, the failures, and the nearly avoided contingencies that permitted a non-nuclear resolution to …


Understanding Russian Hybrid Warfare Against Europe In The Energy Sector And In The Future ‘Energy-Resources-Climate’ Security Nexus., Maurizio Geri Oct 2024

Understanding Russian Hybrid Warfare Against Europe In The Energy Sector And In The Future ‘Energy-Resources-Climate’ Security Nexus., Maurizio Geri

Journal of Strategic Security

To avoid escalations to full kinetic (military) wars is imperative to win the non-kinetic part of the so-called “hybrid warfare”, which use both kinetic and non-kinetic methods. The goal of the non-kinetic methods of hybrid warfare, or as others call it “grey zone” activities, or “subthreshold” tactics, is to defeat hearts and minds, as well as pockets, of adversaries, with social, political, and economic tools. This article focuses on energy as the crucial sector of the economic tools, and specifically uses an innovative approach, what the author calls the ‘energy-resources-climate security nexus’, as a new battleground for future strategic competition …


Crimen En La Frontera: Exploring Texas-Mexico Border Crimes Using A Geospatial Analysis, Carlos Alvarez, Jascha Wagner Oct 2024

Crimen En La Frontera: Exploring Texas-Mexico Border Crimes Using A Geospatial Analysis, Carlos Alvarez, Jascha Wagner

Journal of Strategic Security

Border crimes threaten public safety and security in the United States and the US-Mexico border region. Several evaluations support that data-driven, place-based crime prevention approaches can complement current public safety strategies and help reduce crime. Accordingly, place-based crime prevention may successfully prevent border crimes since these are inherently spatial. However, few studies have analyzed the geographies of Texas-Mexico border crimes, and assessments of data-driven, place-based crime prevention strategies of border crimes still lack a solid empirical foundation – especially in more rural border communities. To address this issue, this study builds police report data (Border Incident Assessment Report (BIAR)), used …


Regulating Deepfakes: An Indian Perspective, Shinu Vig Oct 2024

Regulating Deepfakes: An Indian Perspective, Shinu Vig

Journal of Strategic Security

Deepfakes are a growing concern throughout the world including India. Deepfakes can be used for several purposes, both innocuous or malicious. In India, several problems related to regulation of deepfakes have emerged. This paper makes an examination of current legal challenges posed by deepfakes as well as solutions in India that can be repurposed to address these challenges, including intellectual property laws, criminal laws, and the right to privacy. While these existing laws can be used to address certain aspects of the deep fake problem, there is an increasing recognition that specific legislations and regulations addressing deep fakes and synthetic …


Suicide Bombing In Afghanistan: A Multilevel Analysis, Kaneshka Nawabi Oct 2024

Suicide Bombing In Afghanistan: A Multilevel Analysis, Kaneshka Nawabi

Journal of Strategic Security

In August 2021, an insurgency spearheaded by violent suicide campaigns saw the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan. A claimed four thousand suicide bombers remain a strategic asset at the hands of the Taliban and other extremist groups with extensive technical and logistical capabilities and a strong deterrence against their rivals. Despite this emanating threat, the majority of suicide terrorism research continues to rely on data from the Middle East, where social status, financial gains, and collective honour are cited as key factors. Using a multilevel framework and analysis, this article is based on field interviews with victims, …


The Use Of Developmental Program Evaluation For State Continued Approval In Educator Preparation, Suzanne L. Roberts Oct 2024

The Use Of Developmental Program Evaluation For State Continued Approval In Educator Preparation, Suzanne L. Roberts

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Working as a teacher educator today means working under an ever-present regulatory gaze. Accountability mechanisms, including state program approval processes, have been layered resulting in complexity. External assessments have failed to provide the data needed to support continuous improvement. There have been calls for combining external and internal evaluation processes to better drive continuous improvement. Developmental Program Evaluation (DPE) is an approach that claims to support program development in the middle space between top-down and bottom-up forces. This study examines the use of DPE in the middle space between mandated state approval processes and a small educator preparation program’s effort …


A School Leader’S Experiences With Ableism In An Educational System, Scottie Basham Sep 2024

A School Leader’S Experiences With Ableism In An Educational System, Scottie Basham

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The current organizational autoethnographic study aims to problematize ableism as an ideology that permeates and contributes to the inequities students with disabilities face in education. I share how I came to see ableism as an ideology that permeates and contributes to recursive practices in special education and share experiences that illustrate to school leaders ableist assumptions that are ingrained in leading a Special Education Center. Using organizational autoethnography, I share my experience as a first-year principal to provide a first-hand account of recursive practices within the educational organization, rooted in ableism, and discuss how those practices affected both myself, as …


Reviews, Mississippi Kite Sep 2024

Reviews, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

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Full Issue, Bulletin Of The Texas Ornithological Society Sep 2024

Full Issue, Bulletin Of The Texas Ornithological Society

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

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Full Issue, Bulletin Of The Texas Ornithological Society Sep 2024

Full Issue, Bulletin Of The Texas Ornithological Society

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

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Full Issue, Bulletin Of The Texas Ornithological Society Sep 2024

Full Issue, Bulletin Of The Texas Ornithological Society

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

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Full Issue, Bulletin Of The Texas Ornithological Society Sep 2024

Full Issue, Bulletin Of The Texas Ornithological Society

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

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Approach-Avoidance Action Patterns As Indicators Of Empathic ‘Care Drive’ Strength, Stephanie R. Hruza Sep 2024

Approach-Avoidance Action Patterns As Indicators Of Empathic ‘Care Drive’ Strength, Stephanie R. Hruza

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Empathy, care, and prosocial behavior are essential to social group cohesion, and antisocial and violent criminal behavior, on the other pole, can cause serious disruptions in group cohesion and negatively impact society as a whole. Different psychopathological conditions tend to present with impairments in affective empathy/caring and prosocial behavior, as is observed in psychopathic traits, which are tied to antisocial behavior and outcomes. It is essential to understand how empathy and care function, both in psychopathology and normal prosocial functioning, in order to inform interventions for empathy/care deficits and avoid the potential harm that such deficits can cause for others …


Copulatory Behavior Of American Avocets And Black-Necked Stilts, Tex A. Sordahl Sep 2024

Copulatory Behavior Of American Avocets And Black-Necked Stilts, Tex A. Sordahl

The Auk

No abstract provided.


Fitness-Related Consequences Of Relaying In An Arctic Seabird: Survival Of Offspring To Recruitment Age, Mark Hipfner Sep 2024

Fitness-Related Consequences Of Relaying In An Arctic Seabird: Survival Of Offspring To Recruitment Age, Mark Hipfner

The Auk

No abstract provided.


Phylogenetic Utility Of Avian Ovomucoid Intron G: A Comparison Of Nuclear And Mitochondrial Phylogenies In Galliformes, Margaret H. Armstrong, Edward L. Braun, Rebecca T. Kimball Sep 2024

Phylogenetic Utility Of Avian Ovomucoid Intron G: A Comparison Of Nuclear And Mitochondrial Phylogenies In Galliformes, Margaret H. Armstrong, Edward L. Braun, Rebecca T. Kimball

The Auk

No abstract provided.


Individual And Seasonal Variation In External Genitalia Of Male Tree Swallows, Michael P. Lombardo Sep 2024

Individual And Seasonal Variation In External Genitalia Of Male Tree Swallows, Michael P. Lombardo

The Auk

No abstract provided.


Observational Learning In Hummingbirds, Douglas L. Nunn Sep 2024

Observational Learning In Hummingbirds, Douglas L. Nunn

The Auk

No abstract provided.


Birding In The American West: A Handbook, W. Marvin Davis Sep 2024

Birding In The American West: A Handbook, W. Marvin Davis

The Auk

No abstract provided.


Versatility From A Single Song: The Case Of The Nightingale Wren, Daniel W. Leger, Katherine E. Brooks, Judith E. O'Brien Sep 2024

Versatility From A Single Song: The Case Of The Nightingale Wren, Daniel W. Leger, Katherine E. Brooks, Judith E. O'Brien

The Auk

No abstract provided.


High Migratory Fuel Loads Impair Predator Evasion In Sedge Warblers, Cecilia Kullberg, Sven Jakobsson, Thord Fransson Sep 2024

High Migratory Fuel Loads Impair Predator Evasion In Sedge Warblers, Cecilia Kullberg, Sven Jakobsson, Thord Fransson

The Auk

No abstract provided.


Geographic Variation In The Organization Of Song Sparrow Repertoires, Susan Peters, William A. Searcy, Michael D. Beecher, Stephen Nowicki Sep 2024

Geographic Variation In The Organization Of Song Sparrow Repertoires, Susan Peters, William A. Searcy, Michael D. Beecher, Stephen Nowicki

The Auk

No abstract provided.


Elliott Coues Award, 1999, John R. Krebs Sir. Sep 2024

Elliott Coues Award, 1999, John R. Krebs Sir.

The Auk

No abstract provided.


On Home-Range Gap-Crossing, Thomas C. Grubb Jr., Paul F. Doherty Jr. Sep 2024

On Home-Range Gap-Crossing, Thomas C. Grubb Jr., Paul F. Doherty Jr.

The Auk

No abstract provided.


Breeding Biology Of Heermann's Gulls On Isla Rasa, Gulf Of California, Mexico, Enriqueta Velarde Sep 2024

Breeding Biology Of Heermann's Gulls On Isla Rasa, Gulf Of California, Mexico, Enriqueta Velarde

The Auk

No abstract provided.


Foam Produced By Male Coturnix Quail: What Is Its Function?, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan Sep 2024

Foam Produced By Male Coturnix Quail: What Is Its Function?, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan

The Auk

No abstract provided.