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(http://www.aei.org/article/foreign-and-defense-policy/regional/asia/have-no-fear-abe-is-here/)

Krauss, E. a Pekkanen, R.: Japan´s "Coalition of the Willing" on Security Policies. Orbis, 2005. Vol. 49, No. 3., s. 429-444 (16 stran)

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