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What Is Missing in the Western IR Theories: Space as a Core Dimension in World Regional Studies

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In this chapter, the author puts forward an idea that Western IR theories missed “space” as a dimension, which is at the core of analyzing theoretical-applied aspects within the IR regional dimension. In this chapter the “multilayerness” of the space-time category in contemporary international affairs is elaborated and explained.

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  1. School of Political Affairs, MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia

    Alexei D. Voskressenski

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Voskressenski, A.D. (2017). What Is Missing in the Western IR Theories: Space as a Core Dimension in World Regional Studies. In: Non-Western Theories of International Relations . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33738-8_5

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