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Power Transition and Pragmatic Adaptation: Iran's Strategic Approach to China, Russia and the GCC
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how Iranian strategic thinkers conceptualise the country's ‘Look East’ policy (i.e., relations with China and Russia) and the GCC states. Using thematic qualitative content analysis of approximately 70 documents from Iranian state official, advisory and academic institutions (2015–2025), it reveals that Iran's eastward ...
Sara Bazoobandi
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The WHO Pandemic Agreement Negotiation: Introducing a New Database (The Pandemic Agreement Database)
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In May 2025, the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a historic pandemic agreement following 3 years of intensive and complex multilateral negotiations. By providing primary data on the negotiation process, the Pandemic Agreement Database supports empirical and scholarly research across multiple dimensions of global ...
Kevin Parthenay, Petra Godoy
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Philip Morris lawsuits against Australia and Uruguay in the early 2010s highlighted the need to reform international investment agreement (IIA) practices to ensure that governments do not give up their regulatory autonomy for foreign investment. We undertook a policy analysis to reveal how interests, ideas and institutions shaped reform in
Dori Patay +3 more
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Thai Expectations of the EU's Evolving Security Role: Opportunities and Limitations
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyses Thailand's perceptions of the European Union (EU) as an actor in the Indo‐Pacific, based on interviews with 13 government officials and foreign policy influencers conducted under the EU in the Indo‐Pacific (EUIP) Jean Monnet Network. It examines how Thai elites interpret the EU's priorities, geopolitical relevance and the
Natthanan Kunnamas, Heidi Maurer
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The growing significance of informal intergovernmental organisations (IIGOs) in global politics necessitates a re‐evaluation of leadership dynamics. We develop a theory framework that enables us to explain why countries take on leadership roles in IIGOs, with a specific focus on climate politics.
Christin Heinz‐Fischer +1 more
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Countering FIMI by Digital Authoritarianisms: Audience Architecture and Reverse Language Engineering
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) campaigns on social media are currently both more accessible and more impactful than the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) or European Union's (EU), offering their opponents superiority and efficiency on those platforms.
Michelangelo Conoscenti
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Reaching the Summit or a Plateau? The EU–New Zealand Relationship in the Indo‐Pacific
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines New Zealand's perceptions of the European Union's Indo‐Pacific Strategy through interviews with government officials and foreign policy influencers. Despite viewing the EU positively as a like‐minded partner committed to the rule‐based international order, New Zealand respondents demonstrated limited understanding of the ...
Matthew Castle +4 more
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The Weaponization of ESG Infrastructures and the Future of Green Finance
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The trillion‐dollar green finance industry faces growing pushbacks from a range of actors. While criticisms vary—from portraying ESG as part of a “woke” agenda to highlighting risks of greenwashing—we now see mass departures from climate–finance initiatives, with asset managers coming under fire from regulators over ESG policies and activist ...
Annika Stenström
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