The return of the empire? Russia's counteraction to transatlantic democracy promotion in its near abroad

Democratization

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 438-458

  Babayan, Nelli ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

autocracy; democracy promotion; EU; great power; Russia; South Caucasus; US

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930577794     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2014.993973     Document Type: Article

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