The unipolar exit: Beyond the Pax Americana

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-164

  Layne, Christopher ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960857296     PISSN: 09557571     EISSN: 1474449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09557571.2011.558491     Document Type: Article

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