The emerging fourth wave of deterrence theory - Toward a new research agenda

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 705-732

  Lupovici, Amir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ETHNIC CONFLICT; NUCLEAR WEAPON; RESEARCH WORK; TERRORISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77956419278     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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