Count Philip Kinsky, the British Ministers, and Society: Social and Political Networks of an Imperial Diplomat in London, 1728–1735 by Charlotte Backerra

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The Soviet-British Relations at the Turn of 1917/1918: Key Issues and Untapped Opportunities by E. Yu. Sergeev

“…In this difficult context, practical steps of the foreign ministries of both countries primarily depended on the outcomes of the intense polemics between the British and the Bolshevist politicians, diplomats and opinion leaders. …”
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Colonial Diplomatic Relations and the Development of Pearling Industry in the Netherlands Indies, 1894-1899 by Rangga Ardia Rasyid

“…By examining these sources, this article highlights the use of colonial diplomatic networks in formulating a new pearling industry, particularly the correspondence between Dutch and British colonial officials. …”
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Soviet and British diplomacy at international conferences on the eve of the formation of the USSR by E. Yu. Sergeev

“…The paper focuses on the peripeteias of interaction between the Soviet and British diplomacy at the key international summits of 1922 — the Genoa, the Hague, and the Lausanne conferences. …”
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The role of the Soviet Union in the Second World War in British history textbooks by Evgeni S. Pankov

“…The article analyzes the representation of the role of the USSR in World War II in British history textbooks: what is underscored is the great powers’ diplomatic rivalry in the pre-war period; the «turning point» in the war; the general assessment of the Soviet people’s contribution to the victory. …”
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The Portsmouth peace Treaty of 1905 in assessment of British ruling elite, diplomacy and press by I. V. Tsyganova

“…Based on the study of parliamentary and diplomatic documents, materials of the British and Russian press, it is concluded that the British ruling circles are interested in signing peace between Japan and Russia, as well as the debatable assessment of the content of the articles of the Portsmouth Treaty and its impact on international relations in the Far East…”
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Theresa May et l’échec du « meaningful vote » : approche argumentative by Alma-Pierre Bonnet

“…At the end of tough negotiations, May had therefore to convince Parliament that the deal she had struck with the EU respected the will of the British people and guaranteed Britain’s economic and diplomatic continuity. …”
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An Informal Approach to Interest-based Negotiations – Paul Anton Esterhazy and the “Cottage Coterie” by Katalin Schrek

“… Paul Anton Esterhazy was a prominent figure of the Hungarian aristocracy and a leading AustroHungarian politician, as well as a highly qualified and internationally recognised diplomat, with an extensive network of personal relations within the British elite. …”
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Don Luigi Sturzo. A Man Through Many Seasons by Giovanna Farrell-Vinay

“…His US secret mission, agreed with British Intelligence to overturn Catholic isolationism, was partly wrecked by Italian diplomats and Catholic prelates who relegated him to Jacksonville. …”
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Un Triángulo vital para la República: Gran Bretaña, Francia y la Unión Soviética ante la Guerra Civil española by Enrique Moradiellos

“…Its fundamental conclusion is that the prickly « Spanish problem » revealed throughout the profound cleavage between the « policy of collective security » as it was understood by the USSR and the « policy of appeasement » as it was practised by the French and British governments. Indeed, the prolonged war in Spain seemed to be a crucial factor in the failure to create a broad diplomatic and military front in Europe against the expansionism of the Axis Powers.…”
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Le moment Atlantique de la dynastie des Winthrop au XVIIe siècle by Lauric Henneton

“…Beyond the sole commercial dimension, this paper considers the multiple and overlapping Atlantic worlds (family, diplomatic, imperial, missionary and scientific) in which the Winthrops were involved.…”
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From English Gentleman to Spanish hidalgo: Frank Hall Standish (1799–1840) and his Spanish Art Collection by Xanthe Brooke

“…He befriended resident diplomats such as the British vice-consul Julian Benjamin Williams, from whom he acquired some of his collection, and authored several publications, including a travel book on the countries of the Mediterranean, and another on the art and antiquities of Spain (specifically, the art collections of Seville and its hinterlands), which was published shortly before his death in 1840. …”
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Fighting Another’s War: Imperialist Projections on the Victorian Novel’s Continent by Tamara Wagner

“…Instead, it becomes a renegotiation of both Britain’s involvement—diplomatic or cultural as well as on the battlefield—in the wars waging in Europe at the time and, by metaphorical extension, its own “little wars” in the colonies. …”
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Covenanting Exchanges with the French Court during the Wars for the Three Kingdoms by Allan I. MACINNES

“…But these events cannot be viewed solely as British and Irish Civil Wars. They must be contextualised in relation to the Thirty Years War and particularly to the determination of France under both Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin to supplant the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs as the foremost European power. …”
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Russian-Turkmen Struggle Over Ashuradeh Island in the Caspian Sea in 19th Century by Furkan Külünk

“…From 1838 onwards two distinct developments compounded Russian objectives in the area: on the one hand, conflicts between the Russian naval forces and the Yamut Turkmens, the indigenous people of the island; on the other, a diplomatic crisis between the Russian and Iranian governments. …”
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Contradictions of Collective Security Model: Modern Historiography on the Evolution of the Versailles System of International Relations in the 1930s by A. A. Vershinin

“…Two alternative ways eventually developed to deal with the inconsistences of the early collective security system: «appeasement» project, initiated by British diplomacy; and the Soviet idea of military-political deterrence through coalition building. …”
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Letters of Friedrich Christian Weber to John Robeson from Russia, 1718-1719 by I. I. Fedyukin, A. D. Novikova

“…In spite of this the British government continued to view the ongoing negotiations at Åland as a threat. …”
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Embarking on Friendship: Exploring Early Soviet-Indian Relations by S. I. Lunev

“…During the Second World War, he was an uncompromising fighter against British colonialists. The Soviet Union did not pay sufficient attention to S.C. …”
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Business or Security? Goals and Decision-Making Inside the French Oil Policy of the 1920s by I. E. Magadeev

“…Additional documents from the British and Russian archives help understand essential aspects of the Anglo-French and FrancoSoviet interactions around the “oil question.” …”
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International Dimension in Colonization of the North-West of America and California at the End of the 17-18 ^th Centuries by A. Y. Petrov, V. N. Kostornichenko, M. M. Koskina

“…The article reviews the initial period of European colonization of the North Pacific Ocean and California within the context of diplomatic relations between Russia and Spain during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. …”
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