Of Dominoes and Firewalls: The Domestic, Regional, and Global Politics of International Diffusion

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 631-644

  Solingen, Etel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOPOLITICS; VULNERABILITY;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84871273434     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12034     Document Type: Article

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