“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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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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From “Greater Europe” to “Greater Eurasia”: Status concerns and the evolution of Russia’s approach to alignment and regional integration by Andrej Krickovic, Igor Pellicciari

“…Russia’s approach to alignment and regional integration has evolved dramatically—from a focus on the West and disinterest and neglect of regional integration in the 1990s, to vigorous efforts to reintegrate the post-Soviet space under Russian leadership in the period between 2009 and 2014, to forming a “Greater Eurasia” that transcends the post-Soviet space and includes China and other non-Western powers (such as Turkey, India, and Iran) today. …”
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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 position of international community on the restoration of independence of the Baltic States 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 sel ection of sources and a new formulation of the problem of Baltic independence. …”
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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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De l’archéologie russo-soviétique en situation coloniale à l’archéologie post-coloniale en Asie centrale by Svetlana Gorshenina, Claude Rapin

“…The study of Antiquity in Tsarist Russia and the USSR appears usually as being deeply contrasted with the traditional representations of archaeology built by the Western powers. This analysis will, however, show how postcolonial approaches can be successfully used in the field of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet archaeology in Central Asia. …”
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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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A brief note on the attempts of the secularizing powers in the domains of education and administration during the colonial era in the Malay World by Ozay, Mehmet

“…In this context, as dealt with in detail in subsequent pages, while the related Western powers functioned as secularizing powers, they did not do so in a revolutionary way, and instead adopted an evolutionary method. …”
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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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ЛЕГИТИМНОСТА НА УПОТРЕБАТА НА СИЛА: СЛУЧАЈОТ ЛИБИЈА by Рина КИРКОВА

“…It leaves vast space for speculations on the hidden agenda of the interveningWestern powers.…”
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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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Institutional mosaic of financial institutions in the late Qing China and synthesis of organizational forms: from piaohao and qianzhuang to the central bank by M. S. Kruglova

“…By the time of the Chinese economy “forced opening” by Western powers during the Opium Wars, China had its own quasi-banking institutions based on the established clan networks of trade organizations that covered the credit needs of the traditional economy. …”
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Transnationalization of science and technology policies in Central America. A network analysis 1955-2020 by Ronny Viales-Hurtado, Ronald Sáenz-Leandro, Marco Garita-Mondragón

“…ICAITI, with the help of foreign aid programs sponsored by western powers, was instrumental in establishing the scientific development policies that became dominant in Central America. …”
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CRISIS OF MUSLIM CIVILIZATION IN MODERN TIMES by Dr. Faraz Anjum

“…It first resulted in political chaos and ultimately colonization of Muslim lands by Western powers. Later, Muslim civilization faced serious cultural and intellectual onslaught from the West which intensified and deepened the crisis. …”
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The Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace: an Outdated Concept or Format for the Future? by A. V. Kupriianov

“…Despite the proclamation of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace by UNGA in 1971, the Western powers ignored this decision, refusing to withdraw its militaryforces and bases from the region. …”
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Making the Best of a Bad Job? by Christopher Reeves

“…Moreover, they feared that the Three Western Powers would be negotiating from a position of weakness. …”
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