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Planes, Trains, and Armored Mobiles: Introducing a Dataset of the Global Distribution of Military Capabilities (rDMC) 飞机、火车和装甲车:介绍全球军事能力分布数据集(rDMC)

Conflict Studies: Domestic Politics eJournal Pub Date : 2021-09-24 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3930390

J Andres Gannon

引用次数: 3

The EU as a Geopolitical Power. The Case of the Western Balkans Region as the Periphery to the Core 欧盟作为地缘政治力量。西巴尔干地区从外围到核心的案例

Conflict Studies: Domestic Politics eJournal Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3930115

Klodiana Beshku

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National Images Framed, Foreign Public Opinion Shifted: Evidence from Health Diplomacy During a Crisis 国家形象定格，外国舆论转变:危机期间卫生外交的证据

Conflict Studies: Domestic Politics eJournal Pub Date : 2021-07-13 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3776777

Ka-Oak Rhee, C. Crabtree, Y. Horiuchi

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Militarized Extremism: The Radical Right and the War on Terror 军事化极端主义:激进右翼与反恐战争

Conflict Studies: Domestic Politics eJournal Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3857771

A. Hall, Jerod Hassell, Chivon H. Fitch

引用次数: 1

The Presidential Model and the Machinery for Foreign Policy Making. the Nigerian Experience 总统模式与外交决策机制。尼日利亚的经验

Conflict Studies: Domestic Politics eJournal Pub Date : 2021-05-22 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3851316

Owede Robbins Igbani

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South Korea's New Southern Policy as an Open Regime: A View from Southeast Asia 开放体制下的韩国新南向政策:东南亚视角

Conflict Studies: Domestic Politics eJournal Pub Date : 2021-03-31 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3881560

A. Rabena

引用次数: 1

Russian Foreign Policy Towards Bosnia And Herzegovina In 1992-2019 1992-2019年俄罗斯对波黑外交政策

Conflict Studies: Domestic Politics eJournal Pub Date : 2020-11-17 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3732085

Mehrzod Sharifzoda

引用次数: 1

Budget Breaker? The Financial Cost of U.S. Military Alliances 预算断路器?美国军事联盟的财政成本

Conflict Studies: Domestic Politics eJournal Pub Date : 2020-09-16 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3694077

J. Alley, M. Fuhrmann

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引用次数: 2

COVID-19 and the Future of the United States as a World Leader 2019冠状病毒病与美国作为世界领导者的未来

Conflict Studies: Domestic Politics eJournal Pub Date : 2020-03-20 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3571468

J. Goldstone

引用次数: 2

Recasting China’s Foreign Policy: Focusing on Post-Jiang Leaders’ Authority Building 重塑中国外交政策:着眼于后江时代领导人的权威建设

Conflict Studies: Domestic Politics eJournal Pub Date : 2020-01-30 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3527942

H. Park, Daria Kim

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