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The limits of imagination: Securitisation and exceptionalism in the World of Warcraft video game 想象力的极限:《魔兽世界》电子游戏中的证券化和例外论

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European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.1017/eis.2022.1

V. Castro

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Designs of borders: Security, critique, and the machines – CORRIGENDUM 边界设计:安全、批判和机器-勘误表

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European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2022-02-09 DOI: 10.1017/eis.2022.5

Médéric Martin-Mazé, S. Perret

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EIS volume 7 issue 1 Cover and Back matter 环境影响报告书第7卷第1期封面及封底

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European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2022-01-24 DOI: 10.1017/eis.2021.38

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EIS volume 7 issue 1 Cover and Front matter 环境影响报告书第7卷第1期封面和正面事项

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European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2022-01-24 DOI: 10.1017/eis.2021.37

Karin Aggestam

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Disaggregating democracy aid to explain peaceful democratisation after civil wars 分解民主援助来解释内战后的和平民主化

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European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.1017/eis.2021.36

Karina Mross

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Casting the atomic canon: (R)evolving nuclear strategy 铸造原子经典:(R)不断发展的核战略

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European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2021-12-09 DOI: 10.1017/eis.2021.35

Kjølv Egeland, Thomas Fraise, Hebatalla Taha

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Regional security cooperation against hegemonic threats: Theory and evidence from France and West Germany (1945–65) 对抗霸权威胁的地区安全合作:来自法国和西德的理论与证据(1945 - 1965)

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European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI: 10.1017/eis.2021.32

J. Byun

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A versatile organisation: Mapping the military's core roles in a changing security environment 一个多才多艺的组织：在不断变化的安全环境中描绘军队的核心角色

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European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2021-11-29 DOI: 10.1017/eis.2021.27

Nina Wilén, Lisa Strömbom

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Desecuritisation, deradicalisation, and national identity in Afghanistan: Higher education and desecuritisation processes 阿富汗的去安全化、去极端化和民族认同：高等教育和去安全化进程

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European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2021-11-25 DOI: 10.1017/eis.2021.31

Arif Sahar, C. Kaunert

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Knocking on the barracks’ door: How role conceptions shape the military's reactions to political demands 敲军营的门:角色观念如何塑造军队对政治要求的反应

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European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2021-11-25 DOI: 10.1017/eis.2021.30

C. Harig, Chiara Ruffa

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