The Crises in the Middle East: A Window of Opportunity for Rising China

European Journal of East Asian Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-224

  Aoun, Elena ^a   Kellner, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

China; Egypt; Israel; Palestine; shifting international balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955253527     PISSN: 15680584     EISSN: 15700615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15700615-01402003     Document Type: Article

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