What do policymakers want from us? Results of a survey of current and former senior national security decision makers

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-246

  Avey, Paul C ^a   Desch, Michael C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL SECURITY; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84902134592     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12111     Document Type: Article

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