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Resisting the Tide: Reclaiming the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2025

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Toni Haastrup*
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Politics & Gender , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , September 2025 , pp. 696 - 703
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association

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