International Relations

Different Paths to Strategic Autonomy: Explaining Why South

Korea and India Respond Differently to U.S.- China Competition

by Ronak Sagar, India

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0002

Sociology

Trust, Risk, and the Decision to Report: To What Extent

Does Institutional Trust Influence Individuals’

Willingness to Report Organizational Wrongdoing and

Risk?

by Rama Abbas, Saudia Arabia

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0003

Politics

The Disfiguration of Democracy: How Populism Hollows Out

Institutions From Within

by Biloliddin Boymurotov, Uzbekistan

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0004

Sociology

Mirror Behind the Screen: Can Algorithm Awareness Change Teenagers’ Digital Habits?

by Anastasiya Hudkova, Belarus

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0005

Law &

Politics

The Impact Of Human Rights Violations During Revolutions on

Post-Revolution Psychology and Political Participation

A Comparative Study of the Syrian and Libyan Revolutions (2011) and the Nepalese Revolution (2006)

by Dima Galhoum, Egypt

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0006

Law &

Sociology

The Bride Who Cannot Go Home: How “Tradition” Can Turn

Abduction into Marriage in Kazakhstan

by Jamalova Zere, Kazakhstan

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0007

International Relations

The Strategic Rivalry and Limits of Cooperation in AI Safety

Governance Between The U.S. and China

by Rodina Amgad Abdel Hameed, Egypt

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0008

Politics &

Law

Women’s resistance under Taliban rule in Afghanistan:

Changing forms of resistance

by Carol Agaiby Lotfy, Egypt

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0009

Sociology &

Economics

Education in the Colonial Language and Development

by Rümeysa Çevik, Turkey

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0010

Economics

Financial Pyramids in Russia and in the World

by Fedor Filippov, Russia

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0011

Politics &

Law

The Boundaries of Belonging

by Latifa Assimova, the United States

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0012

Economics

Development of a New Geobrand Strategy for the Sverdlovsk Region

by Sevastian Sunyakin, Russia

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0013

Sociology &

Urbanism

The Psychology of the "Neighbor": Social Distance and Willingness to Help in an

Urban Environment

by Sofiya Orlova, Kazakhstan

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0014

History &

Economics

A Comprehensive Analysis of Chinese Economic Growth From the Year 1978-2023:

Analyzing Political and Economic Reform in China

by Vihaan Bathla, the United States

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0015

Sociology

Social Media as a Platform for Language Shaming

Targeting Slavic Speakers

by Mariia Aliableva, Russia

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0016

History

The Porcelain Hermit

by Ben Brownlee, the United States

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0017

Sociology &

Urbanism &

Economics

Locked in Concrete: How Soviet Mass Housing Killed

Private Initiative

by Fyokla Sergeeva, Russia

email: ceo@fyokla.com

Editorial

Sociology &

Economics

Why Warm Countries Are Poorer

by Sabrina Dönmez, Turkey

CERT ID: YISS-2026-0001

International Relations

Mass flows of Russian tourists and students to U.S. embassies in Astana, raising the consular fee to $435 

by Fyokla Sergeeva, Russia

email: ceo@fyokla.com

Editorial

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