Resource wars: Searching for a new definition

International Affairs

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1065-1082

  Humphreys, Jasper ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84866388996     PISSN: 00205850     EISSN: 14682346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2012.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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