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Green colonialism or green transformation? The equity implications of clean hydrogen trade 绿色殖民主义还是绿色转型？清洁氢贸易对公平的影响

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103338

Marie Dejonghe, Thijs Van de Graaf

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Bodily autonomy, corporeal security and the threat of nonlethal firearm abuse 身体自主，人身安全和非致命性枪支滥用的威胁

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103339

Dana Cuomo

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How Narcos work together: Debt, trust and community governance in Bolivia's cocaine supply chain 毒枭如何合作：玻利维亚可卡因供应链中的债务、信任和社区治理

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-05-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103330

Thomas Grisaffi

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The power of where: Why place matters in American politics 地点的力量：为什么地点在美国政治中很重要

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103291

John Agnew

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Embodied encounters, emerging publics in U.S. immigration courts 具体化的相遇，美国移民法庭上的新兴公众

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-04-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103334

Alicia Danze , Caroline Faria , Valentina Glockner , Rebecca Torres

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Governing the unstable: Colonial atmospheres, ‘weathering’ Indigenous, and the colonisation of polar air in the Soviet Arctic 统治不稳定：殖民大气，“风化”土著，以及苏联北极地区极地空气的殖民化

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-04-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103331

Nadezhda Mamontova

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Bakelam: Sea nomads’ knowledge systems and potential building block for living with change Bakelam：海洋游牧民的知识体系和适应变化的潜在基石

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103335

Diana Suhardiman , Wengki Ariando , Dedi Adhuri Supriadi , Terry Indrabudi

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Legal geographies of deportability – Entanglements of power between nomospheric guardians, technicians, and figures 可驱逐性的法律地理。非地球守护者、技术人员和人物之间的权力纠缠

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103333

Eveliina Lyytinen

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Political practices between internal colonialism and global inequality: Energy infrastructures in Tunisia and Costa Rica 内部殖民主义与全球不平等之间的政治实践：突尼斯和哥斯达黎加的能源基础设施

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103321

Alke Jenss, Alessandra Bonci

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Toponyms and political control in divided cities: The case of Jerusalem's neighborhood names 分裂城市的地名和政治控制：以耶路撒冷的街区名称为例

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-04-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103319

Ofir Hadad, Oren Barak

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