Despite the prevalence of smart city discourse across many disciplines, governance
systems, and policy-making bodies, its conceptual foundations are based either on semi …

While digital technologies have induced profound global transformations, political scientists
often lack the analytical tools to grasp their effects on politics. In particular, digitization's …

Many fear that social media enable more potent influence operations than traditional mass
media. This belief is widely shared yet rarely tested. We challenge this emerging wisdom by …

Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The Silicon Valley dream of universal
connection–the dream of connecting everyone and everything to everyone and everything …

Social media have caused adaptations to existing conceptualizations of democratization,
democratic backsliding, and authoritarian hardening. One attempt to capture how social …

The exponential growth of social media usage during the past few years has unfolded
unprecedented opportunities. The effective utilization of relevant social media tools, which …

This article develops a post-digital perspective for the study of international peacebuilding
and elaborates its merits. Contrary to narratives in policy and practice that tend to fetishize …

This book addresses the issues raised by digital platforms in the Global South, with an
emphasis on the cultural stakes involved. It brings together an interdisciplinary team of …

How can peace initiatives facilitate authoritarian practices? Peace initiatives that do not
address the root causes of conflict, and maintain structural violence, can facilitate …

While Dubai, the small emirate in the United Arab Emirates, tends to be associated with
luxurious social media images of elite social actors, startling architecture, and consumer …