East Asian expatriate football players and national team success: Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean players in Europe (2000–2024) by Le Luo, Yangke Tang, Xiaohan Li, Ge Sun, Enkai Guo, Hanbing Xu

“…Abstract This study investigated the influence of Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean football players’ participation in European leagues on their national teams’ FIFA rankings from 2000 to 2024. …”
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Role of the Arab League in Structuring the Arab Regional Space by E. S. Melkumyan

“…The Arab-Israeli conflict, due to the targeted efforts of the Arab League, consolidated the Arab geopolitical community and contributed to the formation of a national Arab identity. …”
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Pan-Slavic ideas in the theory and practice of Russian emigration (1920s–1930s) by A.Y. Suslov

“…Chernov, a leader of the Russian socialist revolutionaries in emigration, in the creation of the Socialist League of the New East was investigated. The program provisions of the Socialist League of the New East provided for the division of the Soviet Union into seven independent national States. …”
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The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…As a matter of fact, modern-day Lithuanian general public's interest in sports is rather occasional, maybe even an accidental phenomenon that possesses no endurance in daily life. The "sport-loving nation" stereotype was shaped by mass media because even sports contest visiting rates, generally mouthy and inflated in official protocols, prove the slight popularity of sport in Lithuania in comparison with other East-Central European countries. …”
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Dissemination of the Russian emigrant literature and the literature of the Book Program in East Europe in 1950-1990 by Alvydas Kazakevičius

“…There were several Russian émigré political organizations: Russian Socialists, National People's Alliance of Russian Solidarists (NTS), Combatant Union for Russian People's Liberation (SBONR), Combatant Union for Russian Liberty (SBSR), Combatant League for People's Liberty (LBNS), and Central Unification of Political Emigrants from USSR (COPE). …”
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The Monroe Doctrine: Republicans’ Perspective in the Formation Years of the Versailles-Washington System by S. O. Buranok

“…Wilson’s concept of international relations in general and his position on the League of Nations in particular. At the next stage (1921−1923), the debate focused around the need to revise the Monroe Doctrine itself, that aroused due to new trends in the development of international relations in the Far East and, in particular, because of the increasing competition between the United States and Japan. …”
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Israel in Foreign Policy of the United Arab Emirates: from Confrontation to Normalization by E. S. Melkumyan

“…The adjustment of Emirates’ foreign policy began after the aggravation in the Middle East, when countries such as Syria, Yemen and Libya were engulfed in conflicts. …”
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Imperial Questions and Social Identities by Lauren Banko

“…During the interwar period in the Middle East, and specifically in Palestine, the British and French introduced legal statuses and new notions of belonging in the form of nationality, citizenship and passport regulations. …”
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Exploring the clinical profiles and management of juvenile dermatomyositis in Africa: a survey of African rheumatology care providers by Jessica Perfetto, Laura B. Lewandowski, Dawn M. Wahezi, Vanessa Ogega, Joan Ahimbisibwe, Kate Webb, Christiaan Scott, Angela Migowa

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