Momentum and impediments: Why Europe won't emerge as a full political actor on the world stage soon

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-578

  Krotz, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65549122158     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2009.01815.x     Document Type: Article

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