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Securitization as a tool of regime survival: The deployment of religious rhetoric in Bashar al-Asad's speeches

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Securitization as a tool of regime survival: The deployment of religious rhetoric in Bashar al-Asad's speeches. / Aldoughli, R.
In: The Middle East Journal , Vol. 75, No. 1, 01.03.2021, p. 9-32.

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Aldoughli, R 2021, 'Securitization as a tool of regime survival: The deployment of religious rhetoric in Bashar al-Asad's speeches', The Middle East Journal , vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 9-32. https://doi.org/10.3751/75.1.11

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Aldoughli, R. (2021). Securitization as a tool of regime survival: The deployment of religious rhetoric in Bashar al-Asad's speeches. The Middle East Journal , 75(1), 9-32. https://doi.org/10.3751/75.1.11

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Aldoughli R. Securitization as a tool of regime survival: The deployment of religious rhetoric in Bashar al-Asad's speeches. The Middle East Journal . 2021 Mar 1;75(1):9-32. doi: 10.3751/75.1.11

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Aldoughli, R. / Securitization as a tool of regime survival : The deployment of religious rhetoric in Bashar al-Asad's speeches. In: The Middle East Journal . 2021 ; Vol. 75, No. 1. pp. 9-32.

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