What is the national interest? the neoconservative challenge in IR theory

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-337

  Williams, Michael C ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neoconservatism; United States foreign policy, national interest, Realism, virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444497059     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066105055482     Document Type: Article

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