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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT On‐orbit rendezvous and docking constitute one of the most technically challenging activities in the history of space activities. As space endeavours mature to crewed missions, space rendezous and docking technologies (RDT) emerge as an area of technological innovation critical to advances in future crewed space exploration.
Nikita Chiu, Markus Kornprobst
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A Note on Measuring the Unofficial Economy in the Former Soviet Republics [PDF]
, 2001 This note argues that the most commonly used estimates of the size of the unofficial economies in the former Soviet republics are flawed. Most important, they are based on calculations that disregard the variation in unofficial economic activity across ...
Alexeev, Michael, Pyle, William
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Evolving Geopolitics and Japan's Economic Security–Trade Nexus: ‘New Capitalism’ as a Balancing Act?
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid intensifying geopolitical tensions, governments increasingly perceive economic interdependence as a strategic vulnerability. Japan, situated geopolitically between two great powers—the United States and China—attempts to navigate geopolitics by prioritising economic security.
Minako Morita‐Jaeger
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Net migration to Russia — Factors, prospects and conclusions for migration policy [PDF]
Econometric models lead to the conclusion that presently the migratory population increase in the Russian Federation is determined mostly by the economic-demographic situation in the post-Soviet countries rather than in Russia itself Gradually Russia ...
Lifshits, Marina
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Towards a fragmented neighbourhood: policies of the EU and Russia and their consequences for the area that lies in between [PDF]
, 2014 In the current volatile climate, the EU needs a strategy towards Russia that goes beyond sanctions. In reviewing the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership, the EU’s incoming leadership should be more sensitive towards the existing ...
Delcour, Laure, Kostanyan, Hrant
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Much of the subsea cable network, which carries the vast majority of global internet traffic, is developed, owned, and operated by private corporations. In an era of growing global tensions, states have come to view these cables as critical to their interests. The article addresses the disconnect between statecraft‐centric explanations and the
Joscha Abels
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Repatriation, doxa, and contested heritages: the return of the Altai princess in an international perspective [PDF]
, 2014 Using Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of habitus and doxa, the authors analyze the contested heritage debates surrounding the sensational Scythian burial discovery of the Altai Princess, also called the Ice Maiden, on the Ukok plateau.
Plets, Gertjan +3 more
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As far as international economic law (IEL) is concerned, the ‘Washington Consensus’ generally refers to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s development finance policies and tools. It covers their application to their clients and borrowers with the support of Western governments. This acceptation is of particular interest
Leïla Choukroune
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An anatomy of worldmaking: Sukarno and anticolonialism from post‐Bandung Indonesia
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract This article analyzes the anticolonial worldmaking of postcolonial Indonesia's first president Sukarno, during Guided Democracy (1959–1965). Using worldmaking as a conceptual interface, the article offers three interconnected interventions.
Say Jye Quah
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Transformation of suburbs of Saint-Petersburg in post-Soviet period [PDF]
, 2014 The collapse of Soviet Union caused the emergency of completely new conditions in city development. Big cities faced many challenges during the transformation and every part of the city space was involved into the process.
Podkorytova, Maria
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