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Reflections on Russia and Central Asia: paths that cross and move apart [PDF]

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2002
In the 1990’s, Moscow’s relations with the former Soviet republics of Central Asia developed, in part, in the context of the Community of Independent States (CIS).
Augusto Soto
doaj  

Soviet, Global and Local: Inclusion Policies in School Education in Azerbaijan And Russia [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial
In this article, a specific picture of the formation of inclusive education in the countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is revealed, using the case of Azerbaijan and Russia.
Sergey KOSARETSKY, Ulviyya MIKAYILOVA, Ivan IVANOV   +2 more
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

Investment attractiveness of Ukraine

Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2017
The article is an analysis of investment attractiveness of Ukraine compared with countries – former Soviet republics – and study ways to improve it. Determining the investment climate based on an integrated approach to the interpretation of the essence ...
Galina Gritsaenko, Mykola Gritsaenko
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Supremacy Rule of Law in the Service of a Depoliticised Democracy—Pondering the Nature of the EU's ‘Social Contract’

European Law Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Seeing the EU roughly as a political system designed to remove the most essential political decisions from democratic control, while in a large part abiding by legal frameworks, we could speak about an opposition between technocratic legalism and democracy.
Dimitry V. Kochenov, Jacquelyn D. Veraldi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolving Attitudes to Ukrainian and Russian Minorities in Czechia During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Democrats Stay the Course. [PDF]

Int J Psychol
ABSTRACT This panel study examines changes in attitudes towards Ukrainian and Russian minorities in the Czech Republic and their links to disinformation beliefs and democratic commitment. The data were obtained from 490 respondents in a Czech quota sample (age 18–69; M = 46.09, SD = 13.40; 45.7% women).
Klicperova-Baker M, Kveton P, Jelinek M, Chlad V.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Shuttle Trading: Case Study From The Former Soviet Republic

Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS), 2012
This case explores the experience of Mirlan Suyorov, one of thousands of entrepreneurs who started shuttle trading in Kyrgyzstan after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The goal is to show the effects of globalization in the lives of people in former Soviet republics since the 1990s.
A. Abdukadyrov, S. Daly
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Japanese Women's Attitudes Toward Learning Languages Other Than English in the Era of Global English

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study on female Japanese learners of the Korean language is situated in the centuries‐long anti‐Korean sentiments in Japan, the global popularity of the Korean Wave, particularly among women, and the essentialized image of socially marginalized young Japanese women who study English with romantic desires for Western men.
Yoko Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

Norm Contestation in EU Foreign Policy: The Case of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The EU considers gender equality fundamental to its identity, with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) playing a crucial role. This article delves into the contested aspects of EU foreign policy concerning SRHR from 1997 to 2021. Through document analysis and 18 semi‐structured interviews, it discerns three phases of contestation.
Diego Badell
wiley   +1 more source

Geopolitics on a Shoestring? Unpacking the EU'S Geopolitical External Assistance to Central Asia

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines how the European Union's (EU) increasingly emphasised geopolitical ambitions are reflected in the practice of its external assistance policy. An analysis of EU documents around various policy initiatives and funding instruments reveals that in the Commission's understanding, geopolitical external assistance increases EU ...
Balázs Szent‐Iványi, Dóra Piroska
wiley   +1 more source