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Israel, Iran, and Peace in the Middle East: An Analysis of Identity Formation, Enemy Construction, and the Logic of Expansionism

Bobby Rafipoor • Strategic Research on Social Problems (2026)

Introduction This article offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolving antagonism between Israel and Iran, integrating political-sociological, historical, and geopolitical perspectives. While the immediate catalyst for this inquiry is Is...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22108/srspi.2025.146689.2154

Unbacked Cryptomoney, Fiscal Evasion and Environment Tax: Some Policy Recommendations in Europe

Camille Boulanguer, Sarah Goldman, Maya Jandah, Tsvetelina Marinova • Bulgarian Journal of International Economics and Politics (2024)

In a 2019 New York Times article, Paul Krugman declared himself a “crypto skeptic” and shared his pessimistic predictions for cryptocurrencies. Nevertheless, unbacked cryptomoney is now very important in our societies and has revolutionized...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.37075/BJIEP.2024.1.01

O PROBLEMATIZARE A BUNEI GUVERNĂRI DIGITALE

Șerban. Henrieta • Revista de Știinţe Politice şi Relaţii Internaţionale (2025)

In political science today, the notions of “governance“ and “good governance“ compete as synonyms. The negative connotations of the first term (from the sphere of significance of the idea of leadership, or also care for one or more minors o...

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Paradigm Dominance in International Relations: The Development of International Relations as a Social Science

Steve Smith • Millennium Journal of International Studies (1987)

The concern of this study is admittedly narrow; it is focused on the issue of how International Relations has developed as a social science. Within that general focus it is concerned specifically with the dominance of a US view of the subje...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03058298870160022501

LEGITIMACY AND ILLEGITIMACY OF THE USE FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: RUSSIAN-UKRAINE AND PALESTINE-ISRAELI CONFLICTS IN FOCUS

Ramon Odebunmi • African And Global Issues Quarterly (2025)

The Russo-Ukraine and Palestine-Israeli conflicts are one of the most devastating geo-political conflicts in the 21st century. From human rights perspective, the alleged violations of international law in the ongoing war in Ukraine and Pale...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.69778/2710-0073/2025/5.2/a4

Normative Theory in International Relations

Molly Cochran • Cambridge University Press eBooks (1999)

Normative theory in international relations, as it is discussed at present in the framework of the cosmopolitan/communitarian debate, is in a condition of stasis. Cosmopolitan and communitarian positions are generally assumed to be irreconc...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511491276

National Human Rights Institutions and ASEAN Intergovernmental Human Rights Commission (AICHR): Are They Complementary?

Khoo Ying Hooi • Malaysian Journal of International Relations (2017)

The adoption of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Charter in 2008 and the establishment of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Human Rights Commission (AICHR) in 2010 have pushed ASEAN to be more responsive to human rights commitme...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.22452/mjir.vol5no1.5

An Organizational and Governance Model to Support Mass Collaborative Learning Initiatives

Majid Zamiri, João Sarraipa, Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Ricardo Jardim-Goncalves • Applied Sciences (2022)

Mass collaboration can bring about major transformative changes in the way people can work collectively. This emerging paradigm promises significant economic and social benefits and enhanced efficiency across a range of sectors, including l...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app12168356

Understanding International Relations

Chris Brown, Kirsten Ainley (2019)

The fourth edition of this well-established and popular introductory textbook has been updated to cover recent developments in the field of International Relations and world events, whilst still navigating the complexities of the discipline...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-61172-7

Architectural diplomacy: a historical review of the Japan-China Society of Architecture and Building Technology

Fei Yu, Norihito Nakatani, Yiling Hua, Lu Ye • Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering (2026)

By tracing the historical activities of the Japan-China Society of Architecture and Building Technology (JCSABT, 1973–2003), which was established in Japan in 1973, this study firstly provides an overview of the friendly exchange groups vis...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/13467581.2026.2645323

Hierarchy in International Relations

David A. Lake • Cornell University Press eBooks (2017)

International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of nature. In Hierarchy in International Relations , David A. Lake challenges this t...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801458934

Estimating the impact of between- and within-subject designs on consumer valuation experiments: the case of positive vs. negative information

Christopher R. Gustafson, Syed Imran Ali Meerza, Khondoker A. Mottaleb • Frontiers in Behavioral Economics (2026)

IntroductionValuation experiments are an important technique for measuring preferences for products, product attributes, and the effect of information on consumer valuation. While these experimental valuation techniques are widely used, the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/frbhe.2026.1870245

Ethical Textile Consumption: Only a Question of Selflessness?

Frank Ronald, Unfried Matthias, Schreder Regina, Dieckmann Anja • GfK Marketing Intelligence Review (2016)

When it comes to purchase decisions for fair-trade clothing, there seems to be a gap between actions and words. Only few people buy fair trade despite stating moral concerns. Based on a survey of German consumers and the results of a behavi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1515/gfkmir-2016-0009

The Nexus Between Economic Growth, Energy Consumption, Technology Innovation, and CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in Vietnam

Ha Thi Thu Nguyen • Economic and Business Review (2026)

Vietnam's rapid economic growth has intensified environmental pressures, heightening concerns about the country's ability to decouple growth from rising CO2 emissions. Although green policies and initiatives have been introduced, questions ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15458/2335-4216.1369

Sovereign Debt Restructurings in Belize: Debt Sustainability and Financial Stability Aspects

Tamon Asonuma, Michael G. Papaioannou, Gerardo Peraza, Kristine Vitola et al. • Journal of Banking and Financial Economics (2017)

This paper examines the causes, processes, and outcomes of the two Belize sovereign debt restructurings in 2006–07 and in 2012–13, which occurred outside an IMF-supported program. It finds that the motivation for the two debt restructurings...

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