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ما هذه المجموعة من المختارات تسألني؟ إنّها عددٌ من أعداد نشرة “صيد الشابكة” اِعرف أكثر عن النشرة هنا: ما هي نشرة “صيد الشابكة” ما مصادرها، وما غرضها؛ وما معنى الشابكة أصلًا؟! 🎣🌐 🎣🌐 الأعداد السابقة من “صيد الشابكة”  صيد الشابكة العدد #1  صيد الشابكة العدد #2  صيد الشابكة العدد #3  صيد الشابكة العدد #4 🎣🌐 صيد الشابكة العدد #6 🏆🗣️ أتفق مع د. عبدالله الغذامي على أن هذا 👇🏼 مكسب ثقافي ضخم تحقق…

Imagine my surprise to receive this email from The Epoch Times: Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Turns Negative Within Months: Study by Zachary Steiber.

Now, keep in mind the idea that a decline in the efficacy of the COVID vaccination over time is no surprise, which is one reason – besides the appearance of variants – that boosters are recommended.

Though what Steiber's article says that efficacy not only declines, but the person becomes even more susceptible to catching COVID than an unvaccinated person.

Though like other aspects of this article, no evidence is actually provided to support this claim beyond a non-peer review article.

And 'non-peer reviewed' is defined by medRxiv as: Manuscripts submitted to medRxiv are not certified by scientific peer review, edited, or typeset before being posted online. This means they may contain errors and/or omissions. Some manuscripts might be undergoing peer review, and the journals or other organizations who are responsible for this process, have the opportunity to post peer reviews alongside preprints in the article dashboard.

Zachary Steiber's piece references another article that he himself had written to support his misinformation and neglects to mention or notice that an article from Sweden he intended to use to buttress his argument had been pulled from the SSRN.

And to be fair it's easy to make a point about virtually anything when you're using either unverified sources or a source that no longer exists.

Abstract: Culture plays an essential and increasing role in the public policy-making processes around the world. Family and Social Policies are among the ones that are connected the most to and dependent on a culture’s values and attitudes. This short comparative essay looks at the cases of Norway and Switzerland using the “ceteris paribus” (all else equal) or the “most similar design” model to compare the state of welfare policies in both countries and explore how culture might have played a role in the final outcome by employing Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions theory.

Cross-Cultural Studies eJournal , 6(25)

Keywords: Comparative Politics, Culture, Masculinity Index, Hofstede, Norway, Switzerland, Family Policy, Social Policy

Abstract: U.S. foreign policy under the presidency of Donald Trump (2017–2021) was noted for its unpredictability and its heavy emphasis on hard power. Many believed this shift in foreign strategy was influenced by the president’s personality and leadership style. To investigate, this article employs Trump’s Leadership Trait Analysis conducted by Immelman & Griebie, to highlight Trump’s most prevalent leadership traits: The Dominant Pattern, Dauntless Pattern, Ambitious Pattern, and Outgoing Pattern. By highlighting how these traits can be observed in U.S. foreign policy towards Iran, this paper shows that Trump’s personality and leadership style did indeed play a significant role in shaping both the process and outcome of U.S. foreign policy towards Iran. This research reemphasizes the importance of Leadership Traits Analysis as a tool of Foreign Policy Analysis.

Social & Personality Psychology eJournal, 3(4).

Keywords: Foreign Policy, Donald Trump, United States of America, Iran, Middle East, Security, Peace, Leadership Trait Analysis

Diplomacy’s 21st Century Secret Weapon: Online Mobility.

The Benefits Of Online Public Diplomacy, Why It's Time For The Lebanese Ministry Of Foreign Affairs To Improve Its Digital Diplomacy Strategy, and How To Achieve Online Upwards Mobility.

AbstractWhen Analysing Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affair's digital strategy, one can immediately point its shortcomings that prevent Lebanon from achieving important Online-Diplomacy goals and translating Online-Efforts into tangible Offline Diplomacy results. This brief will utilize multiple studies of Online Networks of MFAs and UN Missions, to make policy recommendations that would aid the Lebanese MFA in reaching peak online performance by achieving upward online mobility and becoming more central to social media networks. This brief will also provide a set of tools and strategies in the form of Policy Implications to maximize the centrality of these Social Media accounts. These include adopting tactics to perform upward social media mobility (curating relevant information, generating online discussions), training diplomats in conducting social media analyses, evaluating the centrality of their institutions on social media, using multi-media content, offering real-time analyses of events, and offering information relevant to the diplomatic community.

Cultural Anthropology eJournal, 6(154)

Keywords: Public Diplomacy, Online Mobility, Twitter, Soft Power, Foreign Affairs, Lebanon, Digital Governance, Comparative Politics, Policy Recommendations

Abstract: The U.S. – Iranian relations have been in a constant state of disruption since the mid-twentieth century. This short essay aims to showcase how the Middle East’s regional stability has been heavily dependent on stable U.S. – Iranian relations, by looking at the relatively recent history of the two countries’ relations (2008-2021) and highlighting how major changes in the nature of the relations, correlated with disruptions of peace in the region.

Anthropology of Peace & Violence eJournal, 4(79)

Keywords: Foreign Policy, Historical Analogy, United States of America, Iran, Middle East, Security, Peace.