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Power shift : on the new global order
This book depicts the challenges associated with the emergence of a new global order in which patterns of conflict and the role of traditional military power are in the process of radical flux. Our ideas about global order have yet to catch up with these new behavioral trends, including the rise of non-state transnational political actors in the context of neoliberal globalization. In this historical setting the modern territorial sovereign state is confronted by multiple challenges ranging from climate change to mass migration to transnational political extremism. The existing global order seems currently overwhelmed by these challenges, resulting in widespread stress and chaos that is transforming global security in ways that endanger democratic governance. The future will be determined by whether the peoples of the world make their weight felt in support of sustainable global justice and overcome the impact of oppressive and exploitative patterns of corporate and state behavior. It is this problematic set of circumstances that Power Shift addresses. -- Provided by publisher.
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Resilience of the Bucharest Nine Countries in the Context of Global Turbulence
Ensuring the resilience of the Bucharest Nine (B9) countries is crucial for regional and Euro-Atlantic security, with the challenges such as Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, hybrid warfare threats, regional tensions, etc. The goal of this research is to assess the resilience levels of the B9 countries and to identify aspects of their vulnerabilities and capacities to withstand global turbulence. This study analyses the Resilience Dashboards by the European Commission. The findings indicate that most B9 countries have a medium level of vulnerability, aligning with the EU27 average, while their capacity levels remain below the EU27 average. The analysis highlights that B9 countries demonstrate medium socio-economic resilience, with improvements in employment but persistent challenges in health and education with Czechia being the most resilient in this category. In green resilience, Estonia, Czechia, and Poland perform best, though still below the EU27 average, while Bulgaria and Romania face significant environmental challenges. Digital resilience shows notable positive shifts, with improvements in cybersecurity and digital skills, but challenges persist in broadband access and online public services. Estonia leads in digital resilience, while Bulgaria and Romania lag. Geopolitical resilience is at medium level. Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia have the highest geopolitical capacities, whereas Romania remains the most vulnerable.
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Walls, Borders, Boundaries
How is it that walls, borders, boundaries-and their material and symbolic architectures of division and exclusion-engender their very opposite? This edited volume explores the crossings, permeations, and constructions of cultural and political borders between peoples and territories, examining how walls, borders, and boundaries signify both interdependence and contact within sites of conflict and separation. Topics addressed range from the geopolitics of Europe's historical and contemporary city walls to conceptual reflections on the intersection of human rights and separating walls, the memory politics generated in historically disputed border areas, theatrical explorations of border crossings, and the mapping of boundaries within migrant communities.
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Geopolitical Risk, Financial Development, and CO2 Emissions in BRICS: A Dual-Channel Analysis
In the face of the global climate emergency, understanding the factors influencing CO₂ emissions has become essential for guiding environmental policies. This paper examines the effect of geopolitical risk and financial development on CO₂ emissions in BRICS countries between 1990 and 2023. To this end, we use Caldara and Iacoviello's GPR index (2022) and three financial indicators (private sector credit, bank credit, domestic credit). The reveals that geopolitical risk and financial development, estimated separately, help to reduce emissions. On the other hand, their interaction has a significant and positive effect, suggesting that financial development exacerbates the environmental impact of geopolitical risk. These results highlight the need to strengthen the supervision of financial flows during periods of instability to avoid an aggravating effect on CO₂ emissions.
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Intimate Geopolitics
Winner of the 2021 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award
from the American Association of Geographers 2021
Foreword Indies Finalist - Politics and Social Sciences
Intimate Geopolitics begins with a love story set in the
Himalayan region of Ladakh, in India's Jammu and Kashmir State, but
this is also a story about territory, and the ways that love,
marriage, and young people are caught up in contemporary global
processes. In Ladakh, children grow up to adopt a religious
identity in part to be counted in the census, and to vote in
elections. Religion, population, and voting blocs are implicitly
tied to territorial sovereignty and marriage across religious
boundaries becomes a geopolitical problem in an area that seeks to
define insiders and outsiders in relation to borders and national
identity. This book populates territory, a conventionally abstract
rendering of space, with the stories of those who live through
territorial struggle at marriage and birth ceremonies, in the
kitchen and in the bazaar, in heartbreak and in joy. Intimate
Geopolitics argues for the incorporation of the role of
time-temporality-into our understanding of territory.
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