The Neutral/Honest Broker Role in Foreign-Policy Decision Making: A Reassessment

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-258

  Burke, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 85055306629     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2005.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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