The BRICS Fallacy

Washington Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 91-105

  Pant, Harsh V ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84887038553     PISSN: 0163660X     EISSN: 15309177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0163660X.2013.825552     Document Type: Article

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