"Fear or love thy Neighbour"? The EU framework for promoting regional cooperation in the South Caucasus

Journal of Contemporary European Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-56

  Babayan, Nelli ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conflict; European neighbourhood policy; Regional cooperation; South caucasus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873168265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1815347X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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