Regional community building and the transformation of international relations: The case of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

Mediterranean Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-164

  Volpi, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLITICAL CHANGE; REGIONAL POLITICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 3142664811     PISSN: 13629395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1362939042000221259     Document Type: Article

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