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From Competition to Compartmentalization: Rethinking Türkiye‐Gulf Relations
Middle East Policy, EarlyView.Abstract For nearly a decade following the Arab uprisings, relations between Ankara and key Gulf capitals were marked by intense rivalry and proxy contestation across several regional arenas, notably in Egypt and Syria. Why did relations shift toward pragmatic cooperation after such prolonged polarization?
Betul Dogan‐Akkas
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British Jurisdiction and Legal Protection of Non-Europeans in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, 1841–1888
Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies, 2020 This article addresses the problem of jurisdiction and protection over certain categories of the local population by the British Consulate in the independent Sultanate of Zanzibar.
Marek Pawelczak
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Researchers have examined how the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) cultivated relations with Chinese diaspora communities to secure recognition of their government as the true homeland of the Chinese people. However, less attention has been paid to how accidental and contingent encounters between communities ...
Jess Marinaccio
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Missionary tasks of the first Russian consulate in Japan (1858–1865) [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной ЦерквиThe article is devoted to the missionary activities of the first Russian consulate in Japan (1858-1865). The thesis stated is the importance of the missionary factor at the initial stage of Russian-Japanese relations.
Andrey Stepanov
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The Formosan Black Bear and Taiwanese Nationalism
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that situates nations and nationalism within colonial relations, this article examines nationalism in settler‐colonial Taiwan amid China's colonial claim to sovereignty. Drawing on interviews, conservation documents and popular representations, we show how the Formosan black bear became a national symbol of resistance ...
Yung‐Ying Chang, John Chung‐En Liu
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'Welcome to Hong Kong' packet [PDF]
, 1986 'Welcome to Hong Kong' packet given to Atiyeh by the American Consulate General in Hong Kong for his trade mission to China.
United States. Consulate General (Hong Kong, China)
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Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how governments measure administrative burdens in citizen–state interactions. Although scholarly interest in the burden framework has grown, little is known about how states themselves track and reduce these costs. A scoping review of 38 academic and gray sources, complemented by interviews with 11 experts, identifies six ...
Pierre‐Marc Daigneault +3 more
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Barcelona, a Society and its Law: 11th-13th Centuries
Catalan Historical Review, 2008 The legal system in Barcelona in the Lower Middle Ages — which we regard as a synthesis of rights (usages, customs, privileges, laws, and so on) and organization (municipality, universitat de prohoms, consulates, etc.)− had already attained maturity in ...
Tomàs de Montagut
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Political Naturalisation: Conscripting Transit Citizens in the United Arab Emirates
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since its formation, the United Arab Emirates has sought to construct a cohesive sense of national identity among its citizens, centred on a system of material and legal privileges granted exclusively to Emirati nationals. A pillar of its nation‐building project was the strict exclusion of foreigners from citizenship and the upholding of a ...
Mira Al Hussein
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