Democracy, foreign policy, and terrorism

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 878-904

  Savun, Burcu ^a   Phillips, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Domestic terrorism; Foreign policy; Transnational terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450207085     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002709342978     Document Type: Article

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