The EU and the Syrian Crisis: The Use of Sanctions and the Regime's Strategy for Survival

Mediterranean Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-35

  Seeberg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84928585366     PISSN: 13629395     EISSN: 17439418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2014.896314     Document Type: Article

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