THE GROWING STRATEGIC IMBALANCE BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2018(III-I).04      10.31703/gpr.2018(III-I).04      Published : Jun 2018
Authored by : Sartaj , UzmaSiraj , UroosaIshfaq

04 Pages : 33-43

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    APA : Sartaj., Siraj, U., & Ishfaq, U. (2018). The Growing Strategic Imbalance between China and Russia in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities. Global Political Review, III(I), 33-43. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2018(III-I).04
    CHICAGO : Sartaj, , Uzma Siraj, and Uroosa Ishfaq. 2018. "The Growing Strategic Imbalance between China and Russia in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities." Global Political Review, III (I): 33-43 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2018(III-I).04
    HARVARD : SARTAJ., SIRAJ, U. & ISHFAQ, U. 2018. The Growing Strategic Imbalance between China and Russia in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities. Global Political Review, III, 33-43.
    MHRA : Sartaj, , Uzma Siraj, and Uroosa Ishfaq. 2018. "The Growing Strategic Imbalance between China and Russia in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities." Global Political Review, III: 33-43
    MLA : Sartaj, , Uzma Siraj, and Uroosa Ishfaq. "The Growing Strategic Imbalance between China and Russia in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities." Global Political Review, III.I (2018): 33-43 Print.
    OXFORD : Sartaj, , Siraj, Uzma, and Ishfaq, Uroosa (2018), "The Growing Strategic Imbalance between China and Russia in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities", Global Political Review, III (I), 33-43
    TURABIAN : Sartaj, , Uzma Siraj, and Uroosa Ishfaq. "The Growing Strategic Imbalance between China and Russia in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities." Global Political Review III, no. I (2018): 33-43. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2018(III-I).04