Multilateralism, multipolarity, and regionalism: The French foreign policy discourse

Mediterranean Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-116

  Bowen, Norman ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; REGIONAL SECURITY; UNITED NATIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17644408999     PISSN: 10474552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/10474552-16-1-94     Document Type: Article

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71. Ibid., 51-3.