Legislation on direct democracy in modern Vietnam by T. T. Thoa

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Military Aspects of the Lithuanian-Polish Conflict of 1918-1920 by Vytautas Lesčius

“…In company with these aims, the opposing actions for the national aspirations of the Lithuanians ignited the spark of the military conflict between the two states.   At the end of 1918 in Vilnius and its environs, the Poles founded a number of soldiers' organisations and self-defence units. …”
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Chine-Malaisie (vue de Malaisie) : menace ou relation consensuelle inscrite dans la continuité ? by Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux

“…Kuala Lumpur views the strategic South China Sea question as the only thorn in its side, but does not permit the issue to puncture buoyant China-Malaysia relations. The positive state-to-state bilateral relationship has flourished since 1989: China has not interfered politically in multiethnic Malaysia, despite its significant ethnic-Chinese minority. …”
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Electoral Management in the Western Balkans – Overview of Institutional Setting by Marko Milenković

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Moda e economia criativa: políticas culturais no Brasil contemporâneo by Heloisa Helena de Oliveira Santos

“…As a result of this new place assumed by this ministry, it proposed to review not only its performance, but also the areas that would compose its scope and could be included in its political project. This reflection led to a rapprochement with the discussions taking place at the international and especially supranational level – centrally in the agencies associated with the United Nations – on the creative economy: the area has gained ground in Brazil and sectors which hitherto were not considered as part of national cultural poli- cies became part of them. …”
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Marching towards the Cruzada: Douglas Jerrold's road to nationalist Spain by F. Hale

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Wole Soyinka’s Ori Olokun Emprise and Autobiography by Adetayo Alabi

“… In Telling Our Stories: Continuities and Divergences in Black Autobiographies, I suggest that the overwhelming presence of the community is one of the major continuities in Black autobiographies of Africa, the Unites States, and the Caribbean.  This focus on community manifests itself in terms of resistance, solidarity, and inclusiveness in the autobiographies of slaves, creative writers, and political activists.  …”
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RUSSIA’S INTERESTS AND ROLE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS: THE DYNASTIC UNION WITH THE HOUSE OF ORANGE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY UNDER ALEXANDER I... by Y. V. Bavykin

“…In the late 18th and early 19th centuries Europe was largely influenced by the French Revolution, which appeared as a major blow to the Westphalian political system. Motivated by its revolutionary ideas with the aim to spread them throughout Europe, to confirm its political and economic hegemony on the continent, the First French Republic and later the First Napoleonic Empire during its numerous wars conquered and controlled most of western countries, including the Netherlands, which later also became a satellite state of France. …”
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Nigerian Federalism: The Quest for Restructuring by AYOTUNDE DAVID ODEWALE, BANJI MARCELLINUS ADEPOJU, KEHINDE REBECCA KAREEM

“…The study revealed some issues involved in the agitation for restructuring which includes among others, the secession of some federating units, the creation of additional states, corruption, leadership crises, and the poor state of the country’s economy. …”
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European interests in the Global South: capabilities of comprehensive forecasting by Anna K. Ivanova, Denis P. Eremin

“…These shifts have compelled both the United Kingdom and countries of the European Union to critically reassess their political and economic strategies within the contexts of the Global South. …”
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Adapting to Détente: US Policy on Korean Unification in 1968-1973 by D. A. Sadakov

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Euroscepticism in France: Past and Present by R. I. Blagoveshchenskii

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Institutional Analysis of the Integration of Rzeczpospolita Lands in-to the Russian and Austrian Empires by P. A. Barakhvostov

“…Besides, among the mechanisms of integration, there are conditionality (positive, or stimulating, for extending the social base of transformations as well as negative, intended to curb resentment), substitution (admission of representatives of the acceptor society to the higher estate of the new lands),socialization (measures to culturally homogenize the united social system). Despite the similarity of the employed mechanisms, there is a difference in the integration models applied by the Russian and Austrian Empires, which is due to the specificities of the state organization and national structure of these empires as well as the geographical location and the level of economic development of the acquired territories. …”
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Transport Corridors in the Russian Integration Projects, the Case of the Eurasian Economic Union by O. A. Podberezkina

“…Development of international transportation through Russia will unite many of the players on the world stage: integration associations, state, transnational corporations, business entities, regional authorities.…”
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AFRICAN UNION’S SHARED VALUES AND THE DILEMMA OF DEMOCRACY IN WEST AFRICA by BARILEDUM Kia, SUNNY OKORO ABEKI

“…The gap is primarily caused by autocratic tendencies and political corruption. Its further revealed that the AU is weak to enforces her declaration on democratic governance. …”
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“HOW GRAND IS OUR DESIGN FOR EUROPE?”: INTEGRATION PLANS OF THE GREAT BRITAIN IN THE LATE OF 1950S by E. V. Khakhalkina

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Pacific Pumas in Indian Jungle: Place of Latin America in Indo-Pacific by T. A. Vorotnikova

“…The article examines the political potential of Latin American countries in bolstering their influence within the Indo-Pacific region (IP). …”
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The Arab world on the verge of the energy transition: Challenges, ambitions, and limits to growth by A. O. Filonik, V. N. Baturina

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Women in Ancient Egypt: determination of legal status and peculiarities of marriage and family relations by I. A. Lohvynenko, Ye. S. Lohvynenko

“…Generalisations and conclusions have been made, stating that it was in the religion of Ancient Egypt that the united cults of the divine couple with a son-infant appeared, which became a model for the Egyptians in creating their own family. …”
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Lost in Broadcasting: League of Nations, International Broadcasting and Swiss Neutrality by A. S. Khodnev

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