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Özgür Özdamar  and
Sercan Canbolat
Özgür Özdamar
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Bilkent University, Ankara
Sercan Canbolat
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
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Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa
How Ideology Shapes Foreign Policy
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  • Özgür Özdamar, Bilkent University, Ankara, Sercan Canbolat, University of Connecticut
  • Book: Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa
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  • Book: Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Online publication: 03 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009076500.008
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