Why institutional overlap matters: CSDP in the European Security Architecture

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-120

  Hofmann, Stéphanie C ^a  

^a GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

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EID: 78650115961     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02131.x     Document Type: Article

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