The framing of the Belt and Road Initiative in Indo-Pakistani media by Jianxun Chu, Zameer Hassan, Syed Muhammad Sikandar

“…The Daily Dawn frames were related to development, security challenges, and political concerns, while India sees China as a strong opponent and the BRI as China’s geostrategic plan to extend its global power and military presence in the Indian Ocean, posing a challenge to India’s national interests. …”
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Guido d’Arezzo e il dirozzamento degli «stupidi cantori» by Cesarino Ruini

“…This invention, in turn, served a political-cultural purpose: to ensure the standardisation of the liturgical chant of the Latin Church (the so-called Gregorian chant) throughout the territory of the Carolingian Empire. …”
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URBAN PLANNING, DEMOLITION OF PROPERTY AND CITIZENS’ DEPRIVATION IN AFRICAN CITIES: A POLYCENTRIC PLANNING PERSEPCTIVE by Samson AKINOLA

“…Using Polycentric Planning and Poverty Reduction Strategy (PPPRS), this paper designs an African Polycentric Urban Environmental Governance Model (APUEGM) capable of mainstreaming citizens-centred institutions in urban areas into socio-economic and political decision making so that citizens (including the urban poor) can participate effectively in decisions on redevelopment, thus entrenching good urban governance, citizens-centred environmental planning and development in Africa. …”
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Dual Marginalisation and the Demand for Dual Citizenship: Negotiating “At Homeness” Among Diaspora Liberians by Franka Vaughan

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Exploring the informational elements of opinion answers: the case of the Russo-Ukrainian war by Reijo Savolainen

“…To bolster their answers, the answerers primarily drew on the views presented by political decision makers such as presidents and ministers. …”
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Can the “multi-plan integration” pilot policy facilitate the low-carbon transformation of land use? Evidence from empirical studies in China by Jingjing Qian, Xiaomin Zhang, Ning Xu

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La fase final de unas migraciones de larga duración: gallegos hacia Buenos Aires (1946-1960) by Nadia Andrea De Cristóforis

“…Finally, we will postulate that the migrations of Galicians to Buenos Aires, after the Second World War, developed with a high degree of autonomy, with respect to the prevailing normative, institutional and political frameworks on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.For this study we have used the following sources: migration statistics of the Ministerio de Trabajo (Spain) and the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (Argentina); libros de desembarco, actas de inspección marítima and official documents on migratory policies of peronism (Archivo General de la Nación, Buenos Aires); records of the Comisión Católica Española de Migración de La Coruña (Arquivo da Emigración Galega, Santiago de Compostela); documents of the Archivo General de la Administración (Alcalá de Henares) and the Archivo del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores (Madrid); newspapers of the time (Faro de Vigo or Nuevo Correo, among others) and writings of officials and politicians from the mid-20th century (Martí Bufill or Vicente Borregón Ribes).…”
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The Cognitive Footprint of Medication Use by Marta Suárez Pinilla, Charlotte R. Stoner, Martin Knapp, Parashkev Nachev, Martin Rossor

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Who deserves to access their rights? Inequality in the action against non-take-up by Max Lovey, Jean-Michel Bonvin

“…As a result, the issue gained political traction, and programs have been designed to reduce it. …”
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Commissariats of Military Industry during the Great Patriotic War by Yu. V. Il’In

“…They became a separate group of central government, designed to provide measures for the implementation of strategic decisions of the military and political leadership of the country. Objective assessment of commissariats effectiveness were the results of their operations in wartime. …”
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Par-delà le changement climatique, les représentations du changement environnemental : le poids de la tension entre filière et territoire dans les secteurs pastoral et viticole en... by Marion Charbonneau, Gaëlle Deletraz, Julien Rebotier 

“…In the face of growing concerns linked to climate issue in both the scientific and the political arenas, this contribution addresses the meaning and scope of environmental change for different actors involved in pastoral and wine production sectors in the Aquitaine region of France. …”
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Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Electricity Sector Using Smart Electric Grid Applications by Lamiaa Abdallah, Tarek El-Shennawy

“…Challenges include shortage of investments, absence of political will, aging of transmission and distribution infrastructure, and lack of consumer awareness for power utilization.…”
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Knowledge, distributed leadership and (structured) agency: a view on academic policy curation by Françoise McKay

“…Despite being a function with a long history in universities, teams responsible for the assurance and management of academic quality have generally been overlooked as a mitigating factor against the uncertainty of an ever-changing political and regulatory environment. The author will suggest that, throughout their policy work, Quality professionals are unrecognised catalysts for operational, pedagogic and strategic change. …”
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Development of Indigenous Language Orthographies: Setting Up English as the Torch Bearer by Juniel Shoko Matavire

“…The need for language development remains a remnant of the liberation project that commenced with the dawn of freedom in 1994. While political freedom and other liberties were obtained, Indigenous languages remained under the chokehold of English and Afrikaans. …”
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Understanding corporate social responsibility’s influence on brand reputation, employer branding, and performance by Shaista Kamal Khan, Anji Benhamed, Mohammad Soliman, Gamal S. A. Khalifa

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Les traversées routières et ferroviaires à vocation touristique dans les Pyrénées. Un horizon d’attente transpyrénéen concurrentiel et contrarié by Steve Hagimont

“…At the same time, they were constantly dependent on external decisions and capital. 2) Certain places have the power to give rise to an impressive number of successive projects, which reflect the concerns and technologies of the time. 3) Ecological concerns have added a third field of force, especially since the 1970s, in the governance of these projects, alongside political networks and financial interests. 4) Despite the many failures, some projects have come to fruition. …”
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Wychowanie do zrównoważonego rozwoju w kontekście katolickiej nauki społecznej by Irena Grochowska

“…The biggest concern of the church is not an answer to moral responsibilities (what one should do or not), not about natural laws or sociological analyses, political or anthropological, or ethical and ideological confusion, which are the domain of the modern world, but the axis of the church is the concern, for the power coming from Christ’s cross being wasted. …”
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Strengthening Paradiplomacy for Migrant Worker Protection: The Collaboration Between Riau Islands Province and Johor State (2019–2024) by Muhammad Ilham Anshari, Irvan Aladip Mahfudin

“…The findings highlight significant barriers to effective collaboration, including (1) insufficient political representation and coordination between the two sub-national governments; (2) central government dominance in decision-making, limiting local authority; (3) bilateral agreements that inadequately address migrant worker protection; and (4) constrained sub-national diplomatic efforts under central government oversight. …”
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MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF CAPITAL MARKET PERFORMANCE IN AN OPEN ECONOMY: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA by Yinka Ibrahim AGBEYINKA

“…Additionally, the government should develop policies that attract foreign direct investment, such as lowering bureaucratic barriers, guaranteeing political stability, and offering alluring investment incentives. …”
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Dynamics and structural features of employment in the United States of America by N. E. Petrovskaya

“…The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that employment is an integral element of life that has a significant impact on both the socio-economic and political situation in the country and in the world. …”
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