Designing a secure Iraq: A US policy prescription

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 677-687

  Schofield, Julian ^a   Zenko, Micah ^b,c  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPUTE RESOLUTION; FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; NATIONAL SECURITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746541618     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590410001678924     Document Type: Article

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