Drawing on the concept of vaccine diplomacy, the article analyses Russia’se!orts to promote its Sputnik V vaccine and the repercussions this had intwo Central European EU member states which authorized the use of theRussian vaccine. The authors argue…
The outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly reshaped debates on the globalorder, democratic politics and the liberal mode of governing societies. Somehave compared the virus to the “ultimate empty signifier”, which alloweddifficult ideological groups…
There are projected to be over 200,000 Muslim tourists will visit Japan due to expected Tokyo Olympics 2020. But the previous study showed that the level of understanding about Muslim needs such as Halal terms still low among Japanese people. There…
Behind the ghost of the Iron Curtain lurks a public health crisis. Superseded in the media by East-West tension and military flare-ups, infectious disease has launched its own war on the Russian Federation. Besides the HIV epidemic, which has…
