The art of statecraft has often involved efforts to improve the security of one state by taking advantage of the power and influence of other states. This is, for example, why a state typically seeks to forge military alliances with others. It is also why some states provide economic and military support to client or dependent states and why some advocate the formation of multistate trading blo...

Martin Powell makes the point that the death of the National Health Service (NHS) is constantly asserted without criteria. This article suggests that the NHS is many things, which makes criteria unstable. The alignment of interests in the structure of the NHS enables both overheated rhetoric and political strength, and that pluralization of provision might actually undermine that alignment over...

This article analyzes a campaign to involve Russian and foreign sailors in discovering sea route Siberia. The was launched the 1860s–1870s by M. K. Sidorov, Siberian gold miner public figure (1823–1887). Sidorov’s recruiting is perfect example of an attempt establish cooperation between segments imperial periphery realm private commercial project while avoiding direct participation center. Sido...

In the context of existing scientific approaches, modern trends that dictate semantic load concept “national security” have been considered. The development national, first all, legal debate surrounding security Ukraine” demonstrated. Attention has focused on leading role jurisprudence in integration knowledge regarding national issues. novelty research consists formulation a number conclusions...