Perspectives on the political risk system for western multinational oil company investment in Central Asia

Oil, Transition and Security in Central Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 161-174

  Riches, Peter ^a  

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EID: 84905761793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203457771     Document Type: Chapter

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