International Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal: Recent submissions
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Introduction
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Lodz East Asia Meeting: the Biggest Conference on East Asia in Central Europe
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Book Reviews
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The Impact of the Chinese Diaspora in the U.S. on the American View of China
(Lodz University Press, 2019-01-03)The first Chinese immigrants arrived in the United States in the 1820s and initially their presence did not result in improving the American perception of China. On the contrary – intense immigration from China led to the ... -
Assessing the Impact of Communications Strategy and Ethical Positioning on the Resilience of a Political Career Facing Scandal: Critical Analysis of Sexual Scandals within American Politics
(Lodz University Press, 2019-01-03)Throughout the evolution of public political discourse we have repeatedly seen the effects of scandals on the careers of many politicians. Although the cultural and societal norms that have traditionally dictated the results ... -
Yuan Versus United States Dollar: the Defective Bipolar China–United States Relationship
(Lodz University Press, 2019-01-03)The chosen currency regime places a state within the international economic order. Therefore, the exchange rate is a key to creating an internal financial system and opening it up to foreign participants. In this paper we ... -
Competition Between Chinese and United States Companies in the Internet Market
(Lodz University Press, 2019-01-03)World’s Internet market is dominated by the companies based in United States, but fast growing Chinese companies try to challenge them, and already took the second position. Their success is based on economies of scale and ... -
Vietnam Game Between USA and China
(Lodz University Press, 2019-01-03)Vietnam tries to respond to changing international situations, while attempting to stay in accordance with its own ambitions. China and the USA, the two superpowers, are the most important partners of Vietnamese strategy, ... -
China as the Strategic Competitor in the Debate on TPP in the United States
(Lodz University Press, 2019-01-03)The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was negotiated with participation of the U.S. representatives from 2008. It was discussed not only in terms of the economic consequences of it. The proponents of signing TPP claimed that ... -
U.S. Foreign Policy Towards North Korea
(Lodz University Press, 2019-01-03)As the current administration of president Donald J. Trump published its National security strategy and was fully occupied with the situation on Korean peninsula in its first year, the aim of the paper is to analyse the ... -
Development Assistance for Africa as Part of the Chinese–American Rivalry
(Lodz University Press, 2019-01-03)The system of development assistance for Africa in recent years has become one of the most important tools in the rivalry between world powers on the continent. Due to the increasingly important position in the global ... -
U.S. and China: Hard and Soft Power Potential
(Lodz University Press, 2019-01-03)On an economic level: GDP value, reserve currency/public debt to GNP, direct investment home and abroad. With regard soft power, six categories have been taken into consideration: diplomacy, socio-political, socioeconomic, ... -
Bipolar Disorder in Statehood: is China “Dr. Jekyll” or “Mr. Hyde” or Both?
(Lodz University Press, 2019-01-03)American and Chinese interests seem to be at one time in agreement and at another at loggerheads over issues that involve armed services, diplomacy, economics, human rights, intelligence, trade and culture. Part of what ... -
Introduction
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The Arab Spring – Implications for the Russian Federation
Stopczynski, Andrzej
(Lodz University Press, 2018-11-22)
The Arab Spring led to a major transformation of political systems of the region’s most countries; an increase in the significance of radical Islam in the political life; a degradation of the security environment. In ... -
Polygyny Amongst Muslims in the Russian Federation
(Lodz University Press, 2018-11-22)Polygynous families had been living legally in Russia in the areas inhabited by Muslims from the October Revolution to the mid-twentieth century. However, such a family model was not common among the followers of Islam. ... -
Egypt: Revolution 2011/2025. Dystopia, Utopia, and Political Fiction in Mustafa Al- Husayni’s Novel 2025 An-Nida Al-Akhir
(Lodz University Press, 2018-11-22)The article discusses the novel 2025. An-Nida al-Akhir [2025. The Last Call] written by a young Egyptian journalist and writer born in 1982 - Mustafa al-Husayni. The novel was published in early 2011, between the fall of ... -
Iranian–Turkish Relations in a Changing Middle East
(Lodz University Press, 2018-11-22)After the outbreak of the Arab Spring and, above all, the intensification of the Syrian crisis with Ankara starting to engage in a political confrontation with Assad’s Syria, Tehran tried to exploit its historic strategic ... -
National and Cultural Identity in Iraq in the Face of the Formation of the New Order in the Middle East. Philosophical Reflection and the Political Reality
(Lodz University Press, 2018-11-22)After Arab Spring many hopes were dashed. However historical change must be happening now in the area of social awareness. The rise of extremism limits awareness and also endangers the Arab identity. The Arab revolution ... -
Did Egyptian Women Win or Lose by Overthrowing the Regime of Hosni Mubarak?
(Lodz University Press, 2018-11-22)Egypt is a place with a long tradition of female participation in revolutions. After years of Mubarak’s despotism, women joined the revolution once again. As a result, they had to deal with the violation of women’s rights. ...