Undermining the transatlantic democracy agenda? The Arab Spring and Saudi Arabia's counteracting democracy strategy

Democratization

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 479-495

  Hassan, Oz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bahrain; democracy promotion; democracy support; Egypt; European Union; Saudi Arabia; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930575210     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2014.981161     Document Type: Article

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