The role of political parties in multi-level environmental governance in the European Union and Germany by A. D. Lisenkova

“…For practical illustration, the climate policy guidelines of Germany’s main national parties (the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Alternative for Germany, the Free Democratic Party of Germany, the Left and the Alliance 90 / The Greens) and their European affiliations (the European People’s Party, the Party of the European Socialists, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, the European Green Party and the Party of European Left) were compared with an emphasis on the new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Call for Papers: How attractive are political parties and trade unions to young people? by IF and FRFG

“…They bring new policy ideas to the party and communicate the party’s programme within society. …”
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The long goodbye: the relationship between lleftist parties and the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) after the end of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) (1992-2017) by Mimmo Carrieri

“…This article explores the effects of the growth of the “cartel parties” within the Italian system and the new relations between the unions and leftist parties, going beyond the models and experiences of the twentieth century. …”
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The ethnoregional component of the party-political landscape of Europe by Vladimir Y. Shveytzer

“…Their activity focuses on the topics of reforming the national economic system, not excluding the problem of finding a «new sovereignty» within the framework of a possible change in the country concentration of the European Union. …”
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Tensions within the British Conservative Party in the Context of Brexit by R. I. Blagoveshchenskii

“…The paper focuses on tensions within the ruling Conservative and Unionist Party of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over its membership in the European Union, which acquired a whole new dimension in the context of Brexit. …”
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Russian population’s political activities in the first third of the XX century on the example of the Peasant Union creation movement by G. S. Chuwardin, V. G. Ivanov, O. A. Nesterchuk, V. F. Nitsevich, O. A. Sudorgin

“…The reasons and the essence of the Peasant Union in the revolutionary events of 1905–1907 and 1917, the Civil War and in the period of the new economic policy have been revealed. …”
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Slowly climbing a slippery slope: Trade unions at COP by Jeremy Anderson

“…This piece is a reflection on the role of the trade union movement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, including its annual Conference of the Parties (COP). …”
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CONTEMPORARY EUROSCEPTICISM AS A CHALLENGE TO EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY by M. O. Shibkova

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A new publication on the history of Tuva (about the book by Z. Y. Dorzhu and O. Y. Irgit Рolitical repressions in the Tuva People’s Republic (1921–1944) – Novosibirsk, 2023) by S. A. Papkov

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The Foreign Commission of the Soviet Writers’ Union in 1950s-1960s: Boundaries, Obstacles, Tricks, Embarrassment, Impact by Kristina Buynova

“…Although the aim of the Foreign Commission was to ‘broaden contacts’, it tended to concentrate on strengthening existing ones. In selecting new contacts, the FC relied on the assessments of translators, writers and critics rather than on party preferences, and then presented itself as a ‘progressive’ entity. …”
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The attitude of the People’s Labor Union of Russian Solidarists and its subsidiaries to national administrative construction in 1987–1998 by M. S. Novikov

“…Members of the People’s Labor Union of Russian Solidarists actively participated in the discussion of economic and social issues relevant to the new statehood, including national administrative construction. …”
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Birleşik Krallık-Avrupa Birliği (AB) Ticaret ve İş Birliği Anlaşması ve Türkiye’nin Gümrük Birliği Modernizasyonu by Durmuş Ali KOLTUK, Filiz KAVAL

“…This study aims to examine the new cooperation model accepted between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom after Brexit to Turkey-EU relations, applicability through the modernization of the Customs Union. …”
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Euroscepticism in Italy: Evolution of Northern League Political Program by O. N. Barabanov, M. O. Shibkova

“…Moreover, frequent visits of party members to Moscow and the party’s outspoken support of Russia on Crimea’s entrance into the Russian Federation provide an opportunity to consider Northern League a potential conductor of Russian interests in the European Union.…”
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The United States and the Events of 1965–1966 in Indonesia by E. N. Glazunova, A. S. Manykin

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EU – Ukraine negotiations: underwater stones by Viktor I. Mironenko

“…The article discusses the circumstances of the decision to start negotiations between the EU and Ukraine on membership in the union, the prospects and difficulties of the new and, as it is commonly believed, the final stage of Ukraine’s accession to this interstate union. …”
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1922 — the best year of the Comintern. Soviet Russia, German communists and the Genoa conference by A. Yu. Vatlin

“…The signing of the Declaration on the formation of the Soviet Union on December 30, 1922 marked a new stage in the history of international relations, and, at the same time, took stock of intense domestic and international political struggle unfolding in the previous years. …”
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“Новая литература не возникает как пистолетный выстрел в ночи”. Об институциональных границах первых советских массовых писательских объединений... by Dar’ia Moskovskaia, Vagif Guseinov

“… The article discusses early Soviet literary institutions that took on the mission of uniting the writers’ forces: VAPP (the All-Russian Association of Proletarian Writers), whose institutional practices exhibit a pronounced sectarian nature and confrontational strategies, closely related to the early Proletkul’t, and demonstrate a distinctly ‘creative’ class-based nature; FOSP (the Federation of Soviet Writers), whose institutional nature was instrumental and artificial, this institution being “the first real example of the party’s concern for establishing basic conditions for the growth of new culture in the early years of the new regime” (Metcalf); and the Organizing Committee of the Union of Soviet Writers (SSP), which, despite sharing some similarities with FOSP, fundamentally differed from the latter through direct party leadership and funding, and gradually became a state structure – the Union of Soviet Writers. …”
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THE CAUCASIAN DIMENSION OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP IN 2009-2016 by P. A. Barakhvostov

“…Such uneven transformation reflects the long-standing search for an optimum way of cooperation with the European Union. This complex multi-aspect and long-term process constitutes an integral part of the effort to grasp new national and regional identities made by post-Soviet states. …”
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Dream of European Army: Is It a Feasible Objective or Not? by Sevil Şahin, Mustafa Ozan Şahin

“…The European Union’s (EU) defense initiatives have changed over time, reflecting both the pursuit of security and defense goals and the shifting dynamics of European integration. …”
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International Aspects of Investment Liberalization in the PRC: A Case of EU-China Cooperation by D. A. Potapov

“…The paper examines the role of investment cooperation and national foreign investment regime as a means to promote China’s economic and political interests and to respond to new global challenges that the country faces nowadays. …”
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