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Abstract This article interrogates the EU's ‘geopolitical turn’ by examining its external engagement in Armenia after the 2020 Nagorno‐Karabakh war and in the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Drawing on feminist approaches to geopolitics and post‐socialist coloniality, it asks whose security is served by a ‘geopolitical’ EU in Armenia and how ...
Laura Luciani
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Hope and Distress: A Cross‐Country Study Amid the Russian‐Ukrainian War
ABSTRACT Conflict deeply affects human experiences, frequently testing individual resilience to its breaking point and leaving enduring psychological and societal wounds. The current conflict in Ukraine, initiated by Russia's invasion in 2022, illustrates this phenomenon by altering regional relationships and triggering a major humanitarian crisis ...
Simon Esbit +19 more
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This study examines the effects of a collapsing Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in comparison to a common climate‐change scenario. It shows that an AMOC collapse would result in contrasting tree‐species portfolios across Europe in comparison to an active AMOC scenario and suggests catastrophic effects on forest ecosystems in ...
Sina Heubel, Anja Rammig, Allan Buras
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Abstract Surface deformation plays an important role in permafrost studies as it is closely associated with the hydrological‐thermal dynamics of the active layer and permafrost, affecting the stability of infrastructure. In this study, we have identified a significant underestimation of surface deformation over permafrost using Sentinel‐1 InSAR, which ...
Chengyan Fan +3 more
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We assessed changes in the population size, density, and diet composition of wolves inhabiting the Romincka Forest (RF), an area of 480 km2 situated along the state border between Poland, Russian Federation (Kaliningrad), and Lithuania. We compared the results of our research in 2020–2021 with data from other projects conducted since 1999.
Sabina Nowak +5 more
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Islamic Medievalism and Mobility in Mathias Énard's Street of Thieves
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
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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EU-Morocco Negotiations on a Readmission Agreement: Obstacles to a Successful Conclusion. College of Europe EU diplomacy 07/2019 [PDF]
The European Union (EU) has increasingly sought to tackle irregular migration through cooperation with third countries. One of the key instruments in this regard have been EU readmission agreements (EURAs), which commit non-EU countries to take back ...
Kaiser, Kevin
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Unlikely Alliances: How the Wars in Karabakh And Gaza Shape Northwest Asian Security
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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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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