„Mała wojna” Rosji i Gruzji a rozpoczęcie wyścigu zbrojeń dronów by Olga Wasiuta, Sergiusz Wasiuta

“…The war also showed cracks in Europe between Western powers that wanted to maintain good relations with Russia and Eastern European Countries at the same time.…”
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Clash of cultures: the influence of the American culture wars on Westernisation in Singapore by Ho, Jian Kai

“…Ultimately, this paper reveals the irony at the heart of the state’s construction of and reaction to Westernisation—in its attempt to distinguish Singapore as inherently different from the Western cultures they condemned whilst ensuring good relations with Western powers such as America, the state inadvertently echoed American conservative discourses.…”
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Britain’s Policy of Socio-Cultural Influence: the Current State and Recent Developments by Vyacheslav V.Sutyrin

“…The author looks into the structure and dynamics of expenditures and draws a comparison with other leading Western powers. The research shows no significant transformations of approaches over the last decade as far as general logic and influence mechanisms are concerned. …”
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The End of Empires and the Consequences in the Balkan Peninsula by Božidar Jezernik

“…They had to reorganise themselves on national lines if they were hold their own at all in modern international politics because nationality was the contemporary basis of Western states and, owing to the ascendancy of the West in the world, the relations of non-Western peoples to each other and to Western powers had to approximate to the forms which the Western world took for granted. …”
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Pozicija mezhdunarodnogo soobshhestva po voprosu «vosstanovlenija» nezavisimosti Baltijskih respublik [The position of international community on the restoration of independence of... by Portnyagina Maria

“…As a result of internal contradictions in the USSR, Baltic leaders managed to achieve independence without any effective support from western powers. The research significance of this study lies in a diverse selection of sources and a new formulation of the problem of Baltic independence. …”
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Islamic Resurgence and the Twenty-First Century by Hussin Mutalib

“…There were some exceptions to such a negative atti­tude and response. but by and large such a wariness had permeated the thinking of many non-Muslims, including western powers and the non­Muslim world generally. This mindset lingers until today as the world approaches the arrival of the twenty-first century-manifest, for instance. in the "clash of civi­lization" thesis postulated by the well-known Harvard professor, Samuel Hun-tington recently. …”
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“To Cross into a War Should be Difficult” by Angelo Arminio

“…I use Homi Bhabha’s concept of hybridity to situate the protagonist Haris Abadi, a former Iraqi interpreter who acquired American citizenship, as well as many of the characters living in the borderland as transcultural characters influenced by European and American imperialism who struggle to find their place in the world, all unfortunate victims of an imagined line—or, in Gloria Anzaldúa’s words, “unnatural boundary”—drawn by Western powers a century earlier. Through their hybrid nature they pose an inherent challenge to traditional notions of citizenship and belonging and expose the imperialist practices at work in and around the Syrian civil war. …”
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Status‐Seeking Through Disaster Relief: India and China’s Response to Turkey–Syria Earthquakes by Dhanasree Jayaram, Lina Gong, Manaswini Dahagam Srivatsav

“…Disaster relief cooperation can be viewed through the lenses of the logics of both appropriateness and consequences. As “non-Western” powers, they have conventionally been known to contest disaster relief norms perceived by them as Western. …”
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The Conflict in Syria: Key Issues and Consequences on the International Market of Crude Oil by Mariana Papatulică

“…At the end of August 2013, the international prices of Brent crude rose to a 17-month high ($ 117.8 /barrel) as Western powers, mainly USA, readied a military strike against Syria, and traders and analysts cited concerns over stability in the Middle East. …”
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The Evolving Paradigms of Military Interventions and China: Lessons from Global Centre-Periphery Relations by Nenad Stekić

“…Evidence, including the economic rise of non-Western powers,the politicomilitary ascendance of Russia and China, and the growing prevalence of asymmetric threats, signals a shift from a unipolar to a multipolar global system. …”
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VICTORY IN HADES: THE FORGOTTEN WARS OF THE OMAN 1957-1959 and 1970-1976 PART 2: THE DHOFAR CAMPAIGN 1970-1976 by S. Monick

“…<p><strong>Section A</strong></p><p><strong>Similarities and contrasts</strong></p><p>During the years 1970-1976 Oman was once again a theatre of operations in which the Sultan's forces, supported by pro-Western powers, succeeded in defeating the insurgent forces seeking to destroy the established power structure of Oman. …”
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The Political West as the End of History by R. Sakwa

“…In response to the assertiveness of the Western political bloc, an alternative alignment led by Russia and China has emerged, challenging the unilateral dominance of Western powers. This Political East, while embodying anti-hegemonic sentiments, maintains a conservative stance within the framework of the international Charter system. …”
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Chinese nationalism portrayed in textbooks designed for ethnic Korean students by Qunyi Wang, Dong Bae Lee

“…These textbooks advance PRC nationalism through China’s historical subjugation by Japan and Western powers, promote Han-centred unity, and champion the ‘Chinese Dream’. …”
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UKRAINE AND THE “IMMINENT” RUSSIAN INVASION: NEW MASS MEDIA AS A MEANS OF PROPAGANDA AND MANIPULATION by G. Simons

“…</strong> The results of this indicative study suggest that Western mainstream media are engaged in the current global geopolitics of transformation (from Unipolar to Multipolar order), and there is an attempt by the US-led Western powers to obstruct the rise of challenging powers and their influence and hence to preserve US hegemony. …”
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The unbearable lightness of legalism : the historical role of social morality in South East Asian international politics by Chong, Alan

“…In colonial times, international law was foisted by Western powers onto the informal social morality of the region, resulting in power politics operating behind legal manoeuvres. …”
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The Iberian crusaderism and the end of Pax Islamica in the Indian Ocean by Kopanski, Ataullah Bogdan

“…Their conquests ofthe prosperous Muslim seaports in the Indian Ocean were authorized by the royal courts ofthe new western powers and the militant religious orders The Iberian sea rovers were formidable rogues of western Christendom waging the first global naval anti-Islamic crusade in the new Era ofGunpowder. …”
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The Malaysian federation in 1963 and the indonesia-malaysia confrontation: an analysis of the bipolar international system by Mohd. Noor Mat Yazid

“…The bilateral relations between the two countries shifted after April 1967 as a result of the changes that took place in Indonesian domestic politics. Western powers, especially the United States, had supported Suharto’s ascension to power, with the purpose of avoiding the formation of a communist state in the region. …”
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Mengkabong, North Borneo in the eighteenth century by Yusry Sulaiman, Mosli Tarsat, Rizal Zamani Idris, Mohd Firdaus Abdullah

“…The study is essential in understanding North Borneo's early history before the arrival of western powers. Finally, this article provides some insight into the history of Mengkabong in the early history of Sabah.…”
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Signs of time. Anti- jesuitical experiences in Rio Grande do Sul and Bahia (Brazil) in the first decades of the 20th century. by Alba Cristina Couto dos Santos Salatino, Helenize Soares Serres

“…Marquis of Pombal was the main character, without a doubt, in the anti-Jesuitical struggle and in the extinction of this order as one of the western powers of the period. Pombal, who described the Jesuits as enemies and accused them of causing all the troubles of the country. …”
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Western Religious Propaganda in the Holy Land in the Correspondence of V.N. Khitrovo and K.P. Pobedonostsev in the 1880s by Vladimir V. Blokhin

“…Khitrovo rightly supposed that the success of Western propaganda was due to the Western powers’ implementation of their national interests. …”
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