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Decolonising and the Aesthetic Turn in International Studies: Border Thinking, Co-creation and Voice 国际研究中的非殖民化与美学转向：边界思维、共同创造和声音

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-10 DOI: 10.1177/03058298241234219

Aoileann Ní Mhurchú

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The Ontological Security-Seeking Paradox: Domestic and International Effects of Public Architecture in North Macedonia’s ‘Skopje 2014’ Project 寻求安全的本体论悖论：北马其顿 "斯科普里 2014 "项目中公共建筑的国内和国际影响

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-09 DOI: 10.1177/03058298241231742

Christopher M. Jackson, Jelena Subotić

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A Tale of Two Femocrats: Brokering Gender Norms in Addis Ababa 两个女权主义者的故事：在亚的斯亚贝巴促成性别规范

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/03058298241231488

Karmen Tornius

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Reading Security Imaginaries as Fantasies – Loss, Desire, and Enjoyment in the Military Quest for Explainable AI 将安全想象解读为幻想--军事领域探索可解释人工智能过程中的损失、欲望和享受

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1177/03058298231225753

J. T. Jacobsen, Katrine Nørgaard

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Reading Security Imaginaries as Fantasies – Loss, Desire, and Enjoyment in the Military Quest for Explainable AI 将安全想象解读为幻想--军事领域探索可解释人工智能过程中的损失、欲望和享受

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1177/03058298231225753

J. T. Jacobsen, Katrine Nørgaard

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Decolonising the Civilian in Third World National Liberation Wars 第三世界民族解放战争中的平民非殖民化

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1177/03058298231214163

Nicola Perugini

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From Humanitarian Intervention to Regime Change in Libya: Human Agency in the Production and Transformation of Global Security Assemblages 从人道主义干预到利比亚政权更迭：全球安全组合的产生和转变中的人的作用

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1177/03058298231220364

Matthew Robson

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Decolonising the Civilian in Third World National Liberation Wars 第三世界民族解放战争中的平民非殖民化

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1177/03058298231214163

Nicola Perugini

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From Humanitarian Intervention to Regime Change in Libya: Human Agency in the Production and Transformation of Global Security Assemblages 从人道主义干预到利比亚政权更迭：全球安全组合的产生和转变中的人的作用

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1177/03058298231220364

Matthew Robson

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Too Much Hegemony: A Novel Theory of the Unintended Consequences of Dominant Narratives 霸权太多关于主导叙事意外后果的新理论

Millennium: Journal of International Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/03058298231218007

Tom Bentley

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