U.S. Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring: Balancing Values and Interests

Digest of Middle East Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 353-385

  Atlas, Pierre M ^a  

^a MARIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84918588758     PISSN: 10604367     EISSN: 19493606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-3606.2012.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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