Democracy prevention: The international collaboration of authoritarian regimes

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 623-638

  von Soest, Christian ^a  

^a GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authoritarian collaboration; China; Cooperation; Democracy prevention; Gulf Cooperation Council; International dimensions of authoritarian rule; Russia; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945312267     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12100     Document Type: Article

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