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The EU Stabilisation and Association Agreement for the Western Balkans: Between Challenges and Opportunities 欧盟西巴尔干地区稳定与联合协定:挑战与机遇之间

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Croatian International Relations Review Pub Date : 2018-05-07 DOI: 10.2478/cirr-2018-0003

Gazmend Qorraj, Gezim Jusufi

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引用次数: 9

An Analysis of Public Debt Servicing in Zambia: Trends, Reforms and Challenges 赞比亚公共债务还本付息分析：趋势、改革与挑战

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Croatian International Relations Review Pub Date : 2018-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/cirr-2018-0006

Talknice Saungweme, N. Odhiambo

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引用次数: 2

Contemporary Geopolitics and Digital Representations of Space 当代地缘政治与空间的数字表征

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Croatian International Relations Review Pub Date : 2018-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/cirr-2018-0001

Sead Turčalo, Ado Kulović

引用次数: 0

Legal Technology for Law Firms: Determining Roadmaps for Innovation 律师事务所的法律技术:确定创新路线图

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Croatian International Relations Review Pub Date : 2018-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/cirr-2018-0005

T. Kerikmäe, Thomas Hoffmann, Archil Chochia

引用次数: 34

The Effects of Post-conflict Constitutional Designs: the “Ohrid Framework Agreement” and the Macedonian Constitution 冲突后宪法设计的影响:“奥赫里德框架协议”与马其顿宪法

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Croatian International Relations Review Pub Date : 2018-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/cirr-2018-0002

Stefan Andonovski

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引用次数: 3

UNsatisfied? The Rocky Path to NATO Membership – Bosnia and Herzegovina: A New Approach in Understanding the Challenges 不满意？加入北约的洛基之路——波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那：理解挑战的新方法

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Croatian International Relations Review Pub Date : 2017-11-27 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2017-0020

Hamza Preljević

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引用次数: 4

A Relationship in Limbo: Challenges, Dynamics and Perspectives of Kosovo’s Integration into NATO 悬而未决的关系:科索沃加入北约的挑战、动态和前景

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Croatian International Relations Review Pub Date : 2017-11-27 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2017-0026

Besfort T. Rrecaj

引用次数: 1

Development of the Croatian National Security Strategy in the Hybrid Threats Context 在混合威胁背景下克罗地亚国家安全战略的发展

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Croatian International Relations Review Pub Date : 2017-11-02 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2017-0022

Dražen Smiljanić

引用次数: 1

The “New Cold Warriors” and the “Pragmatics”: The Differences in Foreign Policy Attitudes towards Russia and the Eastern Partnership States among the NATO Member States from Central and South-Eastern Europe “新冷战战士”与“实用主义”:中欧和东南欧北约成员国对俄罗斯和东部伙伴国家外交政策态度的差异

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Croatian International Relations Review Pub Date : 2017-11-02 DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2017-0021

P. Kurečić

引用次数: 5

Russia and the Ukrainian Crisis: A Multiperspective Analysis of Russian Behaviour, by Taking into Account NATO’s and the EU’s Enlargement 俄罗斯与乌克兰危机：考虑北约和欧盟扩张对俄罗斯行为的多视角分析

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Croatian International Relations Review Pub Date : 2017-11-02 DOI: 10.1515/CIRR-2017-0028

Klotz Maximilian

引用次数: 6