The european union's public diplomacy towards the arab spring: The Case of Egypt

The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 111-138

  Samei, Marwa Fikry Abdel ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt's coup d' tat; eu delegation to Egypt; eu public diplomacy; European External Action Service (eeas); normative Europe; public diplomacy 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930906558     PISSN: 18711901     EISSN: 1871191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1871191X-12341307     Document Type: Article

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