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Research Article

The nexus between asylum seekers and defence spending in European NATO member states: a quantitative study of securitisation dynamics

Daphné CharotteDepartment of Politics, Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht, NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 210-233 | Received 09 Feb 2023, Accepted 15 Dec 2023, Published online: 28 Dec 2023

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