Conflict in Ukraine: Inflections Points after the Zeitenwende and Article 51 of the Charter of United Nations by Sebastian Kornhauser

“…Manifestations of Western hegemonism, incremental NATO eastward expansion, the proliferation of US military bases overseas and the unilateral resort to force in ways that transgressed the constraints contained in Article 51 of the UN Charter were instrumental in provoking Russia into aggression. …”
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The linguistic expression of power in political addresses of Polish prime ministers from 1945 to 2019 (quantitative analysis) by Citlak Amadeusz, Kozioł Pamela

“…The concept of power provided a consistent explanation of the captured quantitative differences in the addresses: first, differences in language from the communist era and independent Poland after 1989; second, differences in language from the periods of breakthroughs in the country’s history (martial law, overthrow of communism, accession to NATO and the EU); third, in the addresses of the prime ministers representing different parties and political ideologies (Civic Platform and Law and Justice).…”
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Digging up Old Stories: How the Soviet Myths of Allied Intervention into the Russian North in 1918–1919 are used in the Context of Russia’s War in Ukraine. The Case of Mudyug Conce... by Natalia Golysheva

“…In a bid to unite the country against perceived threats from the NATO alliance, the Russian leadership engages Soviet narratives going back to the Allied intervention into North Russia in 1918–1920, as a deterrent against association with the West. …”
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Sovereignty of natural resources and accountability. The case of the Bolivian hydrocarbon policy, 2006-2018 by César Augusto Camacho-Soliz

“…Finally, each aspect of the causal mechanism is supported by empirical evidence obtained through the identification of policy instruments organized in a research protocol under the NATO (Nodality, Authority, Treasure and Organization) typology in order to provide external and internal validation for the hypothesis. …”
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UK in European Security: New Opportunities or a Path to Nowhere? by D. V. Shikhov

“…However most targets have never been achieved due to concerns about undermining NATO's role and Britain's as well as other EU members' unwillingness to undertake real steps to strengthen defence and security cooperation. …”
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A simplified constitutive model for a SEBS gel muscle simulant - Development and experimental validation for finite elements simulations of handgun and rifle ballistic impacts by Riccardo Andreotti, Valentina Leggeri, Andrea Casaroli, Mauro Quercia, Cristian Bettin, Mauro Zanella, Marco V. Boniardi

“…The paper illustrates the development and experimental validation of the model to simulate 9x21mm full metal jacket (FMJ) round-nose, 7.62x39 mm FMJ and 5.56x45 mm NATO bullets penetrating 145x145x400 mm gel blocks. …”
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Iz gledališke zgodovine: Liebe kann alles oziroma sezona 1833/34 na ljubljanskem stanovskem odru by Tone Smolej, Tanja Žigon

“…Najprej je predstavljeno Amalija Mašek, operna pevka z mnogimi izkušnjami tudi v gledališki praksi, ki je v tem času vodila ljubljanski oder, nato pa je natančneje obravnavan repertoar omenjene sezone. …”
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Constitutionalization of the strategic course of Ukraine within the doctrine of legal liability of the state by O. S. Bakumov

“…The author has substantiated that the issues of constitutional and law-making innovations in determining the strategic course of Ukraine for acquiring the membership in the EU and NATO will require increased attention from the Ukrainian parliament. …”
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Gaullism and Atlanticism are Main Foreign Policy Paradigms of the Fifth Republic by D. Y. Mikhailov

“…This trend led to the beginning in 2007 of a new era of the absolute dominance of Atlanticism in French foreign policy compared with the post-war period of the Fourth Republic.The advent of this era was marked by a significant improvement in France’s relations with the United States and NATO and increasing French activism on the track of Euro-federalist integra-tion, but, in general, by the perceptible banalization of France’s voice in international affairs.The results of this study help build future relations between Russia and France.…”
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Chinese Intellectuals’ Perspectives on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine by Emre Demir

“…While many accuse the Russian leadership and in particular Russian President Vladimir Putin for the war, some others criticize Western countries and principally the US for NATO’s eastward expansion and for disregarding Russia’s security concerns. …”
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Functions and Authorities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Crime Scene by Y. V. Grinenko

“…The expediency and necessity of studying the functions and powers as structural elements of the administrative and legal status of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is emphasized, which is especially relevant in connection with the reform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and bringing their service activities to NATO standards. It is determined that the legal category of "authority" consists of the rights and obligations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including in the sphere of crime counteraction, aimed at the implementation of functions and tasks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in accordance with the current legislation. …”
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The Arab Spring and Russia's Middle East Policy by Ali Samir Merdan, Halit Hamzaoğlu

“…The development that had the greatest impact on Russia's approach to the Arab Spring was the events in Libya. NATO's military intervention in Libya has led to the disruption of Russia's gains in the region. …”
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Syria in Turkey-US Relations: Security, Terror and Strategic Dilemmas by Veysel Babahanoğlu

“…This situation has damaged the relationship between the two NATO allies, leading to diplomatic crises and regional strategic misalignments. …”
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Ustvarjalnost slovenskih regij in njen vpliv na oblikovanje pokrajin by Janez Malačič

“…Avtor postavlja v besedilu tezo, da imata izobraženost in z njo povezana ustvarjalnost zelo velik vpliv na regionalno členitev nekega ozemlja in njegovo upravno razdelitev. Tezo nato obravnava, analizira in testira s pomočjo indeksa ustvarjalnosti in njegovih sestavnih delov, indeksov talenta, tehnologije in tolerantnosti (3T), za slovenske statistične regije. …”
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Geopolitical (non) opportunities vs. "late" response of the foreign political service of North Macedonia in the process of European integration by Jelisavac-Trošić Sanja, Arnaudov Mitko

“…Another significant moment that was missed in the European integration process of Skopje, covers the period from 2006 to 2017 with two stages: the period leading up to the NATO Summit in Bucharest in 2008 and the period after this summit, up to the change of power of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, which has led to a multiple crisis within that country. …”
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Izdelava velikih glivnih biokompozitov z nizko gostoto by Nej Bizjak, Aleš Straže, Davor Kržišnik

“…Končni glivni biokompozit smo izdelali s trostopenjskim gojenjem micelija; najprej v vrečah za gojenje, nato v dveh večjih modelih, ki smo ju v tretji fazi spojili. …”
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Vezniki v argumentativnih besedilih govorcev slovenščine kot drugega jezika na ravni B2 SEJO in govorcev slovenščine kot prvega jezika by Mateja Eniko

“…Prispevek v prvem delu poda krajši premislek o pisanju v J2, nato predstavi okoliščine nastanka analiziranih besedil ter ciljno publiko, ki se udeležuje izpita iz znanja slovenščine na višji (B2) ravni, v drugem delu opiše izgradnjo pilotnih korpusov, ki obsegata argumentativna besedila govorcev slovenščine kot J2 oziroma kot J1, v zadnjem delu pa predstavi rezultate korpusne analize veznikov in opozori na omejitve tovrstne analize. …”
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Valutazione della capacità di rientro alla base di un elicottero in presenza di danno balistico ad un albero di trasmissione della linea rotore di coda by L. Giudici, A. Manes, M. Giglio

“…Il lavoro ha richiesto dapprima l’esecuzione, su esemplari del componente in esame, di prove sperimentali di impatto balistico, condotte utilizzando un proiettile calibro 7.62 NATO. Successivamente su ciascun albero danneggiato sono state eseguite prove torsionali statiche ed a fatica, il cui scopo è stato verificare la resistenza residua del componente all’applicazione di opportuni carichi rappresentativi delle sollecitazioni riscontrate durante la missione di rientro.…”
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THE “SOFTPOWER” POLICY OF TURKEY TOWARDS GEORGIA by L. M. Aleksanyan

“…At present moment the interests of both regional (Turkey, Iran) and global actors (the United States, NATO, the EU, Russia and others.) intersect in the region. …”
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Novosti davčnega inšpekcijskega nadzora po ZDAVP-2 by Polona Kovač, Tina Konečnik

“…V davčnem inšpekcijskem postopku se najprej upoštevajo pooblastila in ukrepi, ki jih določa posamezen zakon o obdavčitvi, nato ZDavP-2 in Zakon o inšpekcijskem nadzoru. Davčni inšpekcijski postopek je poseben upravni postopek, posebnost le-tega je v nemožnosti izognitve subsidiarne rabe Zakona o splošnem upravnem postopku. …”
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