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Standards as Authority: Self‐Legitimation in the European Union's Global Forest Governance

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how the EU's introduction of binding sustainability standards through the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) constitutes an authoritative claim and how this claim is legitimized. Using qualitative content analysis, the paper examines three interconnected self‐legitimation strategies: (1) framing standards as optimal ...
Julia Drubel
wiley   +1 more source

The Scholar Imprisoned: Young‐Bok Shin's Decolonial Thought Against (Sub) Imperialisms in East Asia

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a ...
Veda Hyunjin Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Can Europe Sustain a New Rules‐Based Geopolitical Order?

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 1624-1634, July 2026.
Abstract The European Union (EU) faces a unique opportunity to lead a new rules‐based international order in an era of American retreat and heightened global uncertainty. Yet its path to leadership is rife with obstacles. In this article, we draw on international relations literatures on international political economy and comparative politics ...
Kathleen R. McNamara, Federico Steinberg
wiley   +1 more source

English linguistic neo-imperialism in the era of globalization: A conceptual viewpoint. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2023
Zeng J, Ponce AR, Li Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Democratisation By Default? Change and Continuity of Poland's Contemporary Democracy Promotion in Its Eastern Neighbourhood

Contemporary European Politics, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Following a breakdown in the post‐1989 liberal consensus that governed Polish democracy promotion in its eastern neighbours under Law and Justice's term from 2015, we can expect policy changes to Polish democracy promotion. Paying tribute to historical explanations of Poland's democracy promotion, this article links the historical legacies of ...
Wicke van den Broek
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing the Polycrisis With the Same Logic That Created It? A Critical Analysis of Sustainability Discourses in the EU Strategic Agendas Between 2014 and 2024

Contemporary European Politics, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the EU frames problems and solutions regarding the current interconnected crises of climate change, inequality and other social, economic and environmental problems. The EU's main strategic priorities are summarised in the EU Strategic Agenda, but the latest agenda was published in 2024 and has not yet been ...
Viktor Lovén
wiley   +1 more source

Global Health Governance Cannot Keep Relying on the Development‐Goals Model to Effectively Address Health Inequalities Around the World

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 3340-3355, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are nearing their end in 2030, and it is highly unlikely that many of the SDGs would be met by the target date. This calls for the urgent need for an upgraded approach or a new strategy from the “development‐goals” model.
Funom Theophilus Makama
wiley   +1 more source

Reverse Student Mobility to the Global South and the Decolonisation of International Education: Australian Students' Learning and Regional Engagement in the Indo‐Pacific

European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT International education practices and trends, particularly student mobility, remain largely shaped by Global North perspectives. Although scholars have repeatedly called for the dismantling of Western dominance and supremacy in international education, there is still limited understanding of how this can be achieved and what the decolonising ...
Ly Thi Tran, Trang Thuy Le
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Cancer and Capitalism: Towards a Critical Sociological Agenda

Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 249-262, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article considers the relationship between cancer and capitalism from the perspective of political economy. It argues that this perspective is crucial for producing a critical agenda in the sociological study of cancer, which has otherwise and traditionally neglected the question of capital as social totality.
Faisal Al‐Asaad
wiley   +1 more source

Between Ideology and Strategy: The Iranian Revolution and the Reconfiguration of Middle Eastern Security

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 41-56, Summer 2026.
Abstract The Iranian revolution of 1979 is generally portrayed either as the catalyst of sectarian polarization in the Middle East or, more recently, as the foundation of a pragmatic grand strategy shaped by geopolitical insecurity and learning forged by decades of war. This article challenges this binary opposition between ideology and strategy.
Alabbas F. Alsudani
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