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Open Journal of Political Science (OJPS) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in political science. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of p…
Tadele Eshete Melese
This study examines the dynamics of conflict and peacemaking efforts in the Republic of Sudan from 1991 to the present through the lens of the Horn of Africa’s geopolitical context. By highlighting the interplay between Sudan’s in-ternal conflicts and regiona…
Amen K. Gokah
In 2015, Europe faced a major migration wave as people fled wars, poverty, and persecution, primarily from Syria, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. This posed significant governance challenges, particularly for Finland, which received around 30,000 asylum ap…
Shenghao Huang
This study examines the impact of macroeconomic performance on U.S. presidential election outcomes since the end of World War II. The research is grounded in the theory that voters are influenced by short-term economic indicators rather than long-term trends…
Judith Holihasinirina, Laingo Patricette Raharimihanta
This study investigates how the general public views statutory independence in Madagascar and looks at how foreign organizations support judicial independence. It evaluates the impact of these views on the legitimacy and operation of the legal system and emph…
Emmanuel E. Obuah, George B. L. Komi
IMF was founded in 1944 after World War II, following the devastations of the European economies during the war to help countries with balance of payment (BOP) difficulties, amongst other objectives. At the time, most of the developing economies were under th…
Ferdinand Kahenga Ekota, Elise Féron, Siméon Barumwete, Gertrude Kazoviyo, Frederic Okitayela Onawoma
This article focuses on women’s participation in peace processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is based on an analysis of the situation in the Kivu region, where atrocities and conflicts are ongoing in villages, territories and communes. Women are v…
Biljana Vujičić
This paper critically examines the complex dynamics of class and resource exploitation in Serbia, a nation situated on the economic periphery of the European Union (EU) and lacking NATO membership, which faces coercive pressures from hegemonic powers to explo…
Sulaiman Sankoh
In this paper, the author aims to investigate the U.S. foreign policy toward China and uncertainty under the Donald Trusmp and Joe Biden administrations. The United States has upheld the principle of the One China Policy for decades and stated that regarding…
Reza Talebi
This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolving political landscape in Iran, particularly in the context of center-periphery dynamics and the anticipated post-Khamenei era. Rather than focusing solely on the activities of Masoud Pezeshkiyan, th…
Morgan McBride
Although the world is more democratic today than a century earlier, the decline of liberal democracies throughout the past decade poses grave concerns about democracy’s future stability. This paper examines the uneven trajectories of democratic backsliding in…
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Open Journal of Political Science (OJPS) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in political science. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of p… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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