Where do we go from here? Implementation of the chemical weapons convention in the Middle East in the post-Saddam era

Security Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-155

  Barak, Eitan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 7944230881     PISSN: 09636412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09636410490506340     Document Type: Article

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