The EU as a security actor: Reflections from a pessimistic constructivist on post-Sovereign security orders

International Relations Theory and the Politics of European Integration: Power, Security and Community

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 250-294

  Wæever, Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203187807-11     Document Type: Chapter

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