A precautionary approach to foreign policy? A preliminary analysis of Tony Blair's speeches on Iraq

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-367

  McLean, Craig ^a   Patterson, Alan ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; TERRORISM; WAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745815944     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2006.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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