Germany-Iran Relations in Political-Military Sphere: The Impossible Unlocking of Potential? by V. S. Мirzekhanov, Ph. O. Trunov

“…Outlining the contours of bilateral relations, the authors underline the presence of imperial historical code in each country, the growing internal political problems (dwindling authority of the ruling elites) and mutual interest in deepening trade-industrial partnership with Germany becoming a technological modernizer of Iranian economy.The authors show that Iranian factor has a growing impact over German policy in the Near East and the Middle East, especially in Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi and Yemeni armed conflicts. …”
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The Arctic Lobby in Japan: Structures, Mechanisms of Infl uence and the Role in Developing Cooperation with the Russian Federation by E. V. Polkhova, A. A. Sergunin

“…Finally, the authors identify another important element of the Japanese Arctic lobby — regional elites. In that regard, they examine activities of the Hokkaido prefecture to engage in development of the Northern Sea Route. …”
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El regreso de Túpac Katari. Bolivia y los procesos de transformación global del capitalismo by Iñigo Errejón Galván, Jesús Espasandín López, Pablo Iglesias Turrión

“…En este artículo defenderemos que los acontecimientos políticos bolivianos de los últimos tiempos deben ser interpretados como algo más que un mero recambio en las elites políticas del país. Lo que está ocurriendo en Bolivia es, a nuestro juicio, la cristalización institucional de un conjunto de procesos que convergieron en la apertura de un ciclo de luchas anti-neoliberales iniciado en el año 2000. …”
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Dinámicas estructurales versus agentes renuentes: El Oriente Medio en el cambio de la economía política mundial by Sadik Ünay

“…Entretanto, los siguientes temas serán evaluados para adquirir mejor comprensión de las actuales dinámicas regionales: el legado del colonialismo en los aspectos políticos, económicos y sociales de la región, el papel del petróleo como recurso estratégico, los cambios estructurales en la economía mundial desde la década de 1970, las presiones para la reforma político-económica en la región OMNA y los caminos divergentes de la reforma adoptada por las elites políticas a raíz de la integración económica mundial.…”
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Political Science in The Age of Resentment by D. B. Kazarinova

“…These are the cleavages between traditional politics vs post- and pseudo-politics (shift from the normal politics made by consolidating broad strata to self-centered, exclusive, and increasingly differentiated and closed groups of pseudo-policies), conventional political leadership vs populism and anti-elitism (the rapid growth of populists on a global scale, the spread of anti-establishment sentiment, "populism of power" and the crisis of responsible leadership), formal and informal institutions vs personification of politics (reducing the role of institutions and increasing the importance of the human factor ), socio-economic basis of policy vs socio-cultural basis (emphasis on ethnic, religious and gender factors). …”
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National Dialogue: Bahrain Case by E. I. Vulakh

“…The modest success of negotiations is explained by both subjective (the position of the ruling elites and their political opponents) and objective factors (a highly polarized and conflictual nature of the society). …”
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La poética del cuerpo en los relatos de Franz Kafka ‘En la colonia penitenciaria’ (1919) y ‘La metamorfosis’ (1915) by Lucía I. Camarena Gil

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Military security in the Arctic: New threats to Russia by V. N. Konyshev, A. A. Sergunin

“…As such, it reflects the American elites’ awareness of the growing decline in the U.S. influence and the erosion of the ‘rules-based order’. …”
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A Long Shadow of World War II: Development of the National Security Concept in the United States by V. A. Veselov

“…Being considered as an antipode to the concept of collective security, this concept reflected the will of the US elites not only to get integrated in the existing system of international relations, but to create a new one, which would be based on the American values and would ensure the stable functioning of the US economy. …”
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Seroprevalence of COVID-19 in Blood Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hassan Nourmohammadi, Ali Hasanpour Dehkordi, Amir Adibi, Seyed Mohammad Amin Hashemipour, Mohsen Abdan, Moloud Fakhri, Zahra Abdan, Diana Sarokhani

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Policy analysis of the Global Financing Facility in Uganda by Phillip Wanduru, Doris Kwesiga, Mary Kinney, Asha George, Peter Waiswa

“…The study shows the challenges of trying to have a ‘country-led’ initiative, as such initiatives can still be heavily influenced by ‘elites’. Given the diversity of actors with varying interests, achieving representation of key actors, particularly those from underserved groups, can be difficult and may necessitate investing further time and resources in their engagement.…”
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British Policy and Strategy in the Middle East in 1941: Three Wars ‘East of Suez’ by A. M. Fomin

“…Widespread antiBritish sentiments on the part of the local political and military elites could contribute greatly to the realization of such, catastrophic for Britain, scenario. …”
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El (auto) tropicalismo en Costa Rica: Un análisis de la marca-país del Instituto Costarricense de Turismo dentro de la geopolítica del turismo by Santiago Navarro

“…A la par de esto, siguiendo la lógica del “colonialismo interno” (Amin, 2009), las élites del Estado-Nación de estas regiones tropicales conforman el “auto tropicalismo”, que es el construir la imagen local a semejanza de los deseos de ocio y fantasía que los centros globales conforman. …”
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The Impact of Cancel Culture on Politics and International Relations by L. V. Deriglazova, A. M. Pogorelskaya

“…As a kind of social control cancel culture could contribute to overcoming gap between manifested values and social practices, preserving social order and fighting elitism and inequality. At the same time cancel culture could be used as instrument of unfair competition, political struggle and suppression of opinions. …”
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Transformative adaptation: from climate-smart to climate-resilient agriculture by Jon Hellin, Eleanor Fisher, Marcus Taylor, Suhas Bhasme, Ana María Loboguerrero

“…CSA can inadvertently lead to ‘maladaptation’ whereby interventions reinforce existing vulnerabilities either by benefitting powerful elites or by transferring risks and exposure between groups. …”
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E.V. From ‘Greater’ to ‘Global Britain’: The New and the Old in the Foreign Policy of the United Kingdom by E. V. Khakhalkina

“…The author concludes that the concept of Global Britain in its current form cannot address these issues, on the contrary, it rather epitomizes the lack of innovative ideas and solutions among contemporary British elites.…”
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Diplomatic activities of M.M. Litvinov in the USA during the Great Patriotic War (1941–1943) by A. A. Vershinin, P. A. Tupikin

“…Special attention is paid to his efforts aimed at clarifying the Soviet position on the most sensitive issues of bilateral relations and establishing contacts with various groups of the American political, economic and intellectual elites. The second section analyzes M.M. Litvinov’s activities in the context of increasing contradictions between the Allies with regard to the opening of the second front and disruption of supplies under lend-lease. …”
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Soviet Russia/the USSR and transformation of the international relations system in the first half of the 1920s by E. V. Romanova

“…The author shows that, despite the prominence of ideological conflict in the development of the IR system that emerged after the First World War, continuous tensions both between the defeated and the victors and among the latter urged the political and military elites of Western states to consider the Soviet Russia as a situational partner even under the Bolsheviks rule. …”
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Lebanon: An Ordinary “Consociational Democracy” in the Regional Context by A. V. Sarabiev

“…The author's hypothesis is that the reason for the extraordinary stability — of Lebanese society, the system of state power, political elites, economic ties and foreign policy contacts, despite all the negative regional factors — can be rooted in the consociational principle of making key decisions based, paradoxically, on the notorious political confessionalism. …”
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TRAJETÓRIAS DE ESTUDANTES EM UMA UNIVERSIDADE PÚBLICA: ENTRE TRAJETOS-PROJETOS FAMILIARES, PERTENCIMENTO E INDIVIDUAÇÃO by CÉLIA ELIZABETE CAREGNATO, RUSSEL TERESINHA DUTRA DA ROSA, RENATO SHIMEDZU TERRA, MURILO MARRECO PEDROSO

“…No contexto de ampliação de oportunidades de acesso para setores populares na educação superior, o tema da escolarização das elites ilumina as dinâmicas que estruturam trajetórias universitárias. …”
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