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P5 positions on the two rhetorical dimensions. Medians with 50% intervals. 95% intervals shown in Figures A4 and A5.

P5 positions on the two rhetorical dimensions. Medians with 50% intervals. 95% intervals shown in Figures A4 and A5.

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... average positions of the 37 analyzed states, shown in Figure A3 in the Online Appendix). The HRVs-intervention corner is occupied by the P3, plus Israel, Germany, Luxembourg, Turkey and Australia. ...
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... remarkably, China and France were among the most mobile. This is better seen in Figure 3, which shows the trajectories of the P5. 3 China originally framed the conflict as a complex struggle (no human rights violations). However, as ISIS grew in strength, China began to utilize more "violations talk", thus converging somewhat with the P3. ...

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