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Editors’ introduction: The complexities of worlding international relations: perspectives from the margins 编者按:世界国际关系的复杂性:边缘视角

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International Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00207020231173517

L. Swatuk, David R. Black

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Occupied by non-violence: Exploring male Palestinian resistance activists’ use of strategic silences in (re)narrating the Palestinian struggle 被非暴力占领:探索巴勒斯坦男性抵抗活动家在(重新)叙述巴勒斯坦斗争中使用战略沉默

IF 2.2 4区社会学

International Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00207020231166576

E. Swan

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Silences in Canadian Foreign Policy Textbooks and Course Outlines 加拿大外交政策教材和课程大纲中的沉默

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International Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00207020231172981

Heather A. Smith

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“Wot ‘Bout Me?”: Punk, Africa, and theorizing International Relations “Wot'Bout Me？”：朋克、非洲和国际关系理论

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International Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00207020231163059

Kevin C Dunn

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The “secret war”: Silence, testimony, and wartime sexual violence “秘密战争”：沉默、证词和战时性暴力

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International Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00207020231168900

Erin Baines, Ketty Anyeko

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Decolonizing International Relations and Development Studies: What’s in a buzzword? 非殖民化国际关系与发展研究：流行语里有什么？

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International Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00207020231166588

Maïka Sondarjee, N. Andrews

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Book Review: Israel’s Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949 书评:《以色列的时刻:国际社会对建立犹太国家的支持和反对，1945-1949》

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International Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00207020231163066

J. Cunningham

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Book Review: Autonomous Weapons Systems and International Norms 书评：自主武器系统与国际规范

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International Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00207020231163064

Amelia C. Arsenault

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Book Review: Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union 书评:《崩溃:苏联的解体》

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International Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00207020231166591

J. Lalande

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Book Review: Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa: Panacea or Pandora’s Box? 书评:以自然资源为基础的非洲发展:万灵药还是潘多拉魔盒?

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International Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00207020231163065

Gillian E. Hutchison

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