Is the Iron Silk Road Really So Important? Rail Freight Use on China’s “Silk Road Economic Belt” by P. Bucsky, T. Kenderdine

“…For China the CR Express system fulfils only geopolitical and geoeconomic functions, and ultimately participation in the policy is of minimal utility to European Union economies.…”
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Russia-India cooperation on Post-American Afghanistan by Ivan Safranchuk, Alexandre Knyazev

“…Our analysis suggests that the US military presence in Afghanistan, along with its plans for geoeconomic and geopolitical dominance in Eurasia, has been a major distracting factor in Russia-India relations. …”
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“Cualquier movimiento revolucionario podrá contar con Cuba”: la construcción del nacionalismo internacionalista cubano durante el Año de la Solidaridad (1966) by Alberto García Molinero

“…In the framework of the most immediate present, despite the significant global geopolitical transformations that have taken place since the end of the Cold War, this international spectrum continues to be a central pillar in contemporary Cuban society in the face of the multiple challenges it faces in the 21st century.…”
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THE CAUCASIAN DIMENSION OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP IN 2009-2016 by P. A. Barakhvostov

“…They include inconsistency, vague objectives, and emphasis on the geopolitical confrontation with Russia. However, in order to promote the stable development of the region, the EU needs to rethink its foreign policy strategy and come up with a modernized framework of cooperation that would take into account the interests of all concerned parties, including the Russian Federation.…”
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Economic security as a driver of Russian exclave development in alignment with national interests by Ksenia Yu. Voloshenko

“…Economic security in border regions emerged as a new area of inquiry in human geography, under the supervision of Prof Fedorov and with the active involvement of researchers from Kaliningrad, Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Smolensk, and Simferopol, within the framework of the Russian Science Foundation project № 18-17-00112, titled Ensuring the Economic Security of the Regions of Russia’s Western Borderlands under Conditions of Geopolitical Turbulence. This study is the first attempt at a comprehensive examination of economic security, considering a multitude of contributing factors: economic, social, domestic and foreign policy-related, ethnic and environmental. …”
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The Arctic front of the global hybrid warfare by E O. Labetskaya

“…The latter should include, inter alia, an effective system for monitoring geopolitical threats not only against Russia, but also against its BRICS+, SCO, EAEU, CSTO partners; measures to strengthen cooperation with Eurasian, international and intergovernmental structures and business communities unyielding against sanctions pressure; programs for the development of indigenous peoples aimed at preserving their civilizational identity.…”
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SINO-NIGERIA RELATIONS AND GLOBAL OIL POLITICS, 1999-2023: ASYMMETRICAL OR SYMMETRICAL? by RUTH O. OGUNNOWO, SAMUEL S. OJO

“…This approach provides a fresh perspective by combining geopolitical and economic analyses, thus moving beyond the traditional narratives and offering a richer exploration of the subject. …”
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Enhancing insights in sexually transmitted infection mapping: Syphilis in Forsyth County, North Carolina, a case study. by Lani Fox, William C Miller, Dionne Gesink, Irene Doherty, Marc Serre

“…We show combining a moving window and a UMBME analysis with geomasked data effectively predicted the true or latent syphilis rate 5% to 26% more accurate than the traditional, geopolitical boundary method. It removed kriging islands, reduced background incidence rate to 0, relocated nine outbreak hotspots to more realistic locations, and elucidated hotspot connectivity producing more realistic geographical patterns for targeted insights. …”
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THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE FORMATION OF A SECURITY ENVIRONMENT by Vladyslav Hrichanichenko

“…The issues of this issue become especially relevant after the full-scale invasion of the territory of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, which is due to the complexity of the international situation of our country, the conduct of active hostilities, the spread of international terrorism, the aggravation of threats to the interests of individual citizens, society and the state as a whole, which requires the development effective measures to ensure national security It was determined that the security environment is a set of social, material, geopolitical, political and diplomatic conditions that ensure the safe and effective existence of individuals and legal entities, society and the state. …”
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Directions for the development of socially oriented taxation of income of Russians by S. N. Rukina, K. A. Gerasimova, A. S. Takmazyan, K. N. Samoylova

“…It reveals the significant role of the PIT due to its revenue potential for the budget system of the Russian Federation and its regulatory impact on socio-economic processes in conditions of geopolitical tension, describes the current system of tax deductions, the need and directions for its improvement. …”
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PRC’s Public Diplomacy Practice in Central Asia: Current Situation, Challenges and Prospects by Yufei Wang

“…The Central Asian region, with its rich reserves of energy resources and unique geopolitical position, is of particular importance for the modern foreign policy strategy of the People’s Republic of China. …”
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From the Competence Model of a Specialist Engineer to STEAM Education, or … Going Ahead to the Past? by N. G. Bagdasaryan, R. M. Petruneva, V. D. Vasilyeva

“…The special acuteness of the modern formulation of this problem is due to the new format of the geopolitical life of the Russian Federation and the associated restructuring of many social institutions of the country, in particular, science and education.The article raises the question of the leading paradigm of domestic engineering education, considered in the prism of a specialist-engineer model that meets the requirements of the modern stage of society.Education standards have changed dramatically and repeatedly in their target characteristics over the past twenty years. …”
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The influence of the great powers on the national interests of the Republic of Serbia by Božić Sandra

“…The results of the research indicate that, despite changes in the geopolitical environment that indicate the emergence of a multipolar world, the actions of major powers have a predominantly negative impact on the existential national interest. …”
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Finland’s Neutrality as Part of Its National Identity by N. Yu. Vezhlivtseva

“…The reasons for that cannot be explained only as a rational political choice of a small state in certain geopolitical realities, the issue is more complex. Some Finnish researchers consider neutrality as part of the Finnish national identity. …”
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The Integrated Hydropower Sustainability Assessment in Tajikistan: A Case Study of Rogun Hydropower Plant by Zhao Xu, Yumin Niu, Yangze Liang, Zhigang Li, Atoev Iftikhor

“…The SWOT analysis indicated the external factors, such as the Belt and Road Initiative, improving business environment, and easing geopolitical disputes, can eliminate weaknesses and improve the sustainable performance of Rogun HPP. …”
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Soviet Diplomacy and Intelligence Efforts to Facilitate Finland’s Withdrawal from the 1941– 1944 War: Insights from Russian Archive by V. S. Khristoforov

“…During this period, Stockholm emerged as a key geopolitical hub where Soviet diplomats, led by A. Kollontai, and intelligence officers navigated the complex task of encouraging Finland to engage in peace talks with the Soviet Union and withdraw from the war. …”
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Paradigmatic Discord in US Arctic Policy by L. A. Matiyak

“…Meanwhile, the region's importance is increasing in the changing international environment; it can become a "battlefield" due its strategic geopolitical position and at the same time the "main trophy"due to its abundant hydrocarbon potential. …”
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CIVILIZATIONAL AND HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ASPECTS OF THE «GREEK MIRACLE» by Spartak Sh. Aytov

“…The influence on the genesis of philosophy and science of ancient Hellas, its geographical conditions and geopolitical situation as well as the cultural dialogue with surrounding civilizations, the reception of historical and cultural experience of the previ-ous Hellenic civilization, historical process and mentality of ancient Greeks have been analyzed. …”
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An internationalization framework for Brazilian higher education and the role played by languages by Liliane Assis Sade

“…Globalization, technological advances, and new geopolitical organizations have impacted the political, economic, and social world systems, generating new ways of engaging with and “being” in the world. …”
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