Borders of Peace in Policy and Practice: National and Local Perspectives of Israel-Jordan Border Management

Geopolitics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 658-680

  Arieli, Tamar ^a  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL POLITICS; NATIONAL SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING; POLICY STRATEGY;

ISRAEL; JORDAN;

EID: 84864809115     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650045.2011.638015     Document Type: Article

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