The good, the bad, and the ambitious: Democracy and autocracy promoters competing in Belarus

European Political Science Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 195-224

  Yakouchyk, Katsiaryna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

autocracy promotion; China; democracy promotion; European Union (EU); Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968764155     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773914000459     Document Type: Article

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