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Border politics: the geopolitical implications of opening the Turkish-Armenian border [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Since the independence of Armenia in 1991, relations with its western neighbor Turkey, has been on the agenda of the country’s successive administrations.
Asbed Kotchikian, Kotchikian, Asbed
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From Connectivity to Complexity: Supply Chain Digitalisation, Governance Capacity, and Climate Vulnerability

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The complexity of the global supply chain system, coupled with advanced digitalisation makes it difficult to estimate its domino effects on climate vulnerability. A clear understanding of the possible climate vulnerability consequences generated all over the world is, however, a fundamental step toward building socio‐economic resilience and ...
Kingsley Imandojemu, Felix Orole
wiley   +1 more source

The hermetic logos : reading the "Corpus Hermeticum" as a reflection of Graeco-Egyptian mentality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study analyses Hermetic literature and focuses on the seventeen treatises of the so-called Corpus Hermeticum. It takes as its starting point the assumption that what are nowadays known as the Philosophical Hermetica emerged as a product of a Graeco ...
Gurgel Pereira, Ronaldo Guilherme
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The emergence and complexification of symbolic practices in the Homo lineage: an archaeological and cognitive perspective Émergence et complexification des pratiques symboliques dans la lignée Homo : une approche archéologique et cognitive

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge

open access: yesAsian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
wiley   +1 more source

The Armenian road to democracy - Dimensions of a tortuous process. CEPS Working Document No. 267, May 2007 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Focusing on the internal and geo-political dimensions of Armenia’s road to democracy, this paper considers the decision-making structure, the role of leadership, the development of political parties and various changes in Armenian civil society.
Freire, Maria Raquel, Simão, Licínia.
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Are natural resources a curse on the distributional consequences of financial development?

open access: yesContemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines how natural resource dependence shapes the distributional effects of financial development in developing economies. Using a balanced panel of 90 countries from 1995 to 2022 and dynamic panel and nonlinear threshold methods, we show that financial development reduces wealth inequality when resource dependence is low, but ...
Dong‐Hyeon Kim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Legal Status of Conjoined Twins in Islamic Law: A Socio‐Legal Analysis

open access: yesSociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conjoined twins are a rare congenital anomaly. Conjoined twins can occur in various morphological types. Conjoined twins are perceived not only as a physical difference but also as a subject of interest and curiosity in many areas of society.
Merve Yiğitoğlu
wiley   +1 more source

Does Islamic Religiosity Constrain Liberal Democratic Attitudes?

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between Islam and democracy remains contested. Although some scholars argue that the two are inherently incompatible, others maintain that they can coexist harmoniously. Although the existing literature includes a growing number of empirical studies testing these competing claims, many are constrained by limitations in data ...
Zeki Sarigil
wiley   +1 more source

Education and the Shadow Economy: A Panel Cointegration Analysis

open access: yesKyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of education on the shadow economy across 132 countries over the period 1991–2020. To this end, panel cointegration and panel error‐correction models are employed. The results of the panel cointegration tests indicate a stable long‐term relationship among the selected variables.
Salvatore Ciucci
wiley   +1 more source

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