Small States and International Security
Europe and Beyond
Edited by Clive Archer, Alyson Bailes, Anders Wivel
To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge – 240 pages
Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
Description
A transformed geopolitical environment after the Cold War, 9/11 and the Iraq war have fundamentally altered the security challenges of small states in Europe. Most importantly, the end of the Cold War reduced the traditional military threat to small states significantly.
Small States and International Security: Europe and Beyond offers an accessible, coherent and informative analysis of contemporary and future security challenges facing small states. It identifies both the challenges and the opportunities of small states and discusses the costs and benefits of the different security strategies followed by small states inside and outside Europe.
Providing a comparative perspective on small state security in Europe by comparing the European experience to small state security in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, this book makes an important contribution to the debate on the challenges and possibilities of small states and international security more generally. It will be of strong interest to students and scholars of European politics, security studies, international relations, foreign policy analysis, geopolitics, diplomatic studies and comparative political studies.
Contents
1.Introduction Clive Archer, Alyson Bailes and Anders Wivel 2.Small states, survival and strategy Alyson Bailes, Jean-Marc Rickli and Baldur Thorhallsson 3.Small States and Economic Security Richard Griffiths 4.Societal Security in Small States Alyson Bailes 5.Small States and Environmental Security Auður H. Ingolfsdóttir Part 2:Small State Security in Europe 6.The Nordic States Clive Archer 7.The Baltic States Mindaugas Jurkynas 8.The Western Balkan States Višnja Samardžija, Senada Šelo-Šabić and Sandro Knezović 9.Micro-State Security in Europe Archie W. Simpson 10.Caught in the Outskirts of Europe: Georgia and Moldova Maria Ruxandra Lupu Dinesen and Anders Wivel Part 3: Comparative Insights 11.The Problems of Small States in Africa: Botswana as Case-Study Ian Taylor 12.Small State Security in Asia Alan Chong Chia Siong 13.Small State Security in the Caribbean Timothy Shaw 14.The Security Concerns of Designed Spaces Godfrey Baldacchino Part 4:Conclusion 15.Conclusion Clive Archer, Alyson Bailes and Anders Wivel
Author Bio
Clive Archer is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Politics and Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Alyson JK Bailes is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Iceland, Faculty of Political Science, and a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. After a career as a British diplomat she served as Director of the Stockholm International Peace Institute (SIPRI) from 2002-7.
Anders Wivel is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Political Science.
Name: Small States and International Security: Europe and Beyond (Hardback) – Routledge
Description: Edited by Clive Archer, Alyson Bailes, Anders Wivel. A transformed geopolitical environment after the Cold War, 9/11 and the Iraq war have fundamentally altered the security challenges of small states in Europe. Most importantly, the end of the Cold War reduced the traditional military threat to small...
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