The concept of multi-vector policy underlies Kazakhstan’s foreign strategy. However the implementation this strategy in UN General Assembly has not yet been studied. In work, author analyzes voting cohesion Kazakhstan and Russia, China, U.S., Germany 2007-2022, also studies behavior when above countries voted oppositely. Based on a quantitative qualitative analysis more than thousand resolution...

Pakistan’s foreign policy towards Afghanistan is shaped by its quest for territorial integrity. Both Pakistan and remained hostile since their inception. The main factor this rivalry was the Durand line issue which resulted in security threat from Afghanistan. paper analyzes bilateral conflict of factors responsible hostility. also examines independence. findings study concluded that has adopte...

The relationship between ethnic and faith communities in the United States and domestic forces relating to a converging and diverging social contract on the one hand, and US foreign, security and military policies in national, regional and global contexts on the other hand, constitutes the key focus of this paper and the ongoing research upon which it is based. Theories related to American ethn...

We examine the effects of mergers and internal groups (lobbies) in shaping national policies towards foreign direct investment. Lobbying is modeled following the political contributions approach. In this work we develop a partial equilibrium model of an oligopolistic industry in which a number of domestic and foreign firms compete in the market for a homogeneous good in a host country. It is as...

Health impact assessment (HIA) is an important tool for exploring the intersection between health and foreign policy, offering a useful analytical approach to increase positive health impacts and minimize negative impacts. Numerous subject areas have brought health and foreign policy together. Yet further opportunities exist for HIA to address a broader range of health impacts that otherwise ma...