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The relevance of the open society to Hong Kong’s fight against moral and institutional decay: Lessons for Central and Eastern Europe 开放社会与香港对抗道德和制度衰败的相关性:中欧和东欧的经验教训

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New Perspectives Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/2336825X221113226

K. Chan

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Security, history and the boundaries of European identity after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后的安全、历史和欧洲认同的边界

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New Perspectives Pub Date : 2022-08-23 DOI: 10.1177/2336825X221117493

Ruth Deyermond

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New perspectives on open society 开放社会的新视角

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New Perspectives Pub Date : 2022-08-23 DOI: 10.1177/2336825X221115888

Christof Royer, Nicholas Michelsen

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Boon or bane? Open society and polarisation 是福还是祸?开放社会和两极分化

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New Perspectives Pub Date : 2022-07-13 DOI: 10.1177/2336825X221113230

Christof Royer

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The unwrapping of various understandings of statelessness in Latvian media discourse 拉脱维亚媒体话语中对无国籍状态的各种理解的展开

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New Perspectives Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.1177/2336825X221111662

Anna Gromilova, Mats Braun

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Relationality in Central and Eastern Europe 中欧和东欧的关系

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New Perspectives Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/2336825X221093413

Nicholas Michelsen

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Seeing the ecosystem in the international: Ecological thinking as relational thinking 从国际视野看生态系统:作为关系思维的生态思维

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New Perspectives Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.1177/2336825X221089199

C. Epstein

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Working on relationalism 研究关系主义

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New Perspectives Pub Date : 2022-05-15 DOI: 10.1177/2336825x221089202

P. Jackson, Sujin Heo

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Water governance 水治理

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New Perspectives Pub Date : 2022-04-24 DOI: 10.1177/2336825X221089189

Amaya Querejazu

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Traversing webs: Reflections on relational theory and international relations 穿越网络:关于关系理论与国际关系的思考

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New Perspectives Pub Date : 2022-04-24 DOI: 10.1177/2336825x221089191

M. Kurki

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