A Pragmatic Actor — The US Response to the Arab Uprisings

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-75

  Huber, Daniela ^a  

^a Istituto Affari Internazionali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arab uprisings; democracy; foreign policy; security; US

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918494747     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2014.975989     Document Type: Article

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