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Crime and Punishment in International Politics: On the Agency and Moral Standing of Community 国际政治中的罪与罚：论共同体的能动性与道德地位

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International Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-09-03 DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaf062

Evgeny Roshchin

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Into the Fray: Explaining State Support for Non-Violent Resistance Movements Abroad 进入战斗：解释国家对国外非暴力抵抗运动的支持

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International Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-09-03 DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaf068

Maria A Lotito, Christopher W Shay, Michael A Rubin

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Is There a Religious Dimension to Concern about Farmer–Herder Conflicts in Nigeria? 尼日利亚农牧民冲突是否有宗教层面的担忧？

IF 2.6 1区社会学

International Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaf061

Daniel Tuki

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Why Economic Development Does Not Diminish Religious Conflict 为什么经济发展不能减少宗教冲突

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International Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaf060

Nilay Saiya, Stuti Manchanda

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The Making of “Dominion” Status at the 1907 Imperial Conference: Dissociation, Racialization, and the (Re)Constitution of International Pecking Orders 1907年帝国会议上“自治领”地位的确立：分裂、种族化与国际等级秩序的（重新）构成

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International Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaf058

John de Bhal, Alexandra Stafford

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Anarchy Is What the Balance of Power Made of It: Two Core Concepts and the Public/Private Distinction in International Relations 无政府状态是权力平衡的产物：国际关系中的两个核心概念与公/私区分

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International Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaf064

Morten Skumsrud Andersen

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Accountable to Whom? Public Opinion of Aid Conditionality in Recipient Countries 对谁负责？受援国援助条件的公众舆论

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International Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaf057

Richard Clark, Lindsay R Dolan, Alexandra O Zeitz

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Telling Stories of International Relations 讲国际关系故事

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International Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaf055

Laura J Shepherd

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Immigration, Justice Remittances, and US Courts 移民、司法、汇款和美国法院