Understanding the foreign policy of autocratic actors: ideology or pragmatism? Russia and the Tymoshenko trial as a case study

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 347-364

  Obydenkova, Anastassia ^a,b,c   Libman, Alexander ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Barcelona)   (Spain)

^d FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

autocracy promotion; foreign policy; Russia; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903472601     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569775.2014.911500     Document Type: Article

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