The European Union’s Assistance to Morocco (1999–2011): Strategic Directions, Priority Areas, and Main Outcomes by O. S. Kulkova

“…This approach (typical of the EU cooperation with other autocratic regimes in the MENA, both monarchiсal and republican) explains a relatively low-key reaction of the EU bureaucrats to the slowdown — of the liberalization processes in the 2000s, which occurred in the face of unfolding war on terror and resulted in Morocco being affected by the Arab Awakening.…”
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Humanitarian diplomacy and the countries of the Global South: Trends and discourses by D. A. Kuznetsov, V. A. Dmitrieva

“…The third section outlines the key features of humanitarian diplomacy of the leading countries of the Global South (China, India, Turkey), as well as that of the ASEAN states and Arab monarchies. The authors identify several general principles of humanitarian diplomacy shared by the countries of the Global South: a broad, pluralistic understanding of the humanitarian agenda to include cultural, scientific, academic, and youth policy issues; commitment to the ideas of solidarity and humanitarian cooperation (instead of the donor-recipient model); normative neutrality of the humanitarian policy; adherence to the principles of state sovereignty.…”
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Reconstructing Iraq after the Victory over the Islamic State: Prospects for International Engagement by article Editorial

“…The publication contains an assessment of a domestic environment in Iraq on the eve of the Kuwait Conference, analysis of distribution of commitments among different donor groupings, and explains the logic behind the actions of the ‘established’ donors belonging to the OECD DAC (the United States, the European Union, Germany) and non-DAC ‘emerging’ donors (Turkey, Iran and the Gulf monarchies), as well as international organizations. …”
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The Question of Rusian Nobily Existence from the Second Half of 19th Century to the Beginning 20th Century by Ryšard Gaidis

“…Einerseits verstand der Adel, dass er als traditionelle Gesellschaftsschicht die Aufhebung der Monarchie nicht zulassen darf, deshalb suchte er Unterstützung beim Imperator und unterstützte auch seinerseits dessen Macht. …”
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Some images of Bohemia in XVIIIth century: Rural Jews. by Lena Arava-Novotna

“…Stály také na hranicích mezi legalitou a ilegalitou vůči státnímu zřízení rakouské monarchie během celého 18. století. Byla to snad právě tato dvojí „marginalita“, která připravovala půdu k jejich dalšímu přiblížení k českému národu v rámci národnostního uvědomování v druhé polovině 19. století? …”
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