Political Cycles, Electricity Policy, and Mexico's Economy
ABSTRACT Electricity reform in Mexico should stimulate economic growth, improve energy efficiency, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This article evaluates the successes and failures of reform and draws lessons across political cycles by analyzing changes in political dynamics—often tied to policy reversals—and the legal framework during the pro ...
David Bonilla
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Between the Domestic and the Foreign: The KGB and Soviet Muslims in the Late USSR. [PDF]
Klimentov V.
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Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
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Zootherapy in Asia through the Lens of Museums of Traditional Medicine. [PDF]
Jarosz KR.
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Iran's Forward Defense in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Abstract This article examines Iran's security and defense initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa between 1990 and 2024 and how they reflect the extraterritorial application of the regime's forward defense doctrine. In response to the long‐term erosion of its homeland defense capabilities since the Iran‐Iraq War of the 1980s—driven by infrastructure ...
Ariel Limanya Limbu, Ronen A. Cohen
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Development of biobanking infrastructure in Armenia: opportunities and challenges. [PDF]
Mkrtchyan G +6 more
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Abstract The Iranian revolution of 1979 is generally portrayed either as the catalyst of sectarian polarization in the Middle East or, more recently, as the foundation of a pragmatic grand strategy shaped by geopolitical insecurity and learning forged by decades of war. This article challenges this binary opposition between ideology and strategy.
Alabbas F. Alsudani
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The Soviet export of sleep therapy to the Eastern Bloc countries after the Pavlovian session in 1950. [PDF]
Popova K.
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(Re)Defining language pedagogy activity: A sociomaterialist perspective
Abstract Language pedagogy activity (LPA) is central to the functioning of language classrooms worldwide, and this article (re)defines LPA. While prevailing applied linguistics conceptualizations of “activity” are often theoretical and anthropocentric, our definition of LPA is empirically supported and foregrounds material agency.
Anne Marie Guerrettaz +3 more
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Characteristic of Maxillofacial Injuries Resulting from Interpersonal Violence Between 2021 and 2025: Retrospective Study from Poznan, Poland. [PDF]
Okła M +6 more
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