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Private Military Companies, Foreign Legions and Counterterrorism in Mali and Central African Republic 私营军事公司、外国军团与马里和中非共和国的反恐

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2023-02-14 DOI: 10.1177/03043754231155754

M. Amoah

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When Neo-Gramscians Engage the Postcolonial: Insights into Subaltern Consent and Dissent in the Re/Unmaking of Hegemonic Orders 当新葛兰主义者进入后殖民时代：霸权秩序重塑中的次交替同意与反对

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2023-01-16 DOI: 10.1177/03043754231151467

Babatunde F. Obamamoye

引用次数: 1

Conclusion: Status, ontological insecurity and authoritarianism 结论：地位、本体论不安全与威权主义

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2022-12-20 DOI: 10.1177/03043754221147131

Bahar Rumelili

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Race, Religion, and the Echoes of Status Insecurity in US Foreign Policy 种族、宗教和美国外交政策中地位不安全感的回响

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2022-11-14 DOI: 10.1177/03043754221134901

C. Turner, Brent J. Steele

引用次数: 2

Quest for Regional Hegemony: The Politics of Ontological Insecurity in the Saudi–Iran Rivalry 寻求区域霸权：沙特与伊朗竞争中的本体论不安全政治

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2022-11-08 DOI: 10.1177/03043754221138186

Umut Can Adısönmez, Recep Onursal, L. Öztig

引用次数: 2

Governing Emotions: Hybrid media, Ontological Insecurity and the Normalisation of Far-Right Fantasies 支配情绪：混合媒体、本体论的不安全与极右幻想的正常化

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2022-11-03 DOI: 10.1177/03043754221123467

Pasko Kisić Merino, Catarina Kinnvall

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引用次数: 6

Assessing the EU’s and Turkey’s Triangular Development Cooperation partnership in the Sub-Saharan Africa 评估欧盟和土耳其在撒哈拉以南非洲的三角发展合作伙伴关系

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI: 10.1177/03043754221135411

Emel Parlar Dal, Samiratou Dipama

引用次数: 1

9/11 was an Instance of Transnational Balancing: An Intervention in Statist IR Theory 9/11是跨国平衡的一个例子:对国家主义IR理论的干预

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2022-10-29 DOI: 10.1177/03043754221136500

E. Aydinli

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Female Nationalist Activism in Japan: Truth-Telling Through Everyday Micro-Practices 日本女性民族主义行动主义:通过日常微观实践讲述真相

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2022-09-16 DOI: 10.1177/03043754221126279

Dan Öberg, Linus Hagström

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Critical Junctures of Securitisation: The Case of the AK Party in Turkey 证券化的关键时刻:以土耳其正义与发展党为例

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2022-08-31 DOI: 10.1177/03043754221116738

N. Sandal, A. Ozturk

引用次数: 4