• Political Relations of Australia with the United States: 2000–2017 

  Sprengel, Mieczysław (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  Relations between Australia and the United States have developed for long time notably during World War II. Over the following decades, cooperation has become more intense as Australians adopt many cultural patterns from ...

• Korean Crisis and a War of Words 

  Beczkowska, Joanna (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  In 2017, Korean crisis escalated as Donald Trump began “war of words” with DPRK’s chairman Kim Jong-un. Each threat both leaders made might eventually be understood by the other party as a declaration of war. Donald Trump ...

• Revision of Japan’s Foreign Policy After Donald Trump’s Electoral Victory 

  Żakowski, Karol (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  The article analyzes the process of modification of Japan’s foreign policy after Donald Trump’s election as US president. As short- and middle-range aims of Japan’s diplomatic strategy were outlined with expectation of ...

• Donald Trump’s Administration Confronting Missile Defence: Key Challenges and Probabilistic Overview 

  Nycz, Grzegorz (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  The text describes main US missile defence efforts in the first years of D. Trump’s administration. The analysis of current aspects of BMD (Ballistic Missile Defence) deployments is enhanced by probability analysis examining ...

• Searching for Solid Ground in Polish-American Relations in the Second Year of the Trump Administration 

  Szklarski, Bohdan; Ilowski, Piotr (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  Since the beginning of the Trump Administration, analysts of American foreign policy have observed several changes in the style substance and style of Washington’s international behavior with regard to both foes and friends. ...

• President Trump’s Declarations on Official Development Assistance: A Change of Policy? 

  Zaremba, Michał (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  For years official development assistance (ODA) has been one of the most important forms of financial assistance provided to developing countries by highly developed countries. Despite the controversy over the effectiveness ...

• Book Review 

  Moni, Monir Hossain (Lodz University Press, 2019)

• Heterogeneity of the Notion of Interest in Accordance with the International Relations Theory: A Study of Russia’s National Interests 

  Sadłocha, Jarosław (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  The category of a national interest is one of the most popular notions used in international relations. It has a polysemic character and is differently interpreted by various scientific perspectives. The purpose of this ...

• Confronting the International Order: Changes in US Foreign Policy from the Perspective of American Power Elites 

  Mania, Andrzej; Pugacewicz, Tomasz (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  The aim of this article is to present the most important voices on the role of the US in the international order during Donald Trump’s presidency in the debate held in the Foreign Affairs. The authors assume that Foreign ...

• Does China’s Aid in Africa Affect Traditional Donors? 

  Deyassa, Kassaye (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  China’s role as an emerging aid provider and the concept of a social plan in Africa has led to polarised responses in the West. Several say that this “productivist” strategy is much less determined by the concepts of ...

• Shia Armed Groups and the Future of Iraq 

  Rached, Kardo; Bali, Ahmed Omar (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  The rising and acceleration of the Shia armed group in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon require a deep understanding of the root of the multi-dimensional conflicts in the Middle East. An appropriate and sufficient approach ...

• Territorial Manifestations in Times of Globalization: Implications for State-Centrism in International Relations 

  Aleksandrova, Boryana (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  Globalization challenges the state-centric realist view of space and authority within International Relations. Using multifaceted concepts of territoriality and non-territoriality, this article goes into three versions of ...

• A New Alliance against the US? Sino-Russian Relations in Response to Trump’s Redefined Foreign Policy Priorities 

  Ciborek, Przemysław (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  The current state of bilateral relations between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China is described by many international relations experts as the best in history. After taking the president office by ...

• The Redefinition of Foreign Policy of the United States since Trump’s Election: The Case of Trade War with China 

  Jaskuła, Paweł (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  The main aim of this text is to present economic relations between China and the US today. The election of Donald Trump in 2016, significantly redefined American trade policy toward China. Despite the first months of his ...

• Relations Between Singapore and the People’s Republic of China in the Light of Donald Trump’s New Southeast Asia Policy 

  Chatys, Mateusz (Lodz University Press, 2019)

  The aim of the article is to analyze the relationship between Singapore and the People’s Republic of China in the light of the current policy of the President of the United States Donald Trump. The point of reference for ...

• Introduction 

  Ciesielska-Klikowska, Joanna; Marczuk-Karbownik, Magdalena; Żakowski, Karol (Lodz University Press, 2019)

• Wolność gospodarcza a postępy w transformacji gospodarczej krajów WNP w latach 2000–2014 

  Pilarczyk, Daria (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019)

  Economic freedom is one of the main elements of the market economy, conditioning its efficient and effective functioning. In many countries which faced the necessity to transform their economy from socialist to a free ...

• Manipulacja informacją na rynkach finansowych: przyczynek do analizy na przykładzie rynku kapitałowego w Polsce 

  Podolski, Paweł (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019)

  The aim of the article is to describe and present the basic characteristics of the phenomenon of market manipulation made by disseminating false information. In the first part of the study, based on a conceptual analysis ...

• Wpływ zadłużenia publicznego na dynamikę wzrostu gospodarczego w krajach Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej 

  Karmela, Zbigniew (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019)

  The paper concerns the impact of debt on economic growth in CEE countries for the years 1996–2017. The analysis has shown that there is a coexistence of high public debt and low economic growth. To verify whether the ...

• Przychody pierwotne a nierówności dochodowe w krajach wschodzących 

  Kotyło, Olgierd (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019)

  The rise in income inequality is often ascribed to globalisation and its various components, such as economic migrations and foreign direct investment. Previous research in this area focused on the relationship between ...

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