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QATAR'S SOFT POWER FROM STATE SURVIVAL TO REGIONAL POWER

open access: yes, 2022
Qatar has recently become a regional power and an influential actor in international politics. Although it faces unfavorable geopolitical conditions, the Qatari state has overcome political and security obstacles. Obviously, Qatar has adopted a foreign policy of soft power, which played a prominent role in its consolidation of national power and rise ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Emerging Non-OECD Countries: Global Shifts in Power and Geopolitical Regionalization [PDF]

open access: yes
Various concepts ascribe key roles to emerging non-OECD countries in regional and global politics. This paper highlights how these concepts hint not only at a shift of global power but also at geopolitical regionalization: according to the theory of ...
Sören Scholvin
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Regional order in East Asia: Competitive and cooperative dynamics and the role of ASEAN [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
One of the key questions that will define whether the 21st century will be an “Asian Century” is the region’s capability to develop a regional order that accommodates the competitive dynamics between its major powers, thus allowing regional stabilization
Mendes, Nuno Canas   +1 more
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Nigeria in ECOWAS and South Africa in SADC [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Regional powers are not always benevolent leaders when it comes to the building of regional institutions. While powerful states – particularly the “new” rising powers – may have a vested interest in regionalism as a means of projecting influence ...
Hulse, Merran
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Laser Metal Powder Deposition of Titanium Microalloyed HSLA Steel FeC0.12Si0.25Mn1.3

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study investigates the additive manufacturing of titanium‐doped high‐strength low‐alloy (HSLA) steel via laser metal deposition. It reveals distinct process‐structure relationships for elemental powder blends compared to prealloyed feedstocks.
Olaf Stelling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Analysis of Individual Petition in Regional and Global Human Rights Protection Mechanisms. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
A comparison of the principal regional and global human rights protection mechanisms from the perspective of individuals who may wish to access them. This compares the structures, procedures, powers and rates of compliance with decisions of the European ...
Butler, Israel de Jesus
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Low‐Angle Grain Boundaries and Re‐Segregation in Single‐Crystalline Ni‐Base Superalloys

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This work demonstrates that Re‐segregation at low‐angle grain boundaries (LAGBs) in Ni‐base superalloys is influenced by misorientation angle. Advanced microscopy and atom probe tomography reveal that higher misorientation angles increases Re‐segregation.
Alireza B. Parsa   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

GEORGIA'S ECONOMY IN THE SPACE OF CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN REGIONAL POWERS

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2016
The article deals with the economic ties between Georgia and four countries neighbouring the Caucasus region: Russia, Turkey, Iran, and Kazakhstan. The authors focus their attention on regional analysis and, for comparison, give figures on Georgia's ...
A. S. Degtev, A. Margoev, A. A. Tokarev
doaj   +1 more source

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