Is there a post-COVID urban model? The pandemic as a catalyst of urban transformations in Buenos Aires by Diego Ezequiel Vázquez, Martina Daniela Berardo

“…The objective is to trace continuities and ruptures among the programs implemented, in relation to the rhetoric regarding public space, and in the urban planning used to design and justify urban policies. …”
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Foreigner in contemporary Japanese state discourse: Constructing differences between the nation and the Other by D. S. Alekseev

“…Previous research suggests that, in reality, Cool Japan is not so much in conflict with nihonjiron narratives, but rather inherits their rhetoric. However, little attention has been paid to how foreigners are represented within this program. …”
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‘Trumpism’ as a Dominant Movement in the U.S. Republican Party in the 2020s by P. A. Sharikov

“…It notes that while Trump distanced himself from the most radical initiatives of the far-right faction of the Republican establishment during the campaign, his rhetoric was distinctly conservative and combative, especially when contrasted with the conciliatory platform of the Democrats. …”
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Left-wing populism in Spain by I. L. Prokhorenko

“…In particular, the paper shows that the fragmentation of traditional political systems and the impacts of the sovereign debt crisis per se do not provide a sufficient explanation for the growing demand for populist rhetoric and charismatic leaders, but rather they have exposed certain structural economic and social imbalances. …”
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The growing U.S.-Chinese rivalry and foreign policy initiatives of the Biden administration in Latin Caribbean America by A. D. Trebukh

“…The first section of the article defines the place of LCA in the foreign policy strategy of the current administration in the context of the Democrats’ rhetoric about the struggle over the ‘free world’ challenged by the authoritarian regimes, in particular by the PRC. …”
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Israel in Foreign Policy of the United Arab Emirates: from Confrontation to Normalization by E. S. Melkumyan

“…The official position of the UAE was formulated under the influence of pan-Arab rhetoric and in no way differed from the position reflected in the documents of the Arab League summits. …”
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TOWARDS THE QUESTION OF SOCIO-CULTURAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL STATUS OF IDEOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY by V. E. Gromov

“…To produce proofs against the false rhetoric about “deideologization”, as a harmful and destructive idea for social awareness, that aims to destroy basic humans’ ethical values and to manipulate their living motivations. …”
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Liberal Way of Life as a Political Philosophical Problem: Review of the Book: Lefebvre, A. (2024). Liberalism as a Way of Life. Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press, 285 p... by Vladimir A. Gutorov, Aleksandr A. Shirinyants

“…Lefebvre’s “strategy” is played by the concept and image of the “Christian kingdom” (Christendom), borrowed from biblical political rhetoric. The “liberal kingdom” (Liberaldom) is, according to A. …”
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Zeitenwende Through the Lens of Olaf Scholz’s Government Strategic Documents by A. P. Sokolov, S. E. Protsenko

“…Notably, the Green Party exerts significant influence over the content, promoting a bellicose rhetoric and advocating for an expanded understanding of security issues.The findings suggest that Germany's practical approach remains measured and cautious. …”
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The Korean Peninsula as a Hotbed of Cold War 2.0 by R. R. Kalinin

“…The author concludes that both the leading powers and the countries of the Korean Peninsula utilize the ‘Cold War 2.0’ rhetoric to get additional domestic and foreign policy dividends. …”
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Foreign policy of A.M. López Obrador: Declarations and reality by V. L. Jeifets

“…Thus, the author concludes that beneath the populist rhetoric of A. M. López Obrador lies a fairly traditional foreign policy, warranted by the domestic situation and international environment.…”
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The macroeconomics of abortion: A scoping review and analysis of the costs and outcomes. by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Ernestina Coast, Samantha R Lattof, Cheri Poss, Brittany Moore

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Given the highly charged political nature of abortion around the global and the preponderance of rhetoric that can cloud reality in policy dialogues, it is imperative that social science researchers build the evidence base on the macroeconomic outcomes of abortion services and regulations.…”
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The Abode of the Other (Museums in German Concentration Camps 1933-1945) by Božidar Jezernik

“…As the discourse of racial anthropology was built on the rhetoric of the difference between the ‘pure’ races and people with ‘inferior hereditary quality,’ SS museums put on display ‘pieces of evidence’ with a view to rendering present and visible that which was absent and invisible: the hierarchical order of different races. …”
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CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF METAPHORICAL FRAMING IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE by T. V. Andryukhina

“…This explains, for instance, why there are examples of similarity as well as discrepancy between metaphorical framing in ideologically different party varieties of political discourse within the national political discourse as well as in the rhetoric of politicians belonging to different generations. …”
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A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF GEORGIA-2016: THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR RUSSIA by A. A. Tokarev, A. S. Dyogtev, A. R. Margoev

“…Despite the aggressive rhetoric of Georgian politicians towards Russia and apparent social consensus as regards EU and NATO integration, the article concludes that Russia has not completely "lost" Georgia. …”
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THE SOCIAL PROTEST «WITH CHINESE PARTICULARITY»: THE SHIFTING VECTOR by V. A. Korsun

“…The CCP new leadership exploits the «Chinese dream» rhetoric and anticorruption assault to get the national consensus and conserve its monopoly on political power. …”
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The Middle East Shiite Arc: A Real Threat or Geopolitical Chimera? by A. V. Sarabiev

“…The relevance of this agenda peaks with the outbursts of anti-Iranian rhetoric as it was the case in the spring and early summer of 2019. …”
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Signals of propaganda-Detecting and estimating political influences in information spread in social networks. by Alon Sela, Omer Neter, Václav Lohr, Petr Cihelka, Fan Wang, Moti Zwilling, John Phillip Sabou, Miloš Ulman

“…We seek here to detect efforts to manipulate the spread of information in social networks, by one of the fundamental macro-scale properties of rhetoric-repetitiveness. We use 16 data sets of a total size of 13 GB, 10 related to political topics and 6 related to non-political ones (large-scale disasters), each ranging from tens of thousands to a few million of tweets. …”
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American Strategy of "Sufficient Presence" in the Middle East by I. V. Ryzhov, M. Yu. Borodina, T. V. Baranova

“…Trump's policy in the region can be considered a change in rhetoric regarding the Iranian nuclear program up to the introduction of new economic sanctions. …”
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The Eurasian Space in Chinese Official and Academic Discourses by I. E. Denisov, I. A. Safranchuk

“…The 2015 document, "Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road," illustrates the initiative's extensive and vague geographical scope, indicating that China did not initially aim for a broad Eurasian strategy.By employing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), we uncover how China's official rhetoric strategically frames BRI. The analysis reveals that Chinese discourse emphasizes bilateral rather than multilateral engagements within Eurasia, reflecting a «point-to-point» rather than a networked approach. …”
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