Spoiler or facilitator of democratization?: Russia's role in Georgia and Ukraine

Democratization

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 459-478

  Delcour, Laure ^a   Wolczuk, Kataryna ^b  

^a La Maison des Sciences de L'Homme   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

democracy promotion; Eastern Partnership; European Union; Georgia; Russia; Ukraine; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930574118     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2014.996135     Document Type: Article

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