NGOs as intelligence agencies: The empowerment of transnational advocacy networks and the media by commercial remote sensing in the case of the Iranian nuclear program

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 514-522

  Aday, Sean ^a   Livingston, Steven ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial remote sensing; Media; Military geography; Political communication; Political geography; Transnational advocacy networks

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; EMPOWERMENT; MAPPING; MASS MEDIA; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67650001717     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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