Regional powers and regional security governance: An interpretive perspective on the policies of Nigeria and Brazil

The study of regional powers has become an increasingly prominent part of debates in the academic field of International Relations (IR), particularly regarding their role in creating the conditions for international security. While the IR literature tends to focus on the causal effect of material an...

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Published in:International relations (London) 2015-09, Vol.29 (3), p.348-362
Main Author: Lopez-Lucia, Elisa
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