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The Practice of Engagement without Recognition under International Law: A Tool for Combatting Human Trafficking 国际法不承认参与的做法：打击人口贩运的工具

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad069

Nasia Hadjigeorgiou

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Exploring Communities of Practice from an Informality Perspective: Insights from the AU, ECOWAS, and UN in West African Mediation Theaters 从非正式视角探索实践社区：非盟、西非经共体和联合国在西非调解领域的启示

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad074

T. Tieku, A. Yakohene

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“High Politics” and Everyday Practices at the Border: Emerging Communities of Practice in the High North 边境地区的 "高级政治 "和日常实践：北部高原新兴的实践社区

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad075

Nina Græger

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Trilemma Tradeoffs in International Relations: An Analytical Framework 国际关系中的三难权衡：分析框架

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksae008

Olivier Lewis

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Global Ordering and the Interaction of Communities of Practice: A Framework for Analysis 全球排序与实践社区的互动：分析框架

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad079

Christian Bueger, Maren Hofius, Scott Edwards

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Emergent Normativity: Communities of Practice, Technology, and Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems 新兴规范性：实践社区、技术和致命自主武器系统

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad073

Ingvild Bode

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Ontological Crisis and the Compartmentalization of Insecurities 本体论危机与不安全因素的分门别类

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksae003

Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass

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Humor and Foreign Policy Narration: The Persuasive Power and Limitations of Russia’s Foreign Policy Pranks 幽默与外交政策叙事：俄罗斯外交政策恶作剧的说服力和局限性

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksae007

Dmitry Chernobrov

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Practice Contestation in and between Communities of Practice: From Top-Down to Inclusive Policymaking at the World Bank 实践社区内部和之间的实践争议：世界银行从自上而下到包容性决策

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad071

Maïka Sondarjee

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Brahmins and Balance of Power: Re-Reading A.P. Rana's Imperatives of Non-Alignment 婆罗门与权力平衡：重读 A.P. 拉纳的《不结盟的必要条件

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksae006

Vineet Thakur

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