A Partnership with Dictatorship: Explaining the Paradigm Shift in European Union Policy towards Belarus

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-384

  Bosse, Giselle ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84859539362     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2012.02246.x     Document Type: Article

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