Alliances, then democracy: An examination of the relationship between regime type and alliance formation

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 129-153

  Gibler, Douglas M ^a   Wolford, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Cooperation; Democracy; External threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645008397     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002705281360     Document Type: Review

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