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Empowering Civil Society Networks in an Unequal, Multi-Polar World
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Proceedings of the External Challenges and Risks for Russia in the Context of the World Community’s Transition to Polycentrism: Economics, Finance and Business (ICEFB 2019), 2019
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS RESEARCH JOURNAL, 2021
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