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Asian Powers And A Transitioning Gulf Order, Jonathan Fulton
Asian Powers And A Transitioning Gulf Order, Jonathan Fulton
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The Gulf regional security complex is shaped by intense competition between regional states and US military preponderance. American security cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation Council member states has sustained a status quo that has allowed the Asian countries studied in this Special Issue – China, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea – to advance their interests without significant contributions to regional stability. As the US signals intentions to reduce its security commitments to the region, the perception of hegemonic retreat will influence the external partnerships Gulf states choose as well as the regional policies that these Asian countries will adopt. …
Introduction, Li Chen Sim, Jonathan Fulton
Introduction, Li Chen Sim, Jonathan Fulton
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This chapter sets the stage for the key themes found throughout this volume, first by framing the Gulf regional order within the context of a shift in international order. US signaling of a reduced role in the Gulf is leading policymakers both in the Gulf and beyond to recalibrate their thinking on regional affairs. It then builds upon literature on ‘Asianization’ to explain how and why the issue of Gulf order is increasingly a concern for policymakers in the Asian countries analyzed in this book. Finally, it provides a brief overview of each chapter.
Implication Of Personalized Advertising On Personal Data: A Legal Analysis Of The Eu General Data Protection Regulation, Noor Ashikin Basarudin, Ridwan Adetunji Raji
Implication Of Personalized Advertising On Personal Data: A Legal Analysis Of The Eu General Data Protection Regulation, Noor Ashikin Basarudin, Ridwan Adetunji Raji
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The accelerating emergence of personalised advertising is mostly driven by data. Accordingly, algorithmic profiling has become a constant experience for every online user in predicting preference and interest. The profiling process raises several issues of human privacy and personal data invasion. Therefore, this study adopts the doctrinal legal method through the analysis of International Instruments and the European Union General Data Protection Regulation as legal avenue to safeguard and protect online activities of the data subjects. The findings of this paper discuss the main principles to be observed by the data controller in ensuring the legality of personal data profiling. …
Energy Transformation And The Uae Green Economy: Trade Exchange And Relations With Three Seas Initiative Countries, Adam Krzymowski
Energy Transformation And The Uae Green Economy: Trade Exchange And Relations With Three Seas Initiative Countries, Adam Krzymowski
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In 2015, on the initiative of Poland and Croatia, the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) was adopted, combining economic and political cooperation between 12 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, located between the three seas of the Adriatic, the Baltic, and the Black Sea. Since then, there has been a dynamic relationship between these countries and the United Arab Emirates. Consequently, most 3SI states have signed economic cooperation agreements, establishing the Joint Economic Committees (JEC). Therefore, this manuscript aims to answer the research question to what extent the visits at the highest level support the trade exchange between the United Arab …
Enhancing Employees’ Duty Orientation And Moral Potency: Dual Mechanisms Linking Ethical Psychological Climate To Ethically‐Focused Proactive Behaviors, Kubilay Gok, Mayowa T. Babalola, John J. Sumanth, C. Lakshman, Linh Chi Vo, Stijn Decoster, Anjali Bansal, Ahmet Coşkun
Enhancing Employees’ Duty Orientation And Moral Potency: Dual Mechanisms Linking Ethical Psychological Climate To Ethically‐Focused Proactive Behaviors, Kubilay Gok, Mayowa T. Babalola, John J. Sumanth, C. Lakshman, Linh Chi Vo, Stijn Decoster, Anjali Bansal, Ahmet Coşkun
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Based on social cognitive theory (SCT), we develop and test a model that links ethical psychological climate to ethically‐focused proactive behavior (i.e., ethical voice and ethical taking charge) via two distinct mechanisms (i.e., duty orientation and moral potency). Results from multi‐wave field studies conducted in the United States, Turkey, France, Vietnam, and India demonstrate that an ethical psychological climate indirectly influences employees’ ethical voice and ethical taking charge behaviors through the dual mechanisms of duty orientation and moral potency. Additionally, we find that individuals’ moral attentiveness strengthened these mediating processes. Together, these findings suggest that ethical psychological climate is an …
A Link Between Radicalisation Models And Extremist Propaganda, Kyle Msall, Noor Lary
A Link Between Radicalisation Models And Extremist Propaganda, Kyle Msall, Noor Lary
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This study explores the relationship between extremist propaganda and the process of radicalisation. Two theories of the radicalisation process are explored which include a linear approach and a non-linear approach. The Dabiq magazines published by ISIS were analysed qualitatively to understand the possible link between propaganda and radicalising future ISIS fighters. The findings found that the Dabiq magazines were in line with Sageman’s radicalisation process which is non-linear. All of the magazine issues contained various aspects that fit into the four stages of Sageman’s model which suggests that ISIS is attempting to radicalise future enlistments by using multiple methods within …
Arabic Reading Fluency Rates: An Exploratory Study, Hanada Taha Thomure, Gail Brown, Richard Speaker, Haitham Taha, Rana Tamim, Nerolie O'Neill
Arabic Reading Fluency Rates: An Exploratory Study, Hanada Taha Thomure, Gail Brown, Richard Speaker, Haitham Taha, Rana Tamim, Nerolie O'Neill
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Reading fluency has been defined as the process of automatically associating graphemic and phonetic information in a text with minimal conscious attention if any at all. Research has found that the effect of fluency on reading proficiency is of importance to student learning and that increasing oral reading fluency (ORF) rates has been correlated in several studies to improved comprehension. However, no reading fluency rates (FR) or standards in Arabic have been established to date. This exploratory study begins to examine Arabic language ORF and proposes an initial Arabic reading fluency scale. Thirty-five teachers from six private bilingual schools across …
A Visual Identity-Based Approach Of Southeast Asian City Branding: A Netnography Analysis, Bahtiar Mohamad, Ridwan Adetunji Raji, Ghadah Alarifi, Ahmed Rageh Ismail, Muslim Diekola Akanmu
A Visual Identity-Based Approach Of Southeast Asian City Branding: A Netnography Analysis, Bahtiar Mohamad, Ridwan Adetunji Raji, Ghadah Alarifi, Ahmed Rageh Ismail, Muslim Diekola Akanmu
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Cities and places had been progressively being marketed as brands by using the concept of ‘City Branding', which is a unique idea. The scholars of ‘City Branding’ believed that the concept of branding helps the city in marketing activities. A city metaphorically could be seen as an entity given the advantage to display its visual characteristics to tourists, visitors, and residents. Unique visual identity such as iconic architecture and graphic design could make a city stands out from the others. Thus, the research examined the role of visual identity in city branding. Specifically, the aim was to contribute to better …
Introduction: Linguistic Identities In The Arab Gulf States: Waves Of Change, Sarah Hopkyns, Wafa Zoghbor
Introduction: Linguistic Identities In The Arab Gulf States: Waves Of Change, Sarah Hopkyns, Wafa Zoghbor
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Prevalence Of Bullying Behaviors Among Students From A National University In The United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study, Fatima Al-Darmaki, Haleama Al Sabbah, Dalia Haroun
Prevalence Of Bullying Behaviors Among Students From A National University In The United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study, Fatima Al-Darmaki, Haleama Al Sabbah, Dalia Haroun
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This study aims to investigate bullying behaviors among college students at one of the national universities in UAE, and also to examine the psychological characteristics of those who were exposed to, or have experienced bullying. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 839 undergraduate students at one of the national universities in the UAE. Students from all colleges participated in this study and were selected by using stratified random sampling. Participants completed a bullying survey designed for the study, in addition to three psychological measures [i.e., Aggression Questionnaire, Buss and Perry, 1992; The Primary Care Anxiety and Depression, El-Rufaie et al., …
E-Device Purchase And Disposal Behaviours In The Uae: An Exploratory Study, Ayisha Siddiqua, Maisa El Gamal, Waheed Kareem Abdul, Lama Mahmoud, Fares M. Howari
E-Device Purchase And Disposal Behaviours In The Uae: An Exploratory Study, Ayisha Siddiqua, Maisa El Gamal, Waheed Kareem Abdul, Lama Mahmoud, Fares M. Howari
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the high-income countries in the Middle Eastern region and is vying for sustainable development in every sector. One of the UAE sustainable development goals is to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; hence, the emphasis is on circular economy. UAE is one of largest consumers of e-devices, and their proper disposal is of paramount importance. E-waste disposal awareness leads to better disposal behaviors. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to understand the e-device purchase and disposal behaviour among university communities in the UAE. A survey was conducted among the students and …
Research Data Management: A Review Of Uae Academic Library Experience, Judith Mavodza
Research Data Management: A Review Of Uae Academic Library Experience, Judith Mavodza
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Purpose: This paper is a review of the status of Research Data Management (RDM) efforts in UAE public university libraries. Approach: The investigation is through examining available literature about the topic using region-specific articles when available, librarian comments, and the information provided by UAE university library websites. Existing lessons and policy documents are sought, and plans suggested for local solutions, suggesting avenues for progress. Findings: Though not a new concept, findings indicate that local RDM activities are emerging, but knowledge of their importance of exists. Research limitations: This review is limited to public university libraries though the results and experiences …
Between Uniformity And Polarization: Women's Empowerment In The Public Press Of Gcc States, Henriette Muller, Christin Camia
Between Uniformity And Polarization: Women's Empowerment In The Public Press Of Gcc States, Henriette Muller, Christin Camia
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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have increased their promotion of women in public life. The expansion of women's rights in these states functions as a central policy tool to stimulate modernization processes. This article investigates how the Gulf governments steer women's empowerment through the press. Regulated by the state, media outlets in GCC countries primarily serve to affirm and amplify the legitimacy of the government. Focusing on 15 English-language newspapers from 2008 to 2017, this article analyzes the degree to which women's empowerment in various arenas of society was addressed and the valence with which it was reported. Moreover, …
Afnd: Arabic Fake News Dataset For The Detection And Classification Of Articles Credibility, Ashwaq Khalil, Moath Jarrah, Monther Aldwairi, Manar Jaradat
Afnd: Arabic Fake News Dataset For The Detection And Classification Of Articles Credibility, Ashwaq Khalil, Moath Jarrah, Monther Aldwairi, Manar Jaradat
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The news credibility detection task has started to gain more attention recently due to the rapid increase of news on different social media platforms. This article provides a large, labeled, and diverse Arabic Fake News Dataset (AFND) that is collected from public Arabic news websites. This dataset enables the research community to use supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms to classify the credibility of Arabic news articles. AFND consists of 606912 public news articles that were scraped from 134 public news websites of 19 different Arab countries over a 6-month period using Python scripts. The Arabic fact-check platform, Misbar, is …
Digital Islam And Muslim Millennials: How Social Media Influencers Reimagine Religious Authority And Islamic Practices, Bouziane Zaid, Jana Fedtke, Don Donghee Shin, Abdelmalek El Kadoussi, Mohammed Ibahrine
Digital Islam And Muslim Millennials: How Social Media Influencers Reimagine Religious Authority And Islamic Practices, Bouziane Zaid, Jana Fedtke, Don Donghee Shin, Abdelmalek El Kadoussi, Mohammed Ibahrine
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Digital platforms have empowered individuals and communities to re-negotiate long-established notions of religion and authority. A new generation of social media influencers has recently emerged in the Muslim world. They are western-educated, unique storytellers, and savvy in digital media production. This raises new questions on the future of Islam in the context of emerging challenges, such as the openness of technology and the often-perceived closedness of religious and cultural systems within Muslim societies. This paper uses a multiple case research design to examine the roles of social media influencers in reimagining Islam and reshaping spiritual beliefs and religious practices among …
Thinking With Semiotic-Dialogism: Re-Orientating Augmented Reality And Visual Literacy, Zoe Hurley
Thinking With Semiotic-Dialogism: Re-Orientating Augmented Reality And Visual Literacy, Zoe Hurley
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Augmented reality (AR) apps, like Adobe’s Aero, enable users to turn Photoshop layers into interactive AR experiences and are considered promising for higher education. But what we see or do not see are mediated via histories, cultural values, ideologies, social practices and technologies. Simultaneously, the ways we receive knowledge, communicate and learn are more than ever being communicated via visual technologies. Yet, theories of visuality within educational research represent a longstanding gap within scholarship and theorising of visual technologies, including AR, is lacking. This study re-orientates conceptions of AR visual literacy through ‘thinking with’ semiotics, which is the study of …
Linguistic Aspects Of Political Discourse With Reference To English And Arabic Languages, Sana Fadi Shamaileh
Linguistic Aspects Of Political Discourse With Reference To English And Arabic Languages, Sana Fadi Shamaileh
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Principal Consumer: President Biden's Approach To Intelligence, James Lockhart, Christopher R. Moran
Principal Consumer: President Biden's Approach To Intelligence, James Lockhart, Christopher R. Moran
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United States President Joe Biden has been in government since 1973. Despite the changing nature of international relations since then, his approach to intelligence has remained consistent and stable, including his enthusiasm for national intelligence and uneasiness about militarizing it. This article assesses United States President Joe Biden's approach to intelligence. It evaluates his evolving relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency and the rest of the intelligence community from the early 1970s, when he was elected to Congress, to the early 2020s, when he became the forty-sixth president of the United States. It concludes that, against the ever-changing context of …
The Relationships Between Gender, Life Satisfaction, Loneliness And Problematic Internet Use During Covid-19: Does The Lockdown Matter?, Jensen Deutrom, Vasilis Katos, Mohamed Basel Al-Mourad, Raian Ali
The Relationships Between Gender, Life Satisfaction, Loneliness And Problematic Internet Use During Covid-19: Does The Lockdown Matter?, Jensen Deutrom, Vasilis Katos, Mohamed Basel Al-Mourad, Raian Ali
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments have attempted to reduce virus transmission by implementing lockdown procedures, leading to increased social isolation and a new reliance on technology and the internet for work and social communication. We examined people’s experiences working from home in the UK to identify risk factors of problematic internet use during the first lockdown period, specifically looking at life satisfaction, loneliness, and gender. A total of 299 adults completed the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire-Short-Form-6, UCLA-3 Item Loneliness Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale online. Through structural equation modelling, we found that loneliness positively predicted problematic …
Role And Significance Of The United Arab Emirates Foreign Aid For Its Soft Power Strategy And Sustainable Development Goals, Adam Krzymowski
Role And Significance Of The United Arab Emirates Foreign Aid For Its Soft Power Strategy And Sustainable Development Goals, Adam Krzymowski
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The main issue in the presented research is the United Arab Emirates’ foreign aid commitment, the development of its brand, and its position in international relations. The study’s purpose is to find an answer to a research question, specifically, what is the UAE foreign aid role and significance for the Soft Power Strategy implementation and the Sustainable Development Goals? The author adopted appropriate theories and research methods. Role theory has been applied, allowing for the combination of different tools. Moreover, there is a close connection between the state adapting to changes in its political environment and its position and role …
Combatting Digital Addiction: Current Approaches And Future Directions, Deniz Cemiloglu, Mohamed Basel Almourad, John Mcalaney, Raian Ali
Combatting Digital Addiction: Current Approaches And Future Directions, Deniz Cemiloglu, Mohamed Basel Almourad, John Mcalaney, Raian Ali
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In recent years, the notion of digital addiction has become popular. Calls for solutions to combat it, especially in adolescents, are on the rise. Whilst there remains debate on the status of this phenomenon as a diagnosable mental health condition; there is a need for prevention and intervention approaches that encourage individuals to have more control over their digital usage. This narrative review examines digital addiction countermeasures proposed in the last ten years. By countermeasures, we mean strategies and techniques for prevention, harm reduction, and intervention towards addictive digital behaviours. We include studies published in peer-reviewed journals between 2010 and …
A Systematic Literature Review On Spam Content Detection And Classification, Sanaa Kaddoura, Ganesh Chandrasekaran, Daniela Elena Popescu, Jude Hemanth Duraisamy
A Systematic Literature Review On Spam Content Detection And Classification, Sanaa Kaddoura, Ganesh Chandrasekaran, Daniela Elena Popescu, Jude Hemanth Duraisamy
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The presence of spam content in social media is tremendously increasing, and therefore the detection of spam has become vital. The spam contents increase as people extensively use social media, i.e ., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and E-mail. The time spent by people using social media is overgrowing, especially in the time of the pandemic. Users get a lot of text messages through social media, and they cannot recognize the spam content in these messages. Spam messages contain malicious links, apps, fake accounts, fake news, reviews, rumors, etc. To improve social media security, the detection and control of spam text are …
Librarians And Research Data In The Current Information Terrain, Judith Mavodza
Librarians And Research Data In The Current Information Terrain, Judith Mavodza
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Research data are a variety of products produced during research that are collected, observed, or created for purposes of analysis to produce original research results. This may come in the form of instrument measurements, experimental observations, still images, video and audio, text documents, spreadsheets, databases, quantitative data (e.g., household survey data), survey results and interview transcripts, simulation data, models and software, slides, artifacts, specimens, samples, sketches, diaries, lab notebooks, and the list goes on. Depending on the infrastructure available to them, librarians can integrate data catalogs with library retrieval services such as Koha, Alma, WorldShare Management Services (WMS), and Sierra …
The Baltic States Of The Three Seas Initiative: Estonia, Latvia And Lithuania In Creative Relations With The United Arab Emirates, Adam Krzymowski
The Baltic States Of The Three Seas Initiative: Estonia, Latvia And Lithuania In Creative Relations With The United Arab Emirates, Adam Krzymowski
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The presented manuscript deals with three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) that are part of the Three Seas Initiative in the context of cooperation with the United Arab Emirates. The research’s goal is analysis the larger dimension of Three Seas Initiative and its creative role and importance in the international arena, including the Middle East. In this sense, this paper asks a research question of whether the relations between Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the United Arab Emirates have the potential for deeper and broader creative dynamics of their cooperation. The presented article is the first research work of this …
Leveraging Natural Language Processing To Analyse The Temporal Behavior Of Extremists On Social Media, May El Barachi, Sujith Samuel Mathew, Farhad Oroumchian, Imene Ajala, Saad Lutfi, Rand Yasin
Leveraging Natural Language Processing To Analyse The Temporal Behavior Of Extremists On Social Media, May El Barachi, Sujith Samuel Mathew, Farhad Oroumchian, Imene Ajala, Saad Lutfi, Rand Yasin
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Aiming at achieving sustainability and quality of life for citizens, future smart cities adopt a data-centric approach to decision making in which assets, people, and events are constantly monitored to inform decisions. Public opinion monitoring is of particular importance to governments and intelligence agencies, who seek to monitor extreme views and attempts of radicalizing individuals in society. While social media platforms provide increased visibility and a platform to express public views freely, such platforms can also be used to manipulate public opinion, spread hate speech, and radicalize others. Natural language processing and data mining techniques have gained popularity for the …
Religion As A Security Threat, Hamdy A. Hassan
Religion As A Security Threat, Hamdy A. Hassan
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Religious extremism presents an ideological perspective found in most major religions and is currently associated with various forms of religiously motivated acts of violence. A conceptual framework is adopted to study the warning features of religious extremism and apply it to case studies of Nigeria, Uganda, and the Central African Republic (CAR). The application of a religious jihadism model to Christianity provides a comparative basis for assessing Islamic radical jihadism, helping to understand religion as a security threat, with particular reference to Christian contexts and examples. Using extremist rhetoric and the mobilization of Christian rituals, members of religious groups attempt …
The Application Of Salutogenesis In Communities And Neighborhoods, Lenneke Vaandrager, Lynne Kennedy
The Application Of Salutogenesis In Communities And Neighborhoods, Lenneke Vaandrager, Lynne Kennedy
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Communities and neighborhoods have reemerged as important settings for health promotion; they are particularly effective for encouraging social processes which may shape our life-chances and lead to improved health and well-being; consequently, as Scriven and Hodgins, (2012) note, of all the settings (cities, schools, workplaces, universities, etc.), communities are the least well defined. Indeed, within the health literature, they are frequently referred to in terms of place, identity, social entity, or collective action.This chapter on communities and neighborhoods distinguishes between settings as a place (natural and built environment), identity (sense of community), social entity (cohesion, social capital), and collective action …