Challenges for EU governance through Neighbourhood Policy and Eastern Partnership: The values/security nexus in EU–Belarus relations

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-227

  Bosse, Giselle ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eastern Partnership; EU external governance; European Neighbourhood Policy; EU Belarus relations; values security nexus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050835457     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569770902858152     Document Type: Article

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