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The case against international cooperation 反对国际合作的理由

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International Theory Pub Date : 2020-09-16 DOI: 10.1017/S1752971920000470

Ian Hurd

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引用次数: 2

Converging paths: bounded rationality, practice theory and the study of change in historical international relations 趋同路径：有限理性、实践理论与历史国际关系变迁研究

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International Theory Pub Date : 2020-09-15 DOI: 10.1017/S1752971920000494

Quentin Bruneau

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引用次数: 6

International vs. area? The disciplinary-politics of knowledge-exchange between IR and Area Studies 国际与地区？情报学与区域学知识交流的学科政治

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International Theory Pub Date : 2020-08-25 DOI: 10.1017/S1752971920000184

S. Aris

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引用次数: 3

Whither Chinese IR? The Sinocentric subject and the paradox of Tianxia-ism 中国IR何去何从?以中国为中心的主体与天下主义的悖论

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International Theory Pub Date : 2020-08-25 DOI: 10.1017/S1752971920000214

Sinan Chu

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引用次数: 3

Protean power as a plea for an open social ontology, non-efficient causal explanations, and cautious political practice 多变的权力是对开放的社会本体论、无效的因果解释和谨慎的政治实践的请求

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International Theory Pub Date : 2020-08-17 DOI: 10.1017/S1752971920000287

Stefano Guzzini

引用次数: 2

International Theory Book Symposium on Peter J. Katzenstein and Lucia A. Seybert, eds, Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics Peter J.Katzenstein和Lucia A.Seybert国际理论书籍研讨会，编辑，Protean Power：探索世界政治中的不确定性和意外性

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International Theory Pub Date : 2020-08-14 DOI: 10.1017/S1752971920000275

J. Hymans

引用次数: 0

Introduction to the symposium. The concept of protean power: change we can believe in? 研讨会介绍。多变力量的概念：我们可以相信的改变？

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International Theory Pub Date : 2020-08-14 DOI: 10.1017/S175297192000024X

J. Hymans

引用次数: 2

Irreparable ignorance, protean power, and economics 不可救药的无知、多变的力量和经济学

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International Theory Pub Date : 2020-08-13 DOI: 10.1017/S1752971920000263

G. DeMartino, Ilene Grabel

引用次数: 8

Levels, centers, and peripheries: the spatio-political structure of political systems 层次、中心和边缘:政治系统的空间政治结构

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International Theory Pub Date : 2020-08-13 DOI: 10.1017/S1752971920000160

J. Donnelly

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引用次数: 2

Control power as a special case of protean power: thoughts on Peter Katzenstein and Lucia Seybert's Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics 控制力作为一种特殊的变异性权力——对彼得·卡岑斯坦和露西娅·塞伯特《变异性权力:探索世界政治中的不确定性和不可预测性》的思考

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International Theory Pub Date : 2020-08-13 DOI: 10.1017/S1752971920000226

E. Adler

引用次数: 2