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                | Foreword | 
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                | <BRIT XII Plenary> | 
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                BRIT XII: Opening Plenary (November 13, 2012, Fukuoka, Japan)
                    Open Borders: “Border Studies: Past and Present Challenges in the Development of the Field” | 
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                |  <ARTICLE> | 
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                Typological Features of the European and Asian Parts of the Russian Border: The Example of the
                    Northwestern and Far Eastern borders | 
                Anton A. Kireev | 
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                The Effect of the Border on Chinese Direct Investments: Evidence from Russian Border Regions | 
                Alina Novopashina | 
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                |  <CONFERENCE NOTE> | 
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                The Natural Environment and the Shifting Borders of Nepal | 
                Buddhi N. Shrestha | 
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                Importance of Borders in West African Economic Space | 
                Anani Lazare Sossou-Agbo | 
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                | <Review> | 
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                Liselotte Osgaard, China and Coexistence: Beijing’s National Security Strategy for the Twenty First Century, Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore: 2012 | 
                Ivan Zolotukhin | 
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                Aleksei Malashenko,Tsentralnaia Aziia: na chto Rasschityvaet Rossiia? [Central Asia and Russia’s
                      Expectations], Carnegie Moscow Center: Moscow: 2012 
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                Marina Dmitreva | 
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                | Eurasia
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