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India, as envisioned by its authorities, perceives itself as ‘the new provider of security in the Indian Ocean Region and beyond’70. However, as Hall rightly observes, ‘To be a “net secu- rity provider,” a “field” in a new multipolar world, or a “leading power” requires resources and a robust strategy about how to use them and how to acquire more of what one needs’71. Thus, for India’s global role to expand in accordance with both its governmental expectations and its inherent potential, it must first focus on the development of security studies as an academic discipline within India itself, alongside the promotion of Indian security policy abroad72. Iden- tifying the objectives of its security policy and the means to achieve them is imperative. Broad, slogan-like formulations – such as advocating for a ‘multipolar world’ – are insufficient, as they fail to specify actionable security policy objectives, delineate threats and challenges, or define the range of tools India deems permissible in implementing its security policy. Both European and Russian perspectives on global and regional (Asia-Pacific) security issues indicate that international relations will increasingly be shaped by escalating confronta- tions, primarily between the United States and China. A major risk in this scenario is the po- tential marginalization of other international actors, including the European Union and the Rus- sian Federation. As both the EU and Russia view themselves as significant actors in global politics and seek to maintain their influence, India—currently regarded as a regional power with the potential to become a global power—becomes an increasingly attractive and promising partner from both perspectives. However, a security partnership with the European Union or Russia also carries inherent risks for India, which must be carefully considered. In an environ- ment of intensifying global rivalry, such a partnership could result in India becoming entangled in external geopolitical struggles, leading not to development and international empowerment, but rather to marginalization and instrumentalization. This is, in many ways, what Russia is experiencing today, having become heavily dependent on China as a consequence of its conflict with the West73. Indeed, some analysts suggest that only a renewed anti-China policy under a potential Donald Trump administration could restore Russia’s status as a significant actor in international politics. India thus faces the challenge of defining its security policy objectives in a way that strengthens its position as a power with ambitions of active participation in global politics. This challenge is compounded by the difficulty in predicting the outcomes of key po- litical processes, including the impact of China’s economic crisis on its security policy, the 70 I. Hall, Modi and the Reinvention of Indian Foreign Policy, Bristol 2019, p. 131. 71 Ibid.
Indie jako kluczowy element globalnej architektury bezpieczeństwa: potencjał i ograniczenia w świetle dokumentów strategicznych Unii Europejskiej i Federacji Rosyjskiej · 2026 · DOIThe issues were presented based on old prints materials from the collections of the Polish Academy of Sciences of the Gdańsk Library, taking into account the methodological issues related to obtaining provenance information from the collection of old prints, which in the discussed aspect are still insufficiently developed source data resources.
Między lekturą a notatnikiem. Noty rękopiśmienne w książce drukowanej jako materiał badawczy · 2022 · DOIBartholomew/Hedwig in a more comprehensive manner -as a group of works that are the effect of a more uniform concept, and it will enable a more precise dating of the works, which in turn may serve as a starting point for further research into the artistic environment of mid-15 th century Gdańsk.
Kaplice czy kaplica? O zawiłych dziejach kaplic(y) św. Bartłomieja i św. Jadwigi w gdańskim kościele Najświętszej Maryi Panny i o ich znaczeniu dla badań nad średniowiecznymi elementami wystroju · 2022 · DOIJiří Petrášek’s study is, therefore, a long-awaited analysis of an insufficiently researched piece of writing by Nicholas Magni: Contra epistolam perfidiae Hussitarum, which was a response to the 1430 Taborite Manifesto.
Mikołaj Magni z Jawora i jego Contra epistolam perfidiae Hussitarum. W związku z: Jiří Petrášek, „Meide die Häretiker”. Die antihussitische Reaktion des Heidelberger Professors Nikolaus von Jauer (1355–1435) auf das taboritische Manifest aus dem Jahr 1430, Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2018 (Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie und Theologie des Mittelalters. Texte und Untersuchungen. Neue Folge, LXXXII) · 2022 · DOIYet despite the limited knowledge of the composition of the court of King Vladislaus Jagiellon after he became King of Hungary, it is possible to formulate several partial conclusions and identify by name 45 individuals from Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Lusatia, though in reality the representation of the noblemen (from the higher and lower nobility) from the lands of the Crown of St.
Courtiers, diplomats, servants, merchants... Foreigners in account books of the Hungarian court of King Vladislaus Jagiellon from 1494–1495 · 2021 · DOIPhysics in the Czech lands between the scientific revolution and the beginnings of the enlightenment (1620–1750) The article provides a succinct overview of the history of physics in the Czech lands in the period delimited by the events following the defeat of the Bohemian Revolt on one end and the start of the epoch of the Enlightenment on the other.
It explores the areas of Christian religion in its Evangelical topography, limited to the space of the former Prussian province of Pommern (Provinz Pommern) and Western Pomerania after 1945.
The Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche) in Western Pomerania in Light of the Activity of St. Mary’s Parish in Koszalin (Köslin) and the Rev. Friedrich Onnasch (1881–1945) · 2020 · DOIThe article contains previously unknown documents relating to the past of the Hetman period in Poltava region, the towns and villages of Lubny, Myrhorod and Poltava regiments, their socio-economic, political and ecclesiastical history, such poorly studied sotnias as Ostapivska, cities flooded with artificial Dnieper reservoirs in the 20th century - Chyhyryn-Dibrova; some of the Princely genera(Iskra).
From sources on the history of Poltava region in the ХVІІ - ХVІІІ centuries (from the collection of the Institute of Manuscript of Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine) · 2019 · DOIThe Inventory of the Holy Spirit Church in Łęczna of 1834 The history of the Holy Spirit provostry foundation in Łęczna has not yet been fully investigated.
From a contemporary perspective, the analysis and verification of the information presented in the description – showing the actual condition of the city and the living conditions of its inhabitants seven decades ago – provides a useful source for further research on the infrastructure of urban centres in Warmia and Masuria after the end of World War II.
A description of the city of Olsztyn from December 3, 1947. A source for the study ofeconomic and social functions of urban centres in Warmia and Masuria after the end of World War II · 2019 · DOIUntil now, few studies have used the written sources dated 1599, 1712, 1738 and 1765 the Rzecpospolita estate Rzezyca (Rēzekne) district country manor inventory, written in Polish, stating the names of the hosts of peasants’ houses which reflects the dynamics of socioethnic group formation.
SOCIOETHNIC GROUPS OF LATGALE IN 16-18th CENTURIES ACCORDING TO RĒZEKNE DISTRICT INVENTORY AND SOUL AUDIT DATA · 2017 · DOITaking advantage of preserved archival materials as well as of the scarce literature on the subject matter, the author reconstructs the subsequent forms of functioning of particular institutions – the Jesuit public school, music dormitory, landed gentry boarding school, teacher training college for Jesuit clerics and a year course for nunnery formation, the so-called third probationary period.
Epistolary biography of the commander of the Order of Malta, Wincenty Raczyński (1771–1857) The text describes Wincenty Raczyński, a little known member of the Raczyński family who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries, the founder of the “Courland line” of the family, and the commander of the Order of Malta.
My deliberations are intentionally limited to the example of brief literary forms, namely the Old Serbian inscriptions, which have not yet been considered or even marginalized, although they constitute lofty artistic and autonomous forms of expression, mirroring the whole repertoire of ideas, motifs, constructions and reserves of proceedings and operational strategies characteristic of the Old Church Slavonic literature.
The equally little known figure of Max Sdralek, another Silesian (coming from Woszczyce) priest and academic, Rector of University of Wrocław, provides a significant context with the research methodology which this eminent scholar initiated, developed and tried to pass down to his pupils, among whom was also Stefan Siwiec.
The article constitutes an attempt to interpret a little known collection of poems by the Jesuit priest from Vilnius, whose publication was both the reaction to the outbreak of plague in Vilnius between 1629–1632 and the testimony of increased religiousness in the face of the epidemic.
"Bezoar z łez ludzkich czasu powietrza morowego" Walentego Bartoszewskiego jako przykład "recepty dusznej i cielesnej” na czas zarazy · 2014This article contains information about little known event which was the exposition of agrarian and industrial achievements of Javoriv region near Lvov in 1907.
Postawa ziemian galicyjskich wobec przemysłu – wystawa przemysłowo-rolnicza w Jaworowie w 1907 r. · 2010 · DOIWas the service of pacholęta changing over the years? Due to a short-age of historical sources describing their service, historians have not investigated the role of pacholęta and instead gave more attention to men-at-arms who directly influenced the results of battles.
In spite of Adam Kamiński's thorough study, the figure of Kasper as a bourgeois as well as a goldsmith from Kraków and a property owner turns out to be still not fully known.
The Cracovian Burgher Kasper Suski de casa Castiglione (d. 1589) as an Estatesman in the Duchy of Zator · 2025 · DOIAn effort has been made to clarify inaccuracies in the relatively sparse literature and to fill in quite significant gaps, mainly concerning the 16th and 17th centuries.
On the other hand, however, it should be pointed out that he is perhaps one of the most mystified figures of the twentieth century, while incredibly little is known about his real life, especially in the post-war period.
Povojnové aktivity Stjepana Tomislava Poglajena – Kolakoviča vo svetle vatikánskej diplomacie (1946 – 1959) · 2025 · DOIIn the conclusion, the author emphasizes not only the need to continue the systematic documentation of heraldic depictions—including detailed and factually accurate descriptions—but also the potential for further research on the collected material.
Heraldická vyobrazení v předbělohorských bohemikálních tiscích pohledem heraldika – stav a perspektivy výzkumu · 2025 · DOIHowever, according to the author of this article and other researchers of Emilia’s manuscripts, Wróblewska’s rich legacy warrants closer study in its own right.
„PRZECIW SWEMU ZWYCZAJOWI NOWINKAMI CIĘ BAWIĘ” – LISTY EMILII Z BENIOWSKICH WRÓBLEWSKIEJ DO SYNA TADEUSZA. ROZWAŻANIA NA MARGINESIE EDYCJI CYFROWEJ JEJ DZIENNIKÓW · 2025 · DOIIn addition to a review of the literature and a commentary on it, the article, in its final section, also includes suggestions and hints for further research on the subject of the religious life of peasants – both research gaps worth filling, as well as source and methodological suggestions.
Dotychczasowe badania nad religijnością polskich chłopów w okresie pouwłaszczeniowym (1864–1914) · 2025 · DOIOverall, this study underscores the need for further research into other surviving Czech manuscripts of Old Czech prayer books in order to better understand the preservation of archaisms and the role of women in the creation and adaptation of religious texts during the Late Middle Ages.
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