U.S. hegemony and southeast Asia: The impact of, and limits to, U.S. power and influence

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-462

  Beeson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FOREIGN POLICY; HEGEMONY; NEOLIBERALISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544246462     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1467271042000241621     Document Type: Article

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