Fit for what? Towards explaining Battlegroup inaction

European Security

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-184

  Marchi Balossi Restelli, Ludovica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

common security and defence policy; DRC 2008; European battlegroup; military crisis management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044916777     PISSN: 09662839     EISSN: 17461545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09662839.2011.564767     Document Type: Article

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