Artikulli analizon qëndrimet e institucioneve zyrtare, – parlamentit, qeverisë, partive politike, – si dhe të instrumenteve të tjerë me ndikim, – medias dhe grupeve civile, – ndikimet e lëvizjes studentore të Prishtinës në agjendat politike, në ligjërimin politik dhe në sjelljen politike në Tiranë. Teza dominuese është se, protestat stude…[Read more]

During the central decades of the Cold War, China was Albania’s only ally. The aim of this article is to analyse how the Chinese Cultural Revolution affected Sino-Albanian relations. This article argues that the events in China threatened to undermine the Sino-Albanian alliance, because Albania did not endorse most of the Cultural Revolution’s pol…[Read more]

When in 1960 the Sino-Soviet split created a schism within the international Communist movement, Albania supported China, becoming Beijing’s only European ally. The reforms of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, promoted in the aftermath of the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1956, had undermined the Stalinist r…[Read more]

This article analyses the political life of two important European communist activists who, in the aftermath of the Sino-Soviet split in the early 1960s, decided to support China and Albania against the Soviet Union: Kazimierz Mijal, a Polish communist who, in the mid-1960s, decided to exile himself to Albania, from where he promoted the ‘China w…[Read more]

Research Note and translation of two documents regarding Albania’s standing towards the Sino-Vietnamese border

Although Albania emerged from the Second World War as an appendage of Yugoslavia, the Albanian Communist regime soon turned against Yugoslavia and forged an alliance with the Soviet Union. However, after the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev launched a campaign of de-Stalinization, Albania’s alliance with the USSR steadily eroded and collapsed a…[Read more]

Based mainly on Albanian primary sources, this article explores the implications of Albania’s economic cooperation with China during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It shows that in Albania’s shifting alliances, the role of economic calculations has been as important as that of political convenience. The article argues that China’s emphasis on in…[Read more]

Coastlines can be considered as blurred boundaries, as a variable space between land and water, linked to a temporal spatial relationship and influenced by both human and environmental factors. Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, the coastal areas of the Campania region underwent considerable transformations. By emphasising the…[Read more]

“Hidden Strains: Understanding Schizophrenia’s Impact on Families and Communities” examines the challenges family caregivers of schizophrenia patients face in Romania. This study uncovers the socio-economic burdens and limited psychiatric support, particularly in rural areas, compounded by societal stigma. A significant finding is the caregivers’…[Read more]

This preface introduces in the main issues of the volume.