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Ejdus, F. (2020). Conflict, Peace, and Ontological Security. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11795-5_126-1

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