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Union

Institute for

Security Studies

Moment

European and American perspectives

Edited by Álvaro de Vasconcelos

and Marcin Zaborowski

The Obama

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The Obama Moment

European and American perspectives

Alexandra Bell, John Bruton, Tom Cargill, Joseph Cirincione, James

Dobbins, Nikolas Foster, Daniel Hamilton, Michael O’ Hanlon, Bruce

Jones, Erik Jones, Ibrahim Kalin, Andrew Kuchins, Rouzbeh Parsi, Glen

Rangwala, Pawel Świeboda, Álvaro de Vasconcelos, Alex Vines and

Marcin Zaborowski

Edited by Álvaro de Vasconcelos and Marcin Zaborowski

Institute for Security Studies

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Alvaro de Vasconcelos - The Obama Moment; European and American Perspectives (2009)(1).pdf