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Islamic Medievalism and Mobility in Mathias Énard's Street of Thieves
Literature Compass, Volume 21, Issue 10-12, October-December 2024.ABSTRACT Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring uprisings, Jihadist extremism, and the neoliberal exploitation of the Global South, Mathias Énard's 2012 novel Street of Thieves (Rue des voleurs) follows the fortunes of Lakhdar, a young man from Tangier who finds himself living as an undocumented migrant in Barcelona's notorious Carrer d’En Robador,
Louise D'Arcens
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The Rise of Fiscal Capacity: Administration and State Consolidation in the Holy Roman Empire
Econometrica, Volume 92, Issue 5, Page 1439-1472, September 2024.This paper studies the role of fiscal capacity in European state consolidation. Our analysis is organized around novel data on the territories and cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the early modern period. Territories implementing an early fiscal reform were more likely to survive, increased in size, and achieved a more compact extent.
Davide Cantoni +2 more
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The political geography of an exclave: Walvis Bay
, 1987 In contrast to the insignificance of most European exclaves, the present South African exclave of Walvis Bay has an area of 1124 km2, supports a population of 16 652 people (1985 census) and is economically and strategically important for both the power ...
Barnard W.S.
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Kaliningrad oblast in the military system of the Russian Federation
Security and Defence Quarterly, 2019 From the geopolitical point of view, the Kaliningrad Oblast, due to its exclave location, has become an area of strategic importance. Its strategic nature has been steadily increasing with the successive enlargements of the European Union and NATO.
Marek Żyła
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Unlikely Alliances: How the Wars in Karabakh And Gaza Shape Northwest Asian Security
Middle East Policy, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 83-94, Summer 2024.Abstract This study analyzes how ongoing conflicts in the Levant and the post‐Soviet South Caucasus have upset the balance of relationships among Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Israel, Turkey, and Russia—and how this could escalate into a major, cross‐regional war.
Emil A. Souleimanov
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, 2008 Denis Davidov and Tatyana Chekalina discuss the trans-boundary cooperation as the factor and an effective tool for overcoming negative aspects of the exclave location of the Kaliningrad region.
Davidov, Denis, Chekalina, Tatiana
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Solution Process of Enclave/Exclave Areas in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
, 2020 Devletin ülkesi, genellikle kara sınırı, nehir veya deniz kıyısı ile sınırlandığı halde birçok ülkenin diğer ülke sınırları dahilinde toprakları bulunmaktadır. Tarihi veya etnik kökenleri bulunabilen bu tür bölgeler, eski Sovyet cumhuriyetlerinde oldukça
YALÇINKAYA, ALAEDDİN
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The Kaliningrad Region in Exposé of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Poland in 2005-2016
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2017 Geographical and geopolitical proximity of the exclave Kaliningrad region and the Republic of Poland can be an essential basis for the formation of “Kaliningrad vector” of Warsaw’s foreign policy (which might be a course separate from the general Poland ...
Yana A. Vorozheina
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Transformation of Exclave Territoriality under Political Globalization [PDF]
Полис. Политические исследования, 2005 Статья посвящена анализу эксклавности как одной из разновидностей территориальности – пространственного проявления политической организации. Рассмотрев существующие типологии анклавов/эксклавов и предложив собственную классификацию анклавных территорий, автор подробно исследует комплекс проблем, порождаемых «прерывистой» эксклавной территориальностью ...
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Plant, Cell &Environment, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 460-481, February 2024.Abstract Hydathodes are usually associated with water exudation in plants. However, foliar water uptake (FWU) through the hydathodes has long been suspected in the leaf‐succulent genus Crassula (Crassulaceae), a highly diverse group in southern Africa, and, to our knowledge, no empirical observations exist in the literature that unequivocally link FWU ...
Marc Fradera‐Soler +5 more
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