“ Ideas , Interests and Foreign Aid ”
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The book “Ideas, Interests and Foreign Aid” of A. Maurits Van der Veen is the 120th title published in the Cambridge Studies in International Relations series. The series, edited by Christian Reus-Smit and Nicholas J. Wheeler, represents a joint endeavor by Cambridge University Press and the British International Studies Association (BISA). The author is a Dutch researcher who received his MA degree in computer science at Stanford and his PhD in government studies at Harvard. He is currently assistant professor at the Government Department, College of William & Mary in Virginia. Van der Veen’s research interests include European integration, humanitarianism, human rights and identity politics.2
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