Navigating the Indo‐Pacific: The EU's 2025 Council Conclusions Amidst Geopolitical Uncertainty
ABSTRACT More than four years after the EU released its Indo‐Pacific Strategy (in April 2021), the Council of the EU provided fresh ‘Conclusions’ (in October 2025) stating that the EU should ‘further intensify its strategic focus, presence, visibility and actions in the Indo‐Pacific’.
Nicholas Ross Smith +3 more
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Comparative analysis of the lethality pattern of Covid-19 and the response of BRICS countries to the pandemic in the context of multilateralism: An ecological study. [PDF]
Martins TCF +4 more
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ABSTRACT This article examines the EU's evolving narratives concerning the governance of digital technologies, focusing on the intersection of geopolitical challenges and internal policymaking through the lens of the strategic narratives approach. This compares two key EU narratives relating to digital policy: on the one hand, the narrative on ‘digital
Flavia Lucenti +4 more
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Configuration path analysis of Chinese government sports expenditure promoting national participation in physical activity. [PDF]
Zhu W, Du Z.
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Climate Delegates' Views on the Dynamic Incentive Mechanism Under the Paris Agreement
ABSTRACT The Paris Agreement establishes a bottom‐up global action plan with the aim of limiting global warming to well below 2°C above preindustrial levels, where countries should pledge Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the highest possible ambition. The design of the agreement gives national authorities the freedom to decide on their own
Donia Mahabadi, Artem Korzhenevych
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The economic costs of alcohol consumption in Lithuania, 2015-20. [PDF]
Liutkutė-Gumarov V +14 more
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ABSTRACT What factors shape African agency in global multilateral reform processes? Rather than a supposed pawn of geopolitical competition, Africa's proactive diplomacy for multilateral reforms is garnering increasing interest. Yet we know surprisingly little about variation in the pursuit of African agency by the African Union (AU) and African Groups
Ueli Staeger
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Public health in Sudan: priorities, challenges, and pathways to resilience in crisis. [PDF]
Alsoukhni MA +9 more
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ABSTRACT This article examines the evolution of the European Troika's narratives on Iran's nuclear program, from the aftermath of the JCPOA to the 2026 “Ramadan War.” Drawing on an analysis of 55 official statements by E3 leaders and diplomats, the study traces how the E3 shifted between a posture of normative hedging and one of bandwagoning.
Mohammad Eslami
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Influence of education status, age, and gender on HIV prevention awareness and preferences among youth in a rural Ugandan district: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Ssali PW +9 more
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