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The messy practice of decolonising a concept: Everyday humanitarianism in Tanzania 非殖民化概念的混乱实践:坦桑尼亚的日常人道主义

IF 3 1区社会学

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0260210523000189

C. R. Sulley, L. Richey

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After states, before humanity? The meta-politics of legality and the International Criminal Court in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine 在国家之后，在人类之前?合法性的元政治与伊拉克、阿富汗和巴勒斯坦的国际刑事法院

IF 3 1区社会学

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI: 10.1017/s026021052300030x

J. Grzybowski, F. dos Reis

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Who forms the mass in mass destruction? 谁构成了大规模毁灭的主体?

IF 3 1区社会学

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.1017/S0260210523000244

Himadeep Muppidi

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A letter to Baba 给爸爸的一封信

IF 3 1区社会学

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-21 DOI: 10.1017/s0260210523000232

Shiera S. el-Malik

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Imperial power, anti-imperial resistance, and the shaping of international hierarchies: Lessons from 1930s Persia – ERRATUM 皇权，反帝国主义抵抗，以及国际等级制度的形成:来自20世纪30年代波斯的教训

1区社会学

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-20 DOI: 10.1017/s0260210523000311

Evaleila Pesaran

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Indigenous resistance at the frontiers of accumulation: Challenging the coloniality of space in International Relations 积累前沿的本土抵抗:挑战国际关系中空间的殖民性

IF 3 1区社会学

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-19 DOI: 10.1017/s0260210523000268

Chris Hesketh

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How should IR deal with the “end of the world”? Existential anxieties and possibilities in the Anthropocene IR应该如何应对“世界末日”？人类世的生存焦虑与可能性

IF 3 1区社会学

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-19 DOI: 10.1017/s0260210523000220

Dahlia Simangan

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Actors, activities, and forms of authority in the IPCC 政府间气候变化专门委员会的行动者、活动和权力形式

IF 3 1区社会学

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-13 DOI: 10.1017/s0260210523000207

Hannah Hughes

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Imperial power, anti-imperial resistance, and the shaping of international hierarchies: Lessons from 1930s Persia 帝国权力、反帝国抵抗和国际等级制度的形成：20世纪30年代波斯的教训

IF 3 1区社会学

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-06 DOI: 10.1017/s0260210523000190

Evaleila Pesaran

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Oh help! Oh no! The international politics of The Gruffalo: Children’s picturebooks and world politics 哦，救命！哦，不！格鲁法洛的国际政治：儿童绘本与世界政治

IF 3 1区社会学

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-11 DOI: 10.1017/s0260210523000098

L. Jarvis, N. Robinson

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