Enter The Dragon! An Empirical Analysis of Chinese versus US Arms Transfers to Autocrats and Violators of Human Rights, 1989-2006

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 843-856

  De Soysa, Indra ^a   Midford, Paul ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; ARMS TRADE; CIVIL WAR; COLD WAR; DEMOCRACY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN POLICY; HEGEMONY; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL HISTORY;

AFRICA; CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871266213     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12028     Document Type: Article

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