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661. A Specter is Haunting the West (?): The BRICS and the Future of Global Governance

Author:
Francesco Petrone
Publication Date:
01-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
The Rest: Journal of Politics and Development
Institution:
Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis (CESRAN)
Abstract:
Western countries are living a period of fragmentation that is (probably) undermining their leadership in dealing with an accountable global governance. Regarding global governance, it has received some criticisms such as the one that identifies it with a theoretical and unclear definition of an illusory enlarged participation to global decision-making, but in practice an attempt to impose Western policies. Furthermore, emerging powers like the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) may undermine this dominance, and the very meaning of global governance itself, inaugurating initiatives that tend to promote their presence in Global South, the creation of parallel institutions, their soft power and the (apparent?) engagement in global issues, such as climate change. In this article, we first analyze the acquired weight of the BRICS, then we highlight the weaknesses of global gover
Topic:
Climate Change, Globalization, Governance, International Institutions, and Emerging Powers
Political Geography:
Africa, Russia, China, Europe, India, Asia, South Africa, Brazil, and South America

662. Not Our War: Iraq, Iran and Syria’s Approaches towards the PKK

Author:
I. Aytac Kadioglu
Publication Date:
01-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
The Rest: Journal of Politics and Development
Institution:
Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis (CESRAN)
Abstract:
Terrorist violence led by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is one of the major issues of Turkey since the 1980s. This violence is based upon Kurdish ethnic identity aimed towards establishing an independent Kurdish state in Turkey’s southeast, northern Iraq, northern Syria and north-western Iran. Despite this aim, the terrorist campaign of the PKK predominantly targets security forces and civilians in Turkey. However, the existence of a terrorist group such a long time raises a question of the impact of external support on the formation and maintenance of the PKK. While Turkey has criticised constantly its southern neighbours on the PKK’s activities and tactics, the regional approaches have been largely neglected in the existing scholarly literature. This article aims to close this gap by focusing on the role played by Iraq, Iran and Syria in the PKK terrorism and Turkey’s counter-terrorism policies. The article argues that the major reasons for the unsuccessful result of Turkey’s effort to destroy the PKK were the approaches of ignorance of the PKK activities and the use of the group as a trump card by the three neighbours and insufficient policies to keep under control the regional dimension of the conflict. The article critically analyses historical relationships between these three states and Turkey to explore how the regional dimension has affected the resolution of this conflict.
Topic:
Terrorism, War, Ethnicity, Conflict, and State Sponsored Terrorism
Political Geography:
Iraq, Europe, Iran, Turkey, Middle East, Asia, Syria, and Kurdistan

663. The Writing Center as a Mechanism For Preventing Plagiarism in Students’ Works: Foreign and National Universities Experience

Author:
Viktor Drozdov and Galina Oleinikova
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
The role of writing centers in the formation of the academic writing skills and preventing academic plagiarism among students of American and European universities is researched, the experience of writing centers in Ukrainian universities is characterized, the prospects of their activity are determined in the context of the formation of the quality system of higher education in Ukraine. Based on the analysis of the websites of university centers of writing, their structure and forms of work with students of different educational levels are revealed. Defining a wide range of tasks of the writing centers, the author's focus the attention on the methods of preventing academic plagiarism in student works. The article presents the experience of well-known American writing centers with students, specifies online resources that provide a significant amount of methodological materials for the formation of the culture of scientific speech.
Topic:
Reform, Higher Education, Academia, Writing Center, Plagiarism, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe, Ukraine, and United States of America

664. Strategies in Planning Research Integrity Training at Ukrainian University

Author:
Olena Knysh
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
In recent years, much work has been done to promote integrity in academic community in Ukraine. Still, educational interventions introduced to the local level have not yet become an effective instrument to foster integrity in academia. This paper aims to discuss the key motivational factors that influence the effectiveness of integrity trainings for early-career researchers at Ukrainian universities in order to identify the possibly gaps during implementation of research integrity education at the institutional level. The article is based on the experience of conducting the research integrity workshops at the regional institution of higher education. Data was carried out as a qualitative face-to-face semi-structured interviews to learn about the sources of knowledge on research integrity. The findings of the study may help to identify key factors that influence the effectiveness of research integrity trainings, and develop effective tools to promote research integrity at the Ukrainian higher educational institutions.
Topic:
Education, Research, Higher Education, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe and Ukraine

665. Plagiarism Attitude Scale as a Tool Of Understanding Academic Integrity Values

Author:
Svitlana Chukanova
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
As Ukraine has chosen a course to European integration, it is obvious that there is a necessity in revising all the standards and it is very important to pay great attention to education and academic ethics. Especially crucial topics are a violation of Academic Integrity principles such as cheating and plagiarism, thus students must be sure that they know what plagiarism is, and what the consequences of it are.
Topic:
Law, Ethics, Research, Regional Integration, Higher Education, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe and Ukraine

666. Contract Cheating In Serbia and In Sweden

Author:
Sonja Bjelobaba
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
The last two decades have seen many studies about contract cheating. However, thus far, there have been no such studies for Serbia or Sweden, two countries with a similar educational system that differ in many other ways. Although research indicates that students’ opinions on academic integrity vary in different countries, the question to which extent the essay mills are used and what students think about contract cheating in different countries remain unexplored. Previous research has shown higher engagement in cheating behaviour in Eastern European countries in general compared to Western countries, but without concentrating on contract cheating in particular. The aim of this paper is to compare the usage of and the attitudes towards essay mills and contract cheating in Serbia and Sweden. For that purpose, student questionnaires from Serbia and Sweden (n=2341) were extracted from the Global Essay Mills Survey (GEMS) project. The results show that the awareness of contract cheating and the usage of essay mills and other similar services in those two countries differ in many important aspects: while contract cheating is extremely rare in Sweden, Serbian students appear to be more tolerant to such services.
Topic:
Culture, Public Opinion, Survey, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe, Serbia, and Sweden

667. Academic Integrity In Transitional Societies (Ukraine)

Author:
Bielova Valeriia
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
The modern scientific world literally breaks the discussion about the quality of scientific research, the reliability of research practices, the purity of the experiment, plagiarism and dishonesty. Solid men, whose creative reserve is measured by hundreds of scientific publications, and young scientists who are making only first steps in science, officials from science and the scientific community today put forward to each other a huge amount of both fair and fake accusations that can lead to a split of a large Institute of national science and education, the suspension of scientific research, the deformation of their main functions − to pave the way to the truth, and from it — to practice.
Topic:
Higher Education, Academia, Transition, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe and Ukraine

668. Breaches of Academic Integrity in Ukraine: Issues on Copyrights Disposal

Author:
Alla Smorodyna
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
First part of this paper reviews how Ukrainian law regulates creation, disposal and transfer of the intellectual property rights on educational literary works (books, textbooks, study guidelines etc.) produced by the academics employed in Ukrainian Higher Educational Institutions (so called HEIs). Economic intellectual property rights on such works may belong to the academic, to the University or to them jointly. It is proved that academics enjoy with moral intellectual property rights and are keeping such rights not depending on the fact of transfer of the economic intellectual property rights. Second part of this paper reviews issues on regulation and application of the principles of academic integrity to the academics from the perspective of Ukrainian law. As a result it is studied the consequences of breach of academic integrity principles and its co- relation with copyright infringement.
Topic:
Intellectual Property/Copyright, Law, Higher Education, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe and Ukraine

669. Working hand in hand to create a brighter future for China and Poland

Author:
Liu Guangyuan
Publication Date:
12-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Nowa Polityka Wschodnia
Institution:
Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Abstract:
Ambassador Liu Guangyuan’s keynote speech at the conference on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.
Topic:
International Relations, Diplomacy, and Bilateral Relations
Political Geography:
China, Europe, Asia, and Poland

670. Three boards: security, economy and the new unknown. The complicated relationship between China and Central and Eastern Europe

Author:
Michal Lubina
Publication Date:
12-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Nowa Polityka Wschodnia
Institution:
Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Abstract:
Two decades ago, when China economically entered Western Europe for the first time, two dominant narratives emerged. The first one claimed that China’s involvement constitutes a great development opportunity for European continent; the other one declared that it’s a serious security threat. Those two discourses on China remain dominant until now and the opportunity vs. threat dichotomy can now also be applied to Chinese’s policy towards Central and Eastern Europe. Th e answer for the dichotomy is both. China’s engagement means a great opportunity for development for Central and Eastern Europe. Th e success, however, is uncertain. It may never fulfill due to external factors and the drawbacks may overshadow the benefits.
Topic:
International Relations, Security, and Economy
Political Geography:
China, Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Central Europe