EU Leverage and National Interests in the Balkans: The Puzzles of Enlargement Ten Years On

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-138

  Vachudova, Milada Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84890175444     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12081     Document Type: Article

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