Business, Government & the International Economy
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- March 2021
- Article
A Diplomatic Counterrevolution: Indonesian Diplomacy and the Invasion of East Timor
By: Mattias FibigerThis article reinterprets the Indonesian invasion of East Timor as a "diplomatic counterrevolution." Using the central archival records of the Suharto regime for the first time in English-language scholarship, it argues that Indonesian diplomats pursued diplomacy in Southeast Asia, non-aligned and Afro-Asian networks, Western capitals, international institutions, and global capital markets to secure international support for their impending invasion of East Timor. The success of this diplomatic offensive tipped the balance of power in Jakarta away from advocates of restraint like Adam Malik and toward advocates of annexation like Ali Murtopo. The diplomacy behind Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor reveals that the architecture of globalization, lauded by some scholars as inherently liberatory, was far more agnostic—capable of being turned to counterrevolutionary purposes in addition to revolutionary ones. And it suggests that diplomacy itself had been counterrevolutionized, as geopolitical and geoeconomic change combined to make the international system, particularly the states of the Global South, far more hostile to state-making claims and transformative worldmaking projects.
- March 2021
- Article
A Diplomatic Counterrevolution: Indonesian Diplomacy and the Invasion of East Timor
By: Mattias FibigerThis article reinterprets the Indonesian invasion of East Timor as a "diplomatic counterrevolution." Using the central archival records of the Suharto regime for the first time in English-language scholarship, it argues that Indonesian diplomats pursued diplomacy in Southeast Asia, non-aligned and Afro-Asian networks, Western capitals,...
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- 2021
- Working Paper
Fairness or Control: What Determines Elected Local Leaders’ Support for Hosting Refugees in Their Community?
By: Kristin Fabbe, Eleni Kyrkopoulou, Konstantinos Matakos and Asli UnanWhen it comes to successful refugee reception the local level matters. Research overwhelmingly examines host communities' attitudes, but endorsement from local politicians is equally important to resolve conflicts and facilitate harmonious interaction. Yet, the preferences of local leaders and their willingness to support the resettlement process are understudied. We conduct the first-ever conjoint experiment on a representative sample of local elected leaders in Greece, a heavily-impacted country with many active host sites. We elicit elite preferences regarding refugee resettlement and find that local leaders are more likely to support it if they are involved in the process and can control the frequency and intensity of local-refugee interactions. Heterogeneous effects reveal that polarizing tensions around refugee resettlement derive from elites' divergent conceptions of control as opposed to different perceptions of fairness. Over-all, our results suggest that processes to mitigate early impact and exposure, combined with fair-share allocations, can dampen polarized reactions to future resettlement.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Fairness or Control: What Determines Elected Local Leaders’ Support for Hosting Refugees in Their Community?
By: Kristin Fabbe, Eleni Kyrkopoulou, Konstantinos Matakos and Asli UnanWhen it comes to successful refugee reception the local level matters. Research overwhelmingly examines host communities' attitudes, but endorsement from local politicians is equally important to resolve conflicts and facilitate harmonious interaction. Yet, the preferences of local leaders and their willingness to support the resettlement process...
About the Unit
The BGIE Unit conducts research on, and teaches about, the economic, political, social, and legal environment in which business operates. The Unit includes scholars trained in economics, political science, and history; in its work, it draws on perspectives from all three of these disciplines.
The following demonstrates one way of classifying the approaches the Unit takes to learning and teaching.
- The Unit examines the “rules” and policies established by government and other non-business institutions that affect business in the United States.
- The Unit turns to history to understand the origins of today’s business environment as well as some of the alternatives that have emerged from time to time.
- The Unit examines other countries’ business environments and their historical development.
- The BGIE group is deeply interested in the impact of globalization and the way rules are emerging to govern international economic transactions as globalization proceeds.
Recent Publications
A Diplomatic Counterrevolution: Indonesian Diplomacy and the Invasion of East Timor
- March 2021 |
- Article |
- Modern Asian Studies
Fairness or Control: What Determines Elected Local Leaders’ Support for Hosting Refugees in Their Community?
- 2021 |
- Working Paper |
- Faculty Research
The Chinese Debt Trap Is a Myth: The Narrative Wrongfully Portrays Both Beijing and the Developing Countries It Deals With.
- February 6, 2021 |
- Editorial |
- The Atlantic (website)
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Global Economy (B)
- February 2021 |
- Supplement |
- Faculty Research
Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States
- February 2021 |
- Teaching Note |
- Faculty Research
Faith and Assimilation: Italian Immigrants in the U.S.
- 2021 |
- Working Paper |
- Faculty Research
Snapp: Scaling Under Sanctions in Iran (A)
- January 2021 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Harvard Business Publishing
Seminars & Conferences
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