Union for the mediterranean- pragmatic multilateralism and the depoliticization of EU-Middle Eastern relations

Middle East Critique

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-302

  Seeberg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 79952731984     PISSN: 19436149     EISSN: 19436157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19436149.2010.514477     Document Type: Article

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