The democratic peace is what states make of it: A constructivist analysis of the US-Indian 'near-miss' in the 1971 South Asian crisis

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 431-455

  Widmaier, Wesley W ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Democratic Peace; South Asian Politics; US Foreign Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444597530     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066105055486     Document Type: Review

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