France, Europe, and the Mediterranean in a Sarkozy Presidency

Mediterranean Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Bowen, Norman ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN POLICY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NATO; TRADE RELATIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38049063426     PISSN: 10474552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/10474552-2007-023     Document Type: Article

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