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Exploring Russia’s Postponed War Against Ukraine: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Strategic Studies Institutes’ Publications from 1991 to 2014 探讨俄罗斯对乌克兰的推迟战争:基于语料库的1991 - 2014年战略研究机构出版物分析

Ahead of Print Pub Date : 2023-08-10 DOI: 10.51870/wujq2611

Illia Ilin, O. Nihmatova

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Agents of Social Change: Cultural Work, Institutions, and the (De)securitisation of Minorities 社会变革的推动者:文化工作、制度和少数民族的(去)证券化

Ahead of Print Pub Date : 2023-05-29 DOI: 10.51870/kzoz4150

Alina Jašina-Schäfer

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Conflictual Rebordering: The Russia Policies of Finland and Estonia 冲突的重新边界:芬兰和爱沙尼亚的对俄政策

Ahead of Print Pub Date : 2023-04-24 DOI: 10.51870/ojfq7520

A. Makarychev, T. Romashko

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Ukraine at War: Resilience and Normative Agency 战争中的乌克兰:恢复力和规范性机构

Ahead of Print Pub Date : 2023-04-14 DOI: 10.51870/uxxz5757

Yulia Kurnyshova

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Polarity in the Context of U.S.-China Competition: Reassessing Analytical Criteria 中美竞争背景下的两极:重新评估分析标准

Ahead of Print Pub Date : 2023-03-28 DOI: 10.51870/xvbp8977

Lauro Borges, Regina Lucena

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Two Dimensions of Existence of the ‘Slum’ in the Global City: A Comparative Case Study of Informal Settlements in Nairobi and Mumbai 全球城市中“贫民窟”存在的两个维度:内罗毕和孟买非正式住区的比较案例研究

Ahead of Print Pub Date : 2023-02-28 DOI: 10.51870/udgj8760

Matej Pav

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Energy Security in Security Studies: A Systematic Review of Twenty Years of Literature 安全研究中的能源安全:二十年文献的系统回顾

Ahead of Print Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI: 10.51870/pddc2102

Aliaksandr Novikau

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Iran’s Nuclear Policy: A Cognitive Study on Defiance and Compliance 伊朗核政策:反抗与顺从的认知研究

Ahead of Print Pub Date : 2022-12-05 DOI: 10.51870/iqbc3720

Mohammad Soltaninejad

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Recuperar la Patria: Xenophobic Sentiments in Costa Rica in the Context of the Nicaraguan Refugee Crisis 2018 《祖国的恢复:尼加拉瓜难民危机背景下哥斯达黎加的仇外情绪》

Ahead of Print Pub Date : 2022-11-04 DOI: 10.51870/htvp6675

L. Blecha

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Double Marginalisation of the Communist Party: Ukraine’s Decommunisation and the Russian-Backed Rebellion in Donbas 共产党的双重边缘化:乌克兰的非军事化和俄罗斯支持的顿巴斯叛乱

Ahead of Print Pub Date : 2020-10-20 DOI: 10.51870/ntqf5668

Martin Laryš

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