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Introduction: Revisiting Security in the Post-Yugoslav Space. Non-State Actors as Allies of Russian Foreign Policy 引言：重新审视后南斯拉夫空间的安全问题。作为俄罗斯外交政策盟友的非国家行为体

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2026-02-23 DOI: 10.1177/08883254261423524

Vladimir Vučković, Vladimir Đorđević

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Russian Influence in the Western Balkans: Elite Receptivity and the Limits of Institutional Penetration 俄罗斯在西巴尔干的影响：精英的接受性和制度渗透的限制

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2026-02-22 DOI: 10.1177/08883254261423522

Branimir Staletović

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Between Control and Invisibility: Platform Workers and the Limits of Protection in Poland and Slovakia 在控制和隐形之间：波兰和斯洛伐克的平台工人和保护的极限

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2026-02-19 DOI: 10.1177/08883254261423512

Dominika Polkowska, Marta Kahancova, Anna Sadowska, Adam Šumichrast, Ewa Lecka

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Europe Moving Eastward? The Changing Dynamics in the EU and NATO Following the War in Ukraine 欧洲东移？乌克兰战争后欧盟和北约的动态变化

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2026-02-16 DOI: 10.1177/08883254261420426

Kristian L. Nielsen

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The Russian War on Ukraine: Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe 俄罗斯对乌克兰的战争：中欧和东欧的视角

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2026-02-14 DOI: 10.1177/08883254261420792

Tetiana Sobolieva, Jessie Labov, Kristian L. Nielsen

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The Russian War in Ukraine and the Visegrád Group: What Impact on Energy Transformation? 俄乌战争与Visegrád集团：对能源转型有何影响？

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251377095

Mariusz Baranowski, Piotr Jabkowski

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A Paradigm Shift: The Geopolitical Awakening of the European Union and Central and Eastern Europe States as Full-Fledged Security Actors in the Context of Russia’s War in Ukraine 范式转变：在俄罗斯乌克兰战争背景下，欧盟和中东欧国家作为成熟的安全行为体的地缘政治觉醒

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251394658

Beata Piskorska

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Moderation Amidst Ruins 废墟中的节制

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-12-24 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251401748

Aurelian Craiutu

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“Domestic Hens” and “Young Wolves” in the Polish “Long ’90s”: Toward a Feminist Political Economy of Creativity 波兰“漫长的90年代”中的“家母鸡”和“年轻的狼”：走向女性主义的创造性政治经济学

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-12-24 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251399847

Aleksandra Fila

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“We Are Just Surviving”: The Paradox of Robust Homegardens in Northern Bosnia and Herzegovina “我们只是在生存”：波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那北部健全家庭花园的悖论

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-12-24 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251394653

Andrew Flachs, Ashley Glenn

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