THE U.S. QUEST FOR NEW TECHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MILITARY SUPERIORITY: DILEMMAS OF THE THIRD OFFSET STRATEGY by V. I. Bartenev

“…The last decades have witnessed a remarkable surge of interest in studying the influence of science and technology on world politics. However, not all channels of such influence have been examined with equal rigor. …”
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U.S. plans to internationalize the containment of the USSR in the Balkans in the first half of the 1950s by A. A. Kalinin

“…The article examines the actions of the US diplomacy aimed at strengthening the US military and political presence in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean in the first half of the 1950s. …”
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Russia and Poland: Problems of Inevitable Coexistence by D. V. Ofitserov-Belskiy

“…But, ignoring Polish authorities, Russian politicians acted similarly with other political forces. In Poland among influential political forces, there was and there is still no loyalty to Russia. …”
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Peníze v životě měšťanek předbělohorského období by Michaela Hrubá

“…Not a space associated with local govern- ment or politics, but in the economic sphere or in social and cultural life, in the broad sense of the words. …”
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Ideologization and commercialization in pandemic management by Anđelković Maja, Radosavljević Milan, Radosavljević Dragana

“…These two crises seem to have been used to achieve certain political goals, both nationally and globally. Thus, political goals came to the fore in the defense against the crisis. …”
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An analysis of the position of Islam and Islamic standards in the legal systems of Malaysia and Egypt by Mohammad Yosefzadeh, Mahdi Zare, Mohammad Mazhari

“…However, the governance perceptions in these two countries sometimes diminish the role of religion in many areas based on the separation of religion from politics, thus the condition of 'belief and practical commitment to Islam' in holding governmental positions has not been sufficiently adhered to as one of the jurisprudential requirements. …”
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THE THIRD LEVEL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUB-STATE ACTORS by S. P. Arteev

“…Marked strengths of the textbook, including those associated with the consideration of the diagonal ties and the political components in the international activities of the regions. …”
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Signaling, Constraining and Coercing in US sanctions policy towards Russia in the context of the Ukraine crisis by O. I. Rebro

“…The development of the US foreign policy tools in the 20th century resulted in sanctions becoming one of the most convenient means for achieving administration’s goals on the international arena, as well as a useful tool in domestic politics. Institutionally established within the scope of the executive branch, buttressed by the US dominance in the world economy and viewed as a “humane” way of influencing foreign elites, it does not demand significant political capital and, as a result, can be implemented without deep strategic thinking. …”
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Western European Intellectual Practices of a New Type in Russian Everyday Life at Early 18th Century (case of Feofan Prokopovich) by I. Yu. Khruleva

“…The integration of Western European ideas and practices into Russian culture was ambiguous, multifaceted and depended on their adaptation to the socio-political space of Russia. Being well acquainted with the works of European authors of the 17th early 18th centuries, he rather took on the formal side of their discussions on socio-political topics, adapted a conceptual glossary that was new for the Russian educated public, which opened up opportunities for talking about politics in a new way.…”
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FUNCTIONS OF HIGHER PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION by M. A. Bogatyreova

“…There are all indications that these functions are mainly determined by the higher education objectives, the dominating role that foreign languages play in modern society and politics. The analysis of existing linguistic concepts (up to the ХХ-th century) as well as the current state of FL educational system, testifies to the fact that a number of urgent and indispensable changes are needed. …”
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LEGAL MIGRATION – RIGHTS AND BENEFITS IN THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM by Nicoleta ANDRICA, Andreea-Florina FORA

“…All the states members are facing migration, which is a complex of challenges, including demographic, political and economics -one of the most important, the decrease in the labour market. …”
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Latin America in the 21st Century: Regional Development Trajectories by D. A. Kuznetsov

“…The latter, stemming from traditional economic social and political differentiation and ideological polarization, in the modern context strengthens regional contradictions and creates new division lines. …”
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Systems Evaluation for Operational Risks of International Transport Corridors: A Case Study of China-Pakistan-Iran-Turkey International Transport Corridor by Zhou Xiaoxiang, Huang Chengfeng

“…The Chinese section has the lowest operational risk index. (2) Pakistan has been trapped in severe political risks and security risks in recent years. …”
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Information reification: fake news about Covid-19 on the website of the Brazilian Departament of Health by Rodrigo Silva Caxias de Sousa, Patricia Valerim

“…Finally, it can be affirmed that the fact-checking carried out by the Brazilian Department of Health had as reference the politicization of the disease in face of the tension between science, politics and the market, which compromises the fight against this health crisis and corroborates the instrumental logic of the information circulating on the web…”
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Altered Brain Functional Activity in Infants with Congenital Bilateral Severe Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study under Sedation by Shuang Xia, TianBin Song, Jing Che, Qiang Li, Chao Chai, Meizhu Zheng, Wen Shen

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Diasporas and Armed Conflicts: beyond Being “Third Party” by I. D. Loshkariov

“…An analysis of the documents shows that the leadership of the corps quite clearly evaded political subordination to the Russian authorities and retained only military subordination, implying that the task of this unit was to participate in the restoration of Polish statehood. …”
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Ewolucja ustawodawstwa i orzecznictwa Sądu Konstytucyjnego Ukrainy w kwestii języka państwowego by Rafał Czachor

“…There is no doubt that it was one of the crucial factors that influenced Ukrainian politics and driving its dynamics. National parties have advocated for declaring the Ukrainian language as the sole official language and in doing so eliminating the Russian language from the public space. …”
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The European Union Cybersecurity Policy: Operationalization of the Resilience Concept by T. A. Romanova, A. N. Malova

“…The unique nature of cyberspace, characterized by interdependence between material and social objects as well as the complexity of its structures, urges leading actors of world politics to seek new strategies of organizing their activities within this area. …”
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Business or Security? Goals and Decision-Making Inside the French Oil Policy of the 1920s by I. E. Magadeev

“…The French case throws some new light on the role of the “oil factor” in international relations and Great Powers’ politics. The article comprehensively deals with the topics often divided between different fields strategic studies, international political economy, diplomatic history. …”
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Public Diplomacy in Slovakia: Past and Present by A. N. Marchukov

“…Paradoxically enough, studies on public diplomacy usually focus on the activities of the leading actors of world politics. However, it is exactly the case of small states that, according to the author, allows better understanding of the role of public diplomacy in the contemporary foreign policy agenda. …”
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