The Obama Presidency and US foreign policy: Where's the multilateralism?

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-64

  Skidmore, David ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD WAR; EMPOWERMENT; FOREIGN POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL POWER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855771908     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2011.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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