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Original Articles

Social Network Analysis and the De Facto/De Jure Conundrum: Security Alliances and the Territorialization of State Authority in the Post-Cold War Great Lakes Region

Pages 97-111 | Received 27 Feb 2014, Published online: 16 Jul 2014

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