The paper aims at examining Russian sub-state units' Arctic 'foreign policies'. The paper starts from discussing which theories are applicable to explaining the phenomenon of paradiplomacy. Particularly, the paper focuses on the following strategies/methods of paradiplomacy: making direct...

The 2001 White Paper and its development in the 3rd European Road Safety Action Program, represent a turning point in the history of the European Road Safety Policy. The possible determinants of the road mortality in the EU over (2000-2009) are examined using a panel data. Our main finding is...

China's programme for inter-regional economic connectivity, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), will develop new trade routes and production chains linking predominantly developing world economies with the Chinese market, making a unique contribution to global economic development but disrupting...

Agri-food Industry, as the sum of the Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry and Fishing and Food Industry (Food, Beverages and Tobacco) is, except some service activities, the highlight industry of the Spanish economy, not only for their GVA (5.3% in 2013) and employment contribution (6.4% on the...

Gender perspective on regional development and innovation in the food industry in Skåne Working with applied research on gender, innovation and the food process industry in Skåne, we can conclude that gender is a necessary category in develop both industry and enhance regional development...