Dealing or dueling with the United States? Explaining and predicting iranian behavior during the nuclear crisis

International Studies Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-68

  Devlen, Balkan ^a  

^a IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MODEL; NUCLEAR WEAPON; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

IRAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949483203     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2009.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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