Comparative Assessment of Israel’s Foreign Policy Response to the ‘Arab Spring’

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-133

  Magen, Amichai ^a,b  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; Israel; Policy; Response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918558095     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2014.975992     Document Type: Article

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