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Not Just War by Other Means: Cross-Border Engagement as Political Struggle


October 25, 2023

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“Not Just War by Other Means: Cross-Border Engagement as Political Struggle,” is the latest peer-reviewed article from Elliott School Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Lucia Rafanelli. Published in the October 2023 edition of Constellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory, the piece argues, “…that adopting the war paradigm (understanding the non-kinetic elements of hybrid cases as ‘warfare’) has significant democratic costs.” Rafanelli’s analysis further reveals that, “…adopting an alternate political struggle paradigm could mitigate these costs.”

For more, check out the complete article online.