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Alliances and treaties: co-operation in war and peace [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article explores how the use of alliances and treaties changed along with the developments in the European international order in the modern era. Fundamentally, European international relations remained based on an "anarchic" system of competing ...
Rapport, Michael
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Fueling Tomorrow: Scenario Planning for the Future of Gas Stations

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transport electrification is reshaping the service infrastructures that mediate everyday mobility, yet most electrification scenario studies remain macrolevel and offer limited insight into how incumbent forecourt (gas‐station) networks can adapt under deep uncertainty.
Joao Gabriel Rosa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vortex of a Regional Security Complex: The EuroMed Partnership and its Security Relevance. EUMA Papers, Vol. 5, No. 11 May 2008 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
[From the introduction]. Studying the Mediterranean as a geo-political region, Pace (2003, 161) states that “the study of regions must in some way include the study of meaning and identity”.
Boening, Astrid B.
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Consumer Mobile Phone Recycling Behaviour: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mobile phone recycling has received increasing attention from scholars and practitioners due to its environmental, social, and economic impacts. However, knowledge about consumer mobile phone (MP) recycling behaviour is fragmented, making it challenging to develop effective strategies to promote this behaviour. This study follows the Preferred
Xinru (Angie) Jiang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Bishkek Protocol: a View from a Quarter of a Century Distance

open access: yesЕвразийская интеграция: экономика, право, политика, 2019
Colleagues and parliamentarians need to think about the concentration of efforts in solving problems and conflicts that exist in the areas of interest and responsibility of integration associations. This is one of the conclusions of this article, in which,
Peter P. Ryabukhin
doaj  

CO2‐Driven Synthesis of Holey Edge‐Carboxylated Graphene for Tunable Electronic Interactions in Cu–CeO2‐Catalyzed Water‐Gas Shift Reaction

open access: yesCarbon Energy, EarlyView.
Holey‐structured, edge‐carboxylated graphene with a controlled specific surface area was synthesized using an environmentally friendly, CO2‐activated, KOH‐free ball‐milling process. ABSTRACT Graphene, notable for its high specific surface area, is ideal for catalyst support but faces challenges under harsh thermal catalytic conditions.
Seon‐Yong Ahn   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clash of political interests of Russia and the USA in Central Asian republics

open access: yesСравнительная политика, 2017
Amid further political and economic sanctions imposed by the USA and the EU on the Russian Federation, Russia is experiencing a gradual pivot towards the East; among other states Russia is intensifying its ties with Central Asia and China.
D. V. Kochegarova, A. V. Novikov
doaj   +1 more source

Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

UN reform and NATO transformation: the missing link. Egmont Paper, no. 10, November 2005 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
From NATO’s perspective, Kofi Annan’s report In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All at first sight seemed hardly relevant.(1) In dealing with regional organizations, it nowhere explicitly mentioned the North Atlantic ...
Leurdijk, Dick A.
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Managing with CARE: Family‐Level Outcomes of Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices in Family Firms

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ESG practices offer various benefits for family firms; however, there has been limited focus on how these practices can specifically advantage the owning family. To address this gap, we conduct a multiple‐case study of six Italian family firms.
Rafaela Gjergji   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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