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Transimperial Webs of Knowledge at the Margins of Imperial Europe
(2021)Comparativ: Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende GesellschaftsforschungJournal Issue -
Localizing Smart Urban Development in Azerbaijan
(2022)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue’s topic is Localizing Smart Urban Development in Azerbaijan. Anar Valiyev begins with a general discussion of the concept of the “smart city” and addresses the problems of implementation of the smart city concept in Azerbaijan; Bairam Akhundov discusses Azerbaijan’s existing experience in “smart” development and examines the extent to which the wider public participates in these reforms; thirdly, Gunay Mukhtarova looks at ...Journal Issue -
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Transformative learning for Urban Sustainability: futures of transdisciplinary educational models, structures and tools
(2021)Environment, Development and SustainabilityThe aim of this Special Issue is to explore to what extent and how inter- and trans-disciplinary research, methods, tools and practices of education and transformative learning can contribute to address the future developmental and societal challenges in the realm of urban sustainability transitions.Journal Issue -
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Russian–US Relations
(2021)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This issue discusses US-Russian Relations. Maxim A. Suchkov argues that the key issue between Russia and the United States at the moment is not the poor state of the relationship, but rather its changed nature, since the two pillars that used to shape the relationship—principles and agenda—have evolved; Ivan Kurilla posits that understanding the nature of conflicts over national identity in both Russia and the US improves our understanding ...Journal Issue -
Russia and the Conflicts in the South Caucasus: Perspectives from Armenia and Azerbaijan
(2021)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Russia and the Conflicts in the South Caucasus. Firstly, Ruben Elamiryan discusses Armenian-Russian relations in the framework of Armenia’s so-called multi-vector foreign policy and presents the main aspects of cooperation; secondly, Anar Valiyev and Nigar Gurbanli try to analyze and predict Russian actions in Karabakh and the implications thereof for the broader region; thirdly, Farid Guliyev applies transactionalism ...Journal Issue -
Russian Agriculture and Climate Change
(2021)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Russian Agriculture and Climate Change. Firstly, Marianna Poberezhskaya debates whether recent Russian measures in the area of climate policy will translate into intentional Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reductions; secondly, Daiju Narita, Tuyara Gavrilyeva, and Aleksandr Isaev discuss the challenges of forest fires in Russia; thirdly, Florian Schierhorn asks whether Russian agriculture and agricultural exports ...Journal Issue -
Participation of Civil Society in Georgia’s Climate Policy
(2021)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)The topic of the issue is “Participation of Civil Society in Georgia’s Climate Policy”. Firstly, Giorgi Mukhigulishvili provides an overview of the current national climate policy as described in the Nationally Determined Contribution document (national climate goals formulated to achieve the targets of the Paris Agreement). Secondly, based on the requirement that participation of civil society is required within the development of such ...Journal Issue -
Duma and Regional Elections 2021
(2021)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic is the Duma and Regional Elections of 2021. Grigorii V. Golosov discusses the use of tools to allow United Russia to retain its two-thirds majority in the Duma; Tatiana Tkacheva aims to show that the level of authoritarian manipulations of the election is unprecedented; Jan Matti Dollbaum, Morvan Lallouet, and Ben Noble describe the basic design of the tactical voting strategy of Team Navalny’s “Smart Voting” project; Tatiana ...Journal Issue -
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Georgia’s Political Crisis: Actors and Instruments of Polarization
(2021)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest focuses on polarization as a key characteristic of Georgian politics, more specifically on key actors and instruments of this polarization: right wing groups, media and the Georgian Orthodox Church. Tamta Gelashvili examines the role of the far right in political polarization; Salome Kandelaki analyzes radicalization and illiberal tendencies in Georgia by focusing on the role of one of the most ...Journal Issue -
Tourism in Georgia: From Past Lessons to Future Perspectives
(2021)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)The topic of this issue is Tourism in Georgia: From Past Lessons to Future Perspectives. Firstly, Merab Khokhobaia and Temur Gugushvili analyze the patterns of tourism growth in the Soviet period as well as its early stages of development in independent Georgia; secondly, Gvantsa Salukvadze focuses on the impact of Georgia's tense political connections with Russia on the country’s tourism-dependent orientation; thirdly, Lela Khartishvili ...Journal Issue -
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Russia-Turkey Relations
(2021)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This edition considers the complicated relationship between Russia and Turkey. Firstly, Dimitar Bechev outlines that, over recent years, Moscow and Ankara have learned how to manage their rivalry and ensure it remains within bounds, in order to maximize shared interests in other areas. Secondly, Seçkin Köstem argues that despite geopolitical alignment in Syria and ongoing energy cooperation, the two states favor opposing outcomes in a ...Journal Issue -
The use of virtual reality for environmental representation
(2017)Computers, Environment and Urban SystemsJournal Issue -
Russian and the Arctic
(2021)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Russia and the Arctic. Firstly, Troy J. Bouffard and P. Whitney Lackenbauer discuss Russia’s 2021–2023 chairmanship of the Arctic Council, positing that Russia is not seeking to revise Arctic governance structures or undermine regional peace; instead, Moscow seeks to define the region in its preferred terms; secondly, Alexander Sergunin examines Russia’s policy priorities for its chairmanship in the Arctic Council ...Journal Issue -
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Local Dimensions of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
(2021)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest deals with Local Dimensions of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. Firstly, Leila Alieva explores the securitization/de-securitization processes and attitudes towards the conflict in Azerbaijan in the periods before, during, and after the 2020 conflict in Karabagh; secondly, Tamar Shirinian discusses the affective connections between the two spectres of soldiers who are missing or who have died in ...Journal Issue -
The State of the Russian Economy
(2021)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This issue provides an overview of the state of the Russian economy. In eight shorter contributions international experts discuss the longer-term trajectories of the Russian economy and assess the impact of Western sanctions and the Covid-19 pandemic. Separate contributions look at the real sector of the economy and agriculture. The financial sector features prominently in several contributions. Finally, based on an assessment of past ...Journal Issue