Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
In this paper, we explore the psychological experience of university-educated local workers from emerging economies striving to enter the…
This paper provides evidence that the personality traits of policy actors matter for policy outcomes in the context of two large-scale…
After piling up trillions of dollars of war debt during the last decade, America seemed to be on the brink of a new era -- ready to shut…
We investigate the relationship between violence and economic risk preferences in Afghanistan combining: (i) a two-part experimental…
The miscalculations in Iraq and Afghanistan hang in the air as we weigh up whether to attack Syria. Of course, no situation is ever quite…
In just about three months, 196 active-duty and retired officers are scheduled to go on trial in Turkey, charged with plotting in 2003 to…
To trust is to risk. When we lend someone money, we make ourselves vulnerable, hoping or expecting that the borrower will reward our trust…
For the last three years Turkey has been gripped by an extraordinary series of legal proceedings revolving around an alleged conspiracy to…
Why is private investment so low in Gulf compared to Western countries? We investigate cross-regional differences in trust and reference…