Double standard as the method of intellectual discourse (is Russia the «occidental» civilizations antipode?). Part 1 by V V Eremyan, A A Klishas

“…The complex analysis of modern world political reality in the context of consideration of an actual condition of Russian Federation and the western powers relationship in the article is carried out.…”
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Playing poker with a committee : assessing the viability of coalitional coercive diplomacy by Burgess, Daniel Peter

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An Uncertain Future for Afghanistan’s Security Sector by Mark Sedra

“…Western powers may have espoused accountability, civil society, and good governance, but their Afghan operations have largely emphasized training and equipping for security. …”
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De-risking from China and its implications by Jash, Amrita

“…Amidst rising tensions with China, the major western powers are opting to de-risk and not de-couple in dealing with China. …”
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Shaman. by Xu, Jeffrey Jin Rong.

“…Through this rapid industrialization and urbanization of the landscape, Asians had fail to learn the mistakes committed by Western powers when it comes to being responsible to the environment. …”
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The Analysis of Self-Sufficiency Discourse in Imam Khomeini's Statements with Emphasis on Military and Defensive Aspects of Self-Sufficiency by Amirali Tafreshi, Abotaleb Shafeghat

“…In addition, different social agencyes are present within dispute of Imam's discourse such as super powers especially western powers as its opposing discourse, Pahlavi II as alliance of western powers in inducing dependency. …”
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O Aliado Fiel. As negociações para o acordo de exploração e exportação de urânio de 1949 by David Castaño

“…Salazar conceded to the requests of western powers, reinforcing the integration of the regime in the western bloc. …”
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ASEAN, Human Rights and the West by Hiro Katsumata

“…The common belief that the Western powers are putting pressure on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to change its stance on human rights is erroneous. …”
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BRICS for a new global order by C. Raja Mohan

“…However the rising non-Western powers are not out to form an anti-West bloc.…”
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Can Europe prevent Asia's rise? by Desker, Barry

“…Western powers, particularly Europe, anxious about the rise of Asia, resist the idea of changes to the existing decision-making powers in global institutions. …”
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Japanese Neutrality in the Nineteenth Century: International Law and Transcultural Process by Douglas Howland

“…An international and transcultural process, the history of Japanese neutrality in the nineteenth century is marked by changing ideas of the international laws of war and the rights of neutrals among the western powers.  The essay explores three points at which Japan's international history intersected with these developments in the meaning and practice of neutrality: the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the Sino-French conflict of 1884, and the Spanish-American War of 1898.  …”
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The subversive war deals with the Portuguese Strategic School and the portuguese experience in the African colonial wars by António Horta Fernandes

“…Subversive war has returned to have increased importance in different international scenarios in which major Western powers are involved. These complex scenarios, in some cases even insurgency and counter-insurgency phenomena, were joined by a very different phenomenon: terrorism. …”
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“You’re either with us, or you are with the terrorists” – Juxtaposed Ideologies in the War on Terror by Maryam Jameela

“…In doing so, the command paper characterises the relationship between Britain and Islamic terrorists as one of an ideological conflict playing out between Western powers and Muslim fundamentalists. In exaggerating the apparent polarisation necessary for an ideological conflict, I will demonstrate how the text locks us into certain narratives that filter out historical contexts in favour of a binary rhetoric aimed at furthering conflicts based on ideology as natural conclusions, rather than the constructions and manipulations of policy.…”
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Traditional African economies in conflict with western capitalism by C.M. Pauw

“….� The� dire� economic� conditions prevailing� in Africa are the result,� to a� large extent,� of� a� long history of� exploitation and economic� disempowerment particularly� by� western� powers.� Not� all� the strategies and programs to� counter this poverty are equally appropriate or acceptable.� In� the� meantime� a� unique� coping� mechanism� is� developing, particularly within African Independent Churches which may provide some answers.…”
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INFLUENCE OF NON-WESTERN ACTORS IN THE BALKANS by Roland LAMI, Blendi LAMI

“…The emergence of non-Western powers on the global and especially regional stage is reducing the Western domination in the Balkans. …”
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Some Reflections on the Wahhâbiya and the Sanûsiya Movements by Talip Küçükcan

“…Decline of the Ottoman Empire and diminishing authority of the Caliph, growing political and cultural influence of Western powers throughout the Muslim World, moral laxity and supersitious accretions prevalent among believers for long, rising wave of nationalist trends to establish regional and nation-states, all of these aforementioned factors and some others inspired new ideas and orientations that occurred in the Muslim World. …”
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Introduction - Oxford Energy Forum – Issue, 97

“…Politics, never far from these debates, is a factor: as a result of events in Ukraine, the tension between Russia and the western powers has risen to its highest level since the Cold War. …”

19th and early 20th century trade cards about Oceania as tools of information, education and propaganda for European colonial powers by Mückler, Hermann

“…A core symbol of this idea figured in the South Seas stereotype which was widely used to merge visions of unspoiled, peaceful island societies and dreams of a paradise on earth, with goals of establishing political control over the islands in the context of the race for colonies of the Western powers in the age of imperialism.…”
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The Path to Recognition from the United States, 1919–1922: The Case of Latvia by Ēriks Jēkabsons

“…After recognition was obtained from other Western powers in January 1921, the issue became particularly relevant. …”
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Vil'njusskij vopros v mezhdunarodnyh otnoshenijah: istoriografija problemy [The Vilnius issue in international relations: the historiography of the problem] by Mankevich Maria

“…The author pays special attention to the positions of western powers, the decision of the Conference of Ambassadors on March 15, 1923, and the mediation of the League of Nations in the territorial dispute between Lithuania and Poland. …”
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