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Multiplying Elements of Fragmentation? Polycentrism, the Launcher Crisis and the Future of Europe in Space

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the current controversies surrounding the European Ariane launcher and its implications for the future of European space governance. The Ariane program, historically a symbol of European technopolitical integration, faces mounting challenges due to delays, rising costs and increasing competition from private actors like ...
Nina Klimburg‐Witjes, Joseph Popper
wiley   +1 more source

Power Transition and Pragmatic Adaptation: Iran's Strategic Approach to China, Russia and the GCC

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how Iranian strategic thinkers conceptualise the country's ‘Look East’ policy (i.e., relations with China and Russia) and the GCC states. Using thematic qualitative content analysis of approximately 70 documents from Iranian state official, advisory and academic institutions (2015–2025), it reveals that Iran's eastward ...
Sara Bazoobandi
wiley   +1 more source

Books reviews: Embedded power of regularized intergovernmentalism in Europe [PDF]

open access: yesRevista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2014
Andriy Tyushka
doaj  

The WHO Pandemic Agreement Negotiation: Introducing a New Database (The Pandemic Agreement Database)

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In May 2025, the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a historic pandemic agreement following 3 years of intensive and complex multilateral negotiations. By providing primary data on the negotiation process, the Pandemic Agreement Database supports empirical and scholarly research across multiple dimensions of global ...
Kevin Parthenay, Petra Godoy
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting International Political Leadership: Nordic Leadership in Informal Intergovernmental Climate Organisations

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing significance of informal intergovernmental organisations (IIGOs) in global politics necessitates a re‐evaluation of leadership dynamics. We develop a theory framework that enables us to explain why countries take on leadership roles in IIGOs, with a specific focus on climate politics.
Christin Heinz‐Fischer   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reaching the Summit or a Plateau? The EU–New Zealand Relationship in the Indo‐Pacific

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines New Zealand's perceptions of the European Union's Indo‐Pacific Strategy through interviews with government officials and foreign policy influencers. Despite viewing the EU positively as a like‐minded partner committed to the rule‐based international order, New Zealand respondents demonstrated limited understanding of the ...
Matthew Castle   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecosystem valuation: Concept, criteria and terminology

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Furlaud et al. (2025) discussed how to measure ‘ecosystem condition’. Here, we argue that the term ‘ecosystem valuation’ should be preferred. ‘Valuation’ signals clearly that a social or political value judgement is being made about which ecosystem states to rate most highly. Furlaud et al.
Mark Westoby   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of short‐term flooding on soil microbial communities, soil nitrogen and maize productivity in clay loam soils of Ohio, United States

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.
A short‐term flood, implemented in a field experiment with sprinkler irrigation in maize production systems, increased soil moisture levels and reduced autoclaved citrate extractable protein, an indicator of soil biological health that reflects organically bound soil nitrogen, and also corresponded to greater differential abundance of soil bacterial ...
Katherine Naasko   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

European Studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Manners, Ian
core  

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