Recasting the warning-response problem: Persuasion and preventive policy

International Studies Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 556-578

  Meyer, Christoph O ^a   Otto, Florian ^a   Brante, John ^a   De Franco, Chiara ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; FOREIGN POLICY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL CONFLICT;

EID: 78650165341     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2010.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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