The European Union's relations with Ukraine and Azerbaijan

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-183

  Franke, Anja ^a   Gawrich, Andrea ^a   Melnykovska, Inna ^a   Schweickert, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Kiel Institute for the World Economy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; DEMOCRACY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AZERBAIJAN; UKRAINE;

EID: 78049232333     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.26.2.149     Document Type: Article

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