The European external action service: Living forwards by understanding backwards

European Foreign Affairs Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Vanhoonacker, Sophie ^a   Reslow, Natasja ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79956232986     PISSN: 13846299     EISSN: 18758223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.54648/eerr2010001     Document Type: Article

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