Dependent Diplomacy: Signaling, strategy, and prestige in the diplomatic network

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-259

  Kinne, Brandon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; FOREIGN POLICY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84901010706     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12047     Document Type: Article

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