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Exploring Alternative Futures Focusing on the Science and Technology Policy of Kim Jong‐un's Regime* 以金正恩政权的科技政策为重点，探索另一种未来*。

Pacific Focus Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1111/pafo.12255

Keon-Jak Jeong, Kyungmoo Heo, Youbean Kim

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A Journey Towards a Non‐Western International Relations Theory: Non‐Western Conceptualization of the English School 非西方国际关系理论之旅：英国学派的非西方概念化

Pacific Focus Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1111/pafo.12254

Lee Yoochul

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China's Motivation for Providing Medical Aid during COVID‐19 中国在 COVID-19 期间提供医疗援助的动机

Pacific Focus Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/pafo.12243

Yue Wu

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