Evolution of Political Risk Concept: Classical and Contemporary Interpretations by D. A. Nechkin

“…Political risk analysis emerged as a distinctive field within applied international studies at the height of the Cold War but recently it has received a new impetus. …”
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INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CONFLICT AS A CHALLENGE TO PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA by ANTHONY IMEH UMOH, BARINAADAA NWINKOL

“…The paper argues that most of the violent conflict in the continent has external influence and sponsors. It blames the Cold War rivalry between the capitalist United States and the communist USSR as it were, where attempt by the African allies to delink from either of the ideologies to favour the other, always led to intervention by these powerful nations. …”
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Ibero-American Studies by A. V. Shestopal, L. S. Okuneva

“…The outbreak of the "cold war" reduced to a minimum soviet relations with the Spanish-speaking countries. …”
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The New South Africa and international news flow by Arnold de Beer, Lynnette Serfontein, Annelie Naude

“…Since the 19505, a number of studies have been undertaken internationally, but relatively few comparative studies were done in Africa since 1990. The end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall demand not only new cartographic and conceptual maps, but also new news media maps, espeially of Africa. …”
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The activities of Soviet intelligence service among Russian emigration in post-war Northern China (according to the memoirs of N. A. Martynov) by M. V. Krotova

“…Martynov, is devoted to the activities of the Soviet intelligence service among the Russian emigration in Northern China after World War II in the context of the SovietAmerican confrontation in the initial period of the Cold War. The methodological basis of the work is the anthropological approach and the principle of consistency. …”
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Geopolitical competition of great powers in the Arctic by E. S. Karsanova

“…The article examines the complex issues of Arctic security arising from changing geopolitical realities; explores the new Cold War atmosphere in the region mixed with melting ice, which affects military planning and opens new economic opportunities and access to natural resources. …”
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THE SECURITY ASPECT OF TURKEY-UNITED STATES RELATIONS: IN SEARCH FOR A NEW MODEL by I. A. Svistunova

“…Security cooperation has always been an important aspect of the relations between Turkey and the USA. In Cold War era Turkish-American interaction within NATO played a crucial role in this cooperation. …”
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Power Struggle between China and the United States: Lessons of History by L. Estachy

“…The paper will deal with the recent developments of this hegemonic struggle: within the American establishment, the Pentagon and the US Department of Commerce have regained control over «Wall Street» which has resulted in an updated version of the US military-industrial complex, with China replacing the USSR in a new "cold war". Complex strategies are developped on both sides, involving manufacturing, technology, trade, financial, diplomatic and military issues. …”
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“Yeni Terörizm”in Geleceğin Güvenlik Ortamına Etkileri: Daeş Örneği by Selim KURT

“…Terrorism is not a modern phenomenon, although it is often engaged in the international political agenda, especially in the post-Cold War world. There is no doubt that the terrorist attack carried out by the nineteen Al-Qaida militants against the United States on September 11, 2001 was a complete breaking point for terrorism. …”
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THE DUAL MODEL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF GERMAN ARMED FORCES by A. Yu. Timofeev

“…The Bundeswehr becomes the armed forces which are intended for the usage at the global level and for the solution a large range of tasks, including ones which are atypical for the period of the «cold war». The reform of the Bundeswehr led to its real division of German armed forces into two components. …”
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NATO's approach to the Libyan crisis in the events of the «Arab spring» by E. A. Repeshko

“…This system had existed for many centuries and was adopted in the Westphalia Peace. The ending of the Cold War made the world see the new conditions whose distinctive feature was an increasing quantitative index of clashes. …”
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CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF THE “NEW START” TREATY: CAN THE USA AND RUSSIA PRESERVE EXISTING STRATEGIC ARMS CONTROL? by Marina Kostic

“…Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on measures for further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms (“New START”) is the last pillar of the arms control regime on which the end of the Cold War and the new world order rested. Its expiration on 5 February 2021 is a top security challenge and indicates a possible new strategic arms race. …”
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DEFENSE COOPERATION IN EUROPE: SUBREGIONAL LEVEL by Y. I. Nadtochey

“…It describes sub-regionalism as a phenomenon and explains the reasons why small states of Europe are eager to cooperate in defense area after the end of the Cold War. Such cooperation is analyzed within the broader context of European integration - a trend which still has a great impact on sub-regional cooperation in certain parts of a common EU and NATO space. …”
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Investigation and evaluation of economic variables affecting the national power of countries by Reyhaneh SalehAbadi, Mohammad Reza HafezNia, Seyyed Hadi Zarghani, syrus ahmadi

“…One of the important sources of national power in the world today and in the post-Cold War period is economic power, which is itself the bedrock of other superstructures, such as political, military, and so on. …”
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The Question of Baltic States in the Policy of the Great Westem Powers in 1944-1945 by Ramojus Kraujelis

“…The postwar international system that was leading to division of Europe, bipolar world, and Cold War was the adversity that influenced the plight of small states and nations. …”
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Amazonia in Brazilian military thought: Army and Navy conceptual frameworks and strategic actions in the 90s by Dilceu Roberto Pivatto Junior, Raul Cavedon Nunes

“…The article concludes that, throughout the investigated period, the thinking of the army and of the navy tended to converge into the need to increase overall military presence in the region. The end of the Cold War and the rise of new issues in the regional security agenda such as drug trafficking and the environment, led the Brazilian military to rethink its defense strategy, developing new hypotheses of regional conflict which included the potential participation of extra-continental powers.…”
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NATO’s partnership policy: From the military alliance to the security community, and back again by I. L. Prokhorenko

“…The author concludes that in the wake of the Cold War, NATO faced a profound identity crisis and set a course for a radical functional expansion, in particular within the framework of partnership policy, by including the issues of post-conflict reconstruction, human and gender security, public diplomacy, climate change, etc. into its agenda. …”
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On Some Tendencies in Defense Policy of Germany by N. K. Meden

“…Meanwhile, the revision of the main parameters of the defensive activity and the whole German politics is caused not by a fresh leadership, but by the most sharp after the end of the "cold war" geopolitical crisis in Europe. The author comes to conclusion, that a turning point in the Defensive Policy of Germany is taking shape, so that all the aspects of military organization are now affected: command stuff training, military equipment, strengthening of ties with allies. …”
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On the Issue of Foreign Policy Activities of Buddhists of the USSR in the Context of the Religious Policy of the Soviet State (1950s–1970s) by Alexey V. Gorbatov

“…The direct foreign policy activity of Soviet Buddhists, in the conditions of the Cold War, was subordinated to the guidelines of the party, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the relevant competent departments. …”
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