The problematic role of EU democracy promotion in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 193-200

  Simão, Licínia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Armenia; Azerbaijan; Conflict; Democracy; European Union; Nagorno Karabakh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861457765     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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