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In recent years, researchers of far-right radicalism have shown interest in the contribution of radical conservatives to the modern theory of international relations. This study focuses on the ideas of the German intellectual movement of the New Right in the FRG in relation to the challenges of world politics. The aim of the study is to analyze the evolution of the political language of the movement’s representatives according to two stages: the Cold War phase of the second half of the 20th century; and the modern stage of development from 2013 to the present. The methodological basis of the paper is the analysis of political texts within the framework of the Cambridge School of the History of Ideas. This method allows us to identify the political problems and opponents of the New Right, to reproduce the political contexts in which the theorists acted, and to identify the cultural resources of the ideologues’ political language. The findings of the study illustrate that the main challenge of the New Right throughout its existence is to ensure national security and increase the political power of the Federal Republic of Germany. The fulfillment of this goal required the development of a foreign policy concept that would ensure the dominance of the FRG in Continental Europe. Despite the fact that the intellectual sources of the ideology of the New Right were not directly related to the theory of international relations, the theses of the theorists are closest to the school of political realism. At the same time, the pro-European ideological positions of the New Right appear to be constrained and, as a consequence, irrelevant among right-wing populists of Europe and the United States. This conclusion allows us to reject the assertion that the goal of the New Right is to revolutionize the existing system of international relations.

Oxygenation is one of the most essential processes for practical applications of REBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−δ (RE123, RE = Y, Gd etc. rare earths) superconductors. Second generation high-T c superconducting coated conductors are based on biaxial textured RE123 thin films, on which, a cover layer of silver for protecting is normally applied. It results in a little more complicated oxygenation process compared to naked film without silver protective layer. In the present work, a series of absorbing oxygen post-annealing processes were carried out for YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−δ coated conductors. The oxygen diffusion procedure and the kinetics in the annealing process were investigated. Analysis and calculations show that the activation energy was 1.01 eV, consistent with previous reports. Moreover, experiments show that the “over-doping” phenomena frequently occurs in coated conductors, and thus dropping the T c to as low as 86–88 K. To improve the temperature margin for practical applications (temperature difference between the superconducting transition temperature T c and application temperature), we investigated the potential of increase in T c by preventing from the “over-doped” happening, while keeping oxygen in order. Finally, by employing the new annealing process, we can produce long (several hundred meters) coated conductor with high T c,onset (92 K), narrow transition width and stable performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]