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Russian Discourse on Borders and Territorial Questions – Crimea as a Watershed? 俄罗斯关于边界和领土问题的讨论——克里米亚是一个分水岭？

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Russian Politics Pub Date : 2019-06-14 DOI: 10.1163/2451-8921-00402004

Tuomas Forsberg, Sirke Mäkinen

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引用次数: 5

Russian Neo-Revisionism 俄罗斯新修正主义

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Russian Politics Pub Date : 2019-02-27 DOI: 10.1163/2451-8921-00401001

R. Sakwa

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引用次数: 12

Role Conceptions and Belligerent Foreign Policy: Why Russia is Remaking the International Order 角色观念与好战外交政策:为什么俄罗斯正在重塑国际秩序

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Russian Politics Pub Date : 2019-02-27 DOI: 10.1163/2451-8921-00401005

Andrew M. Akin

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An Indispensable Party of Power? United Russia and Putin’s Return to the Presidency, 2011–14 不可或缺的执政党?统一俄罗斯党与普京重返总统宝座，2011 - 2014

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Russian Politics Pub Date : 2019-02-27 DOI: 10.1163/2451-8921-00401002

Mari Aburamoto

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Public Attitudes to Politics in Russia 俄罗斯公众对政治的态度

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Russian Politics Pub Date : 2019-02-27 DOI: 10.1163/2451-8921-00401003

Alexey Levinson

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Bastions of Tradition: The Ethnic Factor and Political Machines in Russian Regions 传统的堡垒：俄罗斯地区的民族因素与政治机器

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Russian Politics Pub Date : 2019-02-27 DOI: 10.1163/2451-8921-00401004

S. Shkel

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引用次数: 5

Mass Mobilization in China and Russia: From Unexpected Victories to Unintended Consequences 中俄群众动员：从意外胜利到意外后果

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Russian Politics Pub Date : 2018-11-08 DOI: 10.1163/2451-8921-00304004

Elizabeth Plantan

引用次数: 9

Contents 内容

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Russian Politics Pub Date : 2018-11-08 DOI: 10.1163/2451-8921-00304007

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Introduction 介绍

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Russian Politics Pub Date : 2018-11-08 DOI: 10.1163/2451-8921-00304001

Alfred B. Evans, E. Bindman

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Framing the Epidemic: NGOs and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Russia 制定流行病框架:非政府组织与俄罗斯防治艾滋病毒/艾滋病的斗争

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Russian Politics Pub Date : 2018-11-08 DOI: 10.1163/2451-8921-00304003

U. Pape

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