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All in favour? Indian business interests and the India-EU FTA 都赞成吗?印度的商业利益和印度-欧盟自由贸易协定

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-06-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00672-y

Kari Irwin Otteburn

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The influence of Chinese foreign policy think tanks on China’s EU policy: a comparative analysis of CIIS and SIIS 中国外交政策智库对中国欧盟政策的影响:CIIS与SIIS的比较分析

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00666-w

Hua Xin

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The European Commission and the “Europeanisation” of EU trade diplomacy: the case of EU-China relations, 1999–2021 欧盟委员会与欧盟贸易外交的“欧洲化”:以1999-2021年欧盟与中国关系为例

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-11 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00670-0

Jan van der Harst

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China’s partners or US allies: the dual status of major European states and their voting behaviour in the UNGA 中国的伙伴还是美国的盟友:欧洲主要国家的双重地位及其在联合国大会上的投票行为

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00668-8

Qi Haixia

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‘System friction’ in China-EU economic relations and the reaction of the EU 中欧经济关系中的“制度摩擦”与欧盟的反应

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-21 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00667-9

Herman Voogsgeerd

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Diverging perceptions of the “Visegrad Four + ” format and the limits of the V4 + Japan cooperation 对“维谢格拉德四国+”模式和V4 +日本合作局限性的不同看法

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00669-7

Michal Kolmaš

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The EU and China in the global climate regime: a dialectical collaboration-competition relationship 全球气候机制中的欧盟和中国:辩证的合作-竞争关系

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-02 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00664-y

Sirma Altun, Ceren Ergenc

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Armenia-India partnership: geopolitical and geo-economic implications in the Eurasian context 亚美尼亚-印度伙伴关系：欧亚背景下的地缘政治和地缘经济影响

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00665-x

Radhika Lakshminarayanan, Tigran Yepremyan

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Bottom-up market-facilitation and top-down market-steering: comparing and conceptualizing green finance approaches in the EU and China 自下而上的市场促进与自上而下的市场导向:欧盟和中国绿色金融模式的比较与概念化

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-28 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00663-z

Mathias Lund Larsen

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A meteoric strategic partnership? The still long march of mutual understanding and trust between China and the Czech Republic 迅速发展的战略伙伴关系?中捷两国相互了解和信任的道路依然漫长

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00662-0

Fangxing Qin, Jeremy Garlick, Siyang Liu

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