Editor’s Comment
I bid farewell: Some more reflections on 40 months with the journal, on AJIS Volume 27, and a little on Volume 28
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This is the third and my farewell editorial as editor-in-chief (EiC) of the AJIS. Three plus years, 40 months have passed since I took over the EiC role after an appointment by the AAIS search panel.
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