The limits of autocracy promotion: The case of Russia in the 'near abroad'

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 691-706

  Way, Lucan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Armenia; Authoritarianism; Autocracy promotion; Belarus; Former Soviet Union; Georgia; Kyrgyzstan; Moldova; Putin; Russia; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945281546     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12092     Document Type: Article

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