Egypt as a leading nation: Regional imperatives and domestic constraints

Diplomatic Strategies of Nations in the Global South: The Search for Leadership

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 155-179

  Bahi, Riham ^a,b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

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EID: 85009653913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-45226-9_6     Document Type: Chapter

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