German foreign policy and the war on Iraq: Anti-Americanism, pacifism or emancipation?

Security Dialogue

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-231

  Forsberg, Tuomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b European Center for Security Studies   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foreign policy; Germany; Security; The United States; Transatlantic relations; Use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344448373     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010605054649     Document Type: Review

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