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Fragmented Cooperation: The Role of State-Owned and Private Companies in Sino-Russian Energy Collaboration 零散合作：国有和私营企业在中俄能源合作中的作用

IF 1 3区社会学

Asian Perspective Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/apr.2023.a905231

M. Kaczmarski

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Russian and Chinese Approaches to UN Peacekeeping in an Era of Stabilization 在稳定时代，俄罗斯和中国对联合国维和的态度

IF 1 3区社会学

Asian Perspective Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/apr.2023.a905232

Natasha Kuhrt

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Xi's Global Campaign for Chinese Security

IF 1 3区社会学

Asian Perspective Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1353/apr.2023.0016

Carla P. Freeman

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Xi Jinping's Pursuit of Absolute Security

IF 1 3区社会学

Asian Perspective Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1353/apr.2023.0013

Xiao Ming

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Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region: Prospects and Challenges 台湾在印太地区:前景与挑战

IF 1 3区社会学

Asian Perspective Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1353/apr.2023.0010

Sana Hashmi

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A Chinese Notion of Indivisibility of Security? 中国的安全不可分割观?

IF 1 3区社会学

Asian Perspective Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1353/apr.2023.0012

D. Zha, Ting Dong

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Perils of the Orient: Hong Kong as a Battleground in the US-China Rivalry 《东方的危险:香港作为美中竞争的战场》

IF 1 3区社会学

Asian Perspective Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1353/apr.2023.0009

C. Fung, Seanon S. Wong

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Taming the Nuclear Elephant: The US Indo-Pacific Strategy on North Korea 驯服核大象:美国对朝鲜的印太战略

IF 1 3区社会学

Asian Perspective Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1353/apr.2023.0007

Minsung Kim

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The Rise of Ethnic Nationalism in South Korea: Moon's North Korea Policy and Inter-Korean Relations 韩国民族主义的兴起：文在寅的朝鲜政策与朝韩关系