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Securitizing cyberspace: Protecting political judgment 网络空间安全:保护政治判断

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Journal of International Political Theory Pub Date : 2021-09-17 DOI: 10.1177/17550882211046426

Hedvig Ördén

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Sacrificial causalities of nuclear weapons: Takashi Nagai and Albert Wohlstetter 核武器的牺牲伤亡:永井隆和阿尔伯特·沃尔斯泰特

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Journal of International Political Theory Pub Date : 2021-09-11 DOI: 10.1177/17550882211044876

William E DeMars

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Nonviolent struggle between norm and technique 规范与技术之间的非暴力斗争

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Journal of International Political Theory Pub Date : 2021-08-18 DOI: 10.1177/17550882211039747

Kyle B. T. Lambelet

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Restraining the fox: Minimalism in the ethics of war and peace 克制狐狸：战争与和平伦理中的极简主义

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Journal of International Political Theory Pub Date : 2021-08-10 DOI: 10.1177/17550882211034704

L. Peperkamp

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Proclaiming a prophecy empty of substance? A pragmatist reconsideration of global governance 宣布一个没有实质内容的预言？全球治理的实用主义反思

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Journal of International Political Theory Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.1177/17550882211028778

Ulrich J. Franke, Matthias Hofferberth

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Free states for free citizens!? Arguments for a republicanism of plural polities 自由的州，自由的公民！？多元政体共和主义的论据

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Journal of International Political Theory Pub Date : 2021-07-06 DOI: 10.1177/17550882211029463

A. Meine

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Approaching the boundary problem: Self-determination, inclusion, and the unpuzzling of transboundary conflicts 处理边界问题：自决、包容和消除跨界冲突

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Journal of International Political Theory Pub Date : 2021-06-03 DOI: 10.1177/17550882211020386

A. Spitzer

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Recognition, multiplicity and the elusive international 承认、多样性和难以捉摸的国际

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Journal of International Political Theory Pub Date : 2021-05-29 DOI: 10.1177/17550882211021438

A. Hoseason

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The sense of being-in-common and international relations 共同感和国际关系

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Journal of International Political Theory Pub Date : 2021-05-29 DOI: 10.1177/17550882211020393

Ali Fuat Birol

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From critique to reaction: The new right, critical theory and international relations 从批判到反动:新右派、批判理论与国际关系

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Journal of International Political Theory Pub Date : 2021-05-28 DOI: 10.1177/17550882211020409

J. Drolet, Michael C. Williams

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