Projects of the Franco-Swedish Alliance against the Russian State in 1572–1575 by S. M. Ryabov

“…This article explores key aspects of the French royal court's policies in Northern Europe and the dynamics of Russian-French relations during the early 1570s. …”
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Neutrality or Involvement? World War II and Evolution of Foreign Policy Concepts of the Nordic Countries by E. V. Korunova

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“Northern Balance” and the Conditions of Norway’s Participation in NATO During the Cold War Era by D. A. Talagaeva

“…The article is dedicated to the problem of defining the term “Northern balance” as a factor of stability and interaction in the north of Europe, as well as the balance of Soviet and US interests in this region. …”
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« Chez nous, on ne tue pas le chien sans raison » by Christian Seignobos

“…For the societies of the northern Mandara Mountains (North Cameroon), the dog has kept a part of humanity up to sharing with the family the sacrifices to the ancestors’ manes and standing like a kind of guardian of the family morality.…”
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Military and political security in the Arctic before and amidst the Ukrainian crisis by I. A. Arzhanov

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Reflecting on the impact of the COVID pandemic on patient management and its subsequent influence on long-term outcomes: a case–control study in the field of esophago-gastric cance... by Mohamed Alasmar, Nadia Matias, Norah Ali M. Alhamed, Omneya Alwani, Brogan Rudge, Terngu David Moti, Muhammad Ossama Yassin Abdelwahab, Jennifer Stockton, Charef Raslan, Jess Cairney-Hill, Mohammad Altarawni, Bilal Alkhaffaf, on behalf Greater Manchester Oesophago-Gastric Service

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Uncoded chronic kidney disease prevalence in secondary care: a retrospective audit with population health implications by Samantha Dolan, Ajitesh Anand, Philip A. Kalra, Stuart Stewart

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Atlantic mackerel population structure does not support genetically distinct spawning components [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Imanol Aguirre-Sarabia, Alice Manuzzi, Dorte Bekkevold, Natalia Díaz-Arce, Jessica Gomez-Garrido, Teunis Jansen, Marta Gut, Tyler S. Alioto, Sonia Sanchez-Maroño, Martin Castonguay, Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, Paula Álvarez

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The genomes of the most diverse AA genome rice species provide a resource for rice improvement and studies of rice evolution and domestication by Muhammad Abdullah, Agnelo Furtado, Ardashir Kharabian Masouleh, Pauline Okemo, Robert Henry

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The Evenki Memorial Tree and Trail: Negotiating with a Memorial Regime in the North Baikal, Siberia by Veronika V. Simonova

“…Based upon the ethnography gathered among Evenkis living in Kholodnoye village in the northern coastal area of Lake Baikal in Siberia this article discusses relationships between local memorial practices and official memorial regimes. …”
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NATO in the Arctic: incentives and impediments by Dmitry A. Danilov

“…It is shown that the factors that hampered the framing by the alliance of a collective Arctic strategy retain their significant impact. …”
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Patients with neurological or psychiatric complications of COVID-19 have worse long-term functional outcomes: COVID-CNS—A multicentre case–control study by Rajish S. K. Shil, Adam Seed, Nkongho Egbe Franklyn, Brendan F. Sargent, Greta K. Wood, Yun Huang, Katherine C. Dodd, James B. Lilleker, Thomas A. Pollak, Sylviane Defres, Thomas M. Jenkins, Nicholas W. S. Davies, David A. Cousins, Michael S. Zandi, Thomas A. Jackson, Laura A. Benjamin, Ava Easton, Tom Solomon, John R. Bradley, Patrick F. Chinnery, Craig J. Smith, Timothy R. Nicholson, Alan Carson, Rhys H. Thomas, Mark Alexander Ellul, Nicholas W. Wood, Gerome Breen, Benedict Daniel Michael, the COVID-CNS Study Group

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La Défense / Zone B (1953-91): Light and Shadows of the French Welfare State by Pierre Chabard

“…Planned as early as 1958 by the Etablissement Public d’Aménagement de La Défense (EPAD, the first such agency in France), the business district of La Défense is a typical urban result of the French version of the welfare state: centralism, modernism, alliance between public and private elites. But with its vertical skyline, this district – called Zone A – constitutes only a small part of the operational sector of the EPAD; the other part, Zone B, coincides with the northern part of the city of Nanterre. …”
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Immune links in comorbid depression and psoriasis: A narrative mini-review and perspective by Georgia Lada

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The die is cast: Sweden and Finland’s long road to NATO by E. V. Korunova

“…The third section outlines the determinants of the foreign policy transformation of the Northern European neutrals in the aftermath of the Cold War. …”
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The model of international relations in the Baltic Sea region: political shifts and current challenges by Zhukovsky I. I.

“…The demise of the USSR and the revision of the Yalta-Potsdam system of international relations led to tectonic changes in the Baltic Sea region: it became apparent that the northern flank, once the most likely battleground between the North Atlantic Alliance and the Warsaw Pact, had a historical opportunity to transform into a region of intensive political, economic, educational and cultural interaction. …”
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The ethnoregional component of the party-political landscape of Europe by Vladimir Y. Shveytzer

“…Separatist tendencies are especially felt in Catalonia and Northern Ireland. The conflicting nature of the relations between the ethno-regional elite and the European establishment is emphasized. …”
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RUSSIA AND THE WEST: A ROADMAP TO COOPERATION THROUGH FOREIGN POLICY LINKAGE OF MIDDLE EAST AND EASTERN EUROPE by L. D. Owen

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The report of Chief of the General Staff of USSR marshal Alexander Jegorov about his visit in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on 15th-26th of February, 1937 by Zenonas Butkus, Magnus llmjarv

“…Jegorov's assessment of the Lithuanian armed forces was more critical and less favourable than that of its both Northern neighbours. The published source supplements and adjusts the existing data related to the relations between the Baltic States and the USSR. …”
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THE PROSPECTS OF THE RUSSIAN-CHINESE HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION IN FRAMEWORK OF “ONE BELT, ONE ROAD” INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTATION by D. A. Smaliakou

“…Materials of the research can be useful as a guide to reconsider the objectives of the Russian-Chinese alliance in the humanitarian sphere and generate new ideas on development and ways of implementation of the international educational programs.…”
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