ABSTRACT
This book studies how domestic contestation influences the security policy of small states within the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
A multinational group of expert contributors consider how domestic contestation is translated into small states’ foreign policies, how membership of international organisations alters attitudes to security policy in small states and how patterns of small states’ behaviour across domestic traditions, security cultures and geographical location can be identified. Anchored in new institutionalism, the book explores the influence of international organisations on security policies and the tensions created by connecting four strands of literature, on Europeanisation, on the impact of and on institutions, on the way foreign and security policy is made, and the security/strategic culture of small states.
It will be of interest to all scholars and students of international relations, security studies, EU studies, area studies and politics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|21 pages
Towards a framework for analysis
part I|56 pages
Strategic culture or individual influence
chapter 403|19 pages
Strategic culture and small states
chapter 5|17 pages
Domestic contestations in Lithuania's foreign and security policy
part II|40 pages
Participation in overseas missions
chapter 966|21 pages
The Netherlands' approach to EU CSDP and UN peacekeeping operations
part III|52 pages
Relations to big players
chapter 1368|18 pages
From rebellious and reluctant allies to reliant partners
chapter 9|16 pages
Small country and European security
chapter 10|16 pages
“Estonisation” and its limits
part IV|39 pages
Internal security