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Geo-economic and geopolitical developments in EU-asia security relations 欧盟与亚洲安全关系中的地缘经济和地缘政治发展

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-024-00706-z

Emil Kirchner

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Informing macrologistics connectivity in emerging economies through a triangulated research approach: the case of Uzbekistan 通过三角研究方法为新兴经济体的宏观经济连通性提供信息：乌兹别克斯坦案例

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2024-10-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-024-00708-x

Zane P. Simpson

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Correction: The regime complex for digital trade in Asia and China’s engagement 更正：亚洲数字贸易的复杂机制与中国的参与

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2024-10-02 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-024-00707-y

Xinchuchu Gao, Xuechen Chen

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Paradiplomacy and international conflict: disengagement from China by Swedish local governments 准外交与国际冲突：瑞典地方政府与中国的脱离关系

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-024-00703-2

Gustav Sundqvist, Björn Jerdén

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International law: from fragmentation to integration? an analysis of the relationship between international trade law and international labor law in multilateral and regional trade law frameworks 国际法：从分散到整合？对多边和区域贸易法框架中国际贸易法与国际劳动法之间关系的分析

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-21 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-024-00701-4

Tran Thi Thuy Duong

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Spatial distribution of Japanese affiliates in Italy: a dynamic geo-spatial network analysis 意大利日本子公司的空间分布：动态地理空间网络分析

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-20 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-024-00700-5

Massimiliano Porto

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Construction of environmental discourse concerning Europe in China 在中国构建有关欧洲的环境话语

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-024-00702-3

Sidan Wang, Luhua Yang

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Development support as education aid or labor trade? South Korean nurses in West Germany (1965–1976) 发展支持是教育援助还是劳工贸易？西德的韩国护士（1965-1976 年）

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-024-00698-w

Jinyoung Yu, Jungwook Seo

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The embrace and resistance of Chinese battery investments in Hungary: The case of CATL 中国对匈牙利电池投资的欢迎与抵制：CATL 案例

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-08 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-024-00699-9

Qiong Miranda Wu

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Neighbours under the North Star: Civil wars in Finland and Korea 北极星下的邻居芬兰和朝鲜的内战

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-024-00697-x

Sungju Park-Kang

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