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Tadzhikistan-Russia: Geopolitical Relations at the Turn of the Century

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2015
In this article the writer analyses the development peculiarities of the Tajik-Russian geopolitical relations during the establishment of Tajikistan foreign policy up to the commencement of multi-vector «open doors» policy in 2003-2004.
Zafari Sherali Saidzoda
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Songwashing: Russian Popular Music, Distraction, and Putin’s Fourth Term

The Russian Review, Volume 82, Issue 4, Page 682-704, October 2023., 2023
Abstract This article investigates how the Russian state apparatus, in its diverse, loose, and undercoordinated points of affiliation, used contemporary popular music to its own advantage during Vladimir Putin’s fourth term and before the full‐scale war in Ukraine.
Marco Biasioli
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Sustainable Development and Structural Bottlenecks in Transition Economies: New Uzbekistan

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study assesses the sustainable development of Uzbekistan over 2016–2024. The methodology combines min–max normalization and unweighted aggregation to derive goal‐level composite scores and an overall SDG index, correlation analysis, and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to characterize the goals that shape the country's progress; key ...
Khusanboy Abdufattokhov, Yulduz Salakhutdinova   +1 more
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Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 5, Page 7366-7383, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
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Post‐Humanitarian Militarism and the End of Development: Global Inequality, Security, and the Ethics of Post‐Imperial Solidarity

Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 376-387, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article traces the transformation of global development from a discourse of aspirational equality to a regime of posthumanitarian militarism. It shows how aid, once framed as solidarity and progress, increasingly operates as an instrument of coercion, surveillance, and containment.
Salvador Santino Regilme
wiley   +1 more source

Renewable Energies in Kazakhstan: Current Status, Potential, Challenges, and Opportunities

Energy Science &Engineering, Volume 14, Issue 8, Page 3974-3994, August 2026.
Kazakhstan has strong renewable energy potential, with wind as the leading resource and solar and other sources offering additional opportunities. Key challenges include limited infrastructure, investment needs, and grid‐related technical issues. Despite these barriers, renewables can boost economic diversification, enhance energy security, create jobs,
Lyailim Taizhanova, Akhmetov Berik, Samal Syrlybekkyzy, Shynar Baimukasheva, Symbat Koibakova, Nurkhat Zhakiyev, Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari, Mohamed Salem   +7 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 609-633, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
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Institutional Governance and Global FDI Convergence: Examining the Impact of Institutional Quality on Investment Flows

Journal of Public Affairs, Volume 26, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT The global investment landscape presents challenges as subdued growth prospects, geopolitical tensions, and economic disintegration reshape international investment. Increasing tensions are making globalization more exorbitant and uncertain.
Sodiq Arogundade, Biyase Mduduzi, Olajide O. Oyadeyi, Sibusiso Khoza   +3 more
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Shanghai Co‐Operation Organisation: A Concert of Eurasia?

Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The Shanghai Co‐operation Organisation (SCO) has emerged as a viable intergovernmental organisation with a vibrant security portfolio. With its recent expansion it now boasts ten members, including rising great powers Russia, China, and India, as well as nuclear‐armed Pakistan, and regional power Iran.
James MacHaffie
wiley   +1 more source

An Agent‐Based Model of Ibn Khaldun’s Asabiyah and Wellbeing: Mechanisms, Simulation, and Empirical Validation With World Values Survey

Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This study develops an agent‐based model (ABM) to examine how social cohesion, understood through Ibn Khaldun’s concept of Asabiyah, emerges from microlevel interactions and influences collective wellbeing. We operationalize social cohesion as a composite state of positive and negative social interactions, shared values, and learning‐driven alignment ...
Taseer Salahuddin, Hasan Vergil, Saad G. Yaseen   +2 more
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