The EU Response to Regime Change in the Wake of the Arab Revolt: Differential Implementation

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-56

  Dandashly, Assem ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; democracy promotion; ENP; Middle East and North Africa; security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918543661     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2014.975988     Document Type: Article

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