Soviet and British diplomacy at international conferences on the eve of the formation of the USSR by E. Yu. Sergeev

“…As for the outcomes of the diplomatic rivalry between Moscow and London, the author concludes that these conferences provided the parties with an invaluable opportunity to discuss the key issues of bilateral relations and European big politics and can rightfully be considered an important step in the development of the post-war international relations from confrontation to constructive interaction.…”
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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 notes that the idea of ‘Greater Britain’, aiming to create a sort of federation that would bring together the metropole and the dominions, emerged as a response to growing centrifugal tendencies within the British Empire and intensification of colonial rivalry between the great powers. The second section outlines the conceptual core of the ‘Global Britain’, which involves expanding the scope of the UK foreign policy opportunities after leaving the European Union by establishing a more active interaction with countries and regions that were once part of the empire. …”
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CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY by E. S. Zinovieva

“…Naturally, this process is accompanied by political rivalry, generating resistance from agents of alternative social structures.As a case study to evaluate the analytical potential of this approach, the article deals with the issues of Internet governance and international information security. …”
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‘What a perennial delight is in hearing the French language spoken!’: Class, Language and Taste in the Maison de Molière’s French Performances in London (1871–1893) by Ignacio Ramos Gay

“…Theatre being a fundamental pillar of national identity (while also an indispensable conduit for questioning political order and structures), the traditional rivalry between French and British culture could not have found a better setting in which to compete for aesthetic and rhetorical excellence than the London stage.…”
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The Origin of the Large-Scale Industry in Klaipėda's Region in the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century by Julius Žukas

“…However, those opportunities were constricted because of the rivalry with Königsberg, which was the center of East Prussia, and the protectionist politics of the Russian Empire. …”
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Addictive behaviour of students: Early detection experience and socio-psychological characteristics by A. V. Smirnov, L. A. Maksimova, I. A. Simonova

“…Based on the analysis of scientific sources, the authors described the epidemiological picture of various forms of addictive behaviour of minors, the differences between male and female samples (young men demonstrate a greater desire for leadership, protest reactions, rivalry, and girls are more anxious, frustrated, focused on internal experiences), the interrelationships between the scales of the methodology and the poles of the selected factor structure from the point of view of asociality and prosociality of juvenile behaviour (desire for risk, social maladjustment, avoidance of conflict and others).Scientific novelty. …”
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Grafiti: exposición de la religiosidad de las pandillas de San Luis Potosí by Jaime Bernal Boyzo

“…These graffiti reveal important aspects about both gangs, such as their foreign influence, the rivalry between them, and, most importantly, their close relationship with religious images, like the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe and that of St. …”
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Turkish-Iranian Relations in the Middle East: in Search of the Regional Balance by I. A. Svistunova

“…The events of recent years have demonstrated that at the times when the Turkey and Iran sense common threats, they put their contradictions on the back burner. Pragmatism and rivalry in Turkish-Iranian relations are not alternatives but exist in parallel as a way of maintaining a regional balance of power between the two countries. …”
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FEAR OF SOCIAL ALIENATION OF LOVE AS GENDER CHARACTERISTICS by V. V. Melnyk, L. І. Моzhovyi, I. A. Reshetova

“…The considered phenomenon of the fear of alienation of love is interpreted as the result of the ontological and gender alienation of a person who has lost a sense of security (due to the collapse of the value universe) and plunged into a continuous interindividual rivalry.…”
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Potential 2050 distributions of World Terrestrial Ecosystems from projections of changes in World Climate Regions and Global Land Cover by Roger Sayre, Charlie Frye, Sean Breyer, Patrick R. Roehrdanz, Paul R. Elsen, Kevin Butler, Clint Brown, Jill Cress, Deniz Karagulle, Madeline Martin, Florencia Sangermano, Regan L. Smyth, Terry L. Sohl, Nicholas H. Wolff, Dawn J. Wright, Zhouting Wu

“…For the three SSP scenarios (sustainable development, regional rivalry, and fossil-fueled development), geographic changes in climate setting (temperature, aridity, or both) and/or changes in vegetation/land cover are projected for 29 %, 36 %, and 39 % of Earth’s terrestrial surface, respectively. …”
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De la police coloniale française à la police nationale marocaine : décolonisation et héritages policiers (1953-1960) by Benjamin Badier

“…However, it consistently suffered from understaffing, struggled to fulfill its assigned tasks, and faced rivalry with the French army, a central actor in colonial policing. …”
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Las rivalidades futbolísticas y la construcción de la nación. Una comparación entre México y Ecuador by Roger Magazine, Jacques Ramírez, Samuel Martínez

“…We propose that attention to soccer rivalries reveals how a segment of the population sees, criticizes or restates the position of a city or region in relation to others and in relation to the nation. …”
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Géorgie-Ossétie-Russie. Une guerre à toutes les échelles by Julien Thorez

“…This article adopts a multi-scale approach to explain the war, analyzing its various dimensions, starting with the Abkhazian and Ossetian separatisms and the Georgian policy, aimed at “unifying” and modernizing the country, but dealing as well with the complex relationship between Russia and Georgia and finally with the wider international geopolitical rivalries playing out in the Caucasus.…”
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Le Maghreb et l’Europe face à la crise du Sahel : Coopération ou rivalités ? by Aomar Baghzouz

“…While seeking to identify strategies used by different international actors involved in the Sahel, whether states or relevant regional organizations (, EU, UMA…), the article focuses on the cooperative actions and rivalries which led to the regional crisis. In view of the geopolitical reconfigurations affecting the entire region, the article concludes with the need to revive existing cooperation frameworks, and at the same time, to work for a more effective Maghreb-Europe-Sahel cooperation in confronting emerging transnational challenges.…”
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The power of youth by Giordano Marmone

“…In the very particular context of musical training and the rivalries it provokes for the position of soloist, leadership skills stand out in certain cases. …”
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Louisa Paulin et Max Rouquette : reconnaissance littéraire, dissensions graphiques et rendez-vous manqués by Philippe Gardy

“…Intellectual confrontations, organizational rivalries and quests for legitimacy thus took precedence over literary issues proper, in the moment, but also over a longer period of time, until today.…”
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These men in love with mining companies and pickup trucks: Moralities and knowledge practices of the deserts and movements of the economy by André Dumans Guedes

“…Finally, I show how this ‘economy of the city’ is outlined by an interweaving of certain branches and productive activities with practices, stories, circulations, rivalries that are markedly masculine, and which are updated in those places and paths where pickup trucks are present.…”
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EMMANUEL DE MARTONNE ET LA NAISSANCE DE LA GRANDE ROUMANIE by GAVIN BOWD

“…Here we see how geography can be used in political projects, rivalries over territories and debates on identity.…”
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Geopolitical Television Drama Within and Beyond the Nordic Region by Chow Pei-Sze, Waade Anne Marit, Saunders Robert A.

“…Nordic Noir has become especially attuned to contemporary geopolitical issues specific to its setting (climate change, East-West rivalries, etc.), through which viewers engage with region-specific geopolitical codes and visions. …”
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