The Greater Eurasian Partnership (GEP), introduced by Russia in 2015, is a regional integration project that aims to encompass the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). With this broad spectrum, it embodies various forms of regionalism, arranges a flexible instituti…
A current and central concern for all those who are concerned with 'peace' in the Middle East is the manner in which the Israeli Labour Party will handle the politically negotiated peace settlement with the Palestinians, and thus fulfil its primary election pledge. In particular, such observers are concerned with the important implications of such a political settlement, which will necessarily …
Government policy has played a crucial role in driving the development of broadband technology in New Zealand, but this has evidently been shaped by the interplay of different ministerial imperatives and rationales under different administrations. The Labour-led government's 2005 Digital Strategy primarily aimed at increasing consumer uptake of basic broadband to overcome the 'digital divide'. …
Based on a literature review and interviews with scholars, this article recaptures and evaluates the political-economic approach to the Dutch media during the 1970s and its subsequent disappearance. The objective of this paper is to contribute to reinstituting that approach. Additionally, this article argues for its heightened salience, as the commercialization of the Dutch media has much incre…
This article confronts the question of how we might renew the political economy of communication for an era of communicative abundance rather than scarcity. Drawing on Jodi Dean's concept of "communicative capitalism," I argue that, if capitalism has become more communicative, then the reinvigoration of political-economic critique necessitates the analysis of, engagement with, and support of th…
This research explores the interplay of corporate strategy and government policy as related to the English-language pay-per-view film services offered by Viewer's Choice Canada to digital cable subscribers in eastern Canada (i.e., Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces). Specifically, it traces the historical development of pay television policy and analyzes the pay-per-view industry's str…
In most English departments, the teaching of poetry focuses on traditional English poetry, mainly its structure, and fails to address poetry of the diverse styles, language and themes evolving from traditions that are not necessarily English. This disparity has pedagogical implications for speakers learning poetry whose first language is not English. Not only that, but the approach can also aff…
The authors suggest how regime politics is influenced m systematic ways by particular kinds of bargaining environments. They describe a theoretical framework designed to examine the interplay of local democratic development, market environments, and intergovernmental networks on regime dynamics in eight cities in Western Europe and the United States since the 1970s. The authors explain how stru…
The study of media industries may be relatively new to the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), but focus on this area has a long history and, in the United States, has included research on the interconnected industries of telephony, radio, film, journalism, and television. Much of this work can be divided into two perspectives: the first celebrates the individuals, working cohorts, com…
As the geopolitical importance of the Caucasus region increases, the need for sound analysis of its political, social and economic frameworks rises. With their book "The Central Caucasus- Problems of Geopolitical Economy" Eldar Ismailov and Vladimer Papava want to alter the view of the Caucasus as an economic region. Based on the thesis that economic integration is a necessity, particularly in …