The Security Situation in Southern Thailand: Toward an Understanding of Domestic and International Dimensions

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 531-548

  Liow, Joseph Chinyong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 33645794637     PISSN: 1057610X     EISSN: 15210731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10576100490513701     Document Type: Article

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