ABSTRACT
The conclusions review the main findings and arguments developed throughout the book. The main implications of the study are threefold. First, the current literature on role transitions does not fully incorporate more dynamic interactions in master role enactments in which several actors act simultaneously – domestic opposition, secondary powers and weaker states. Second, the findings show that Role Theory could be an important theoretical approach to develop role-related models when analyzing small powers foreign policy behavior. Third, the analysis tries to look beyond the top-down configurations seen in the regional powers literature, where regional powers are the sole constructors of regional orders. The study shows that there is no unidirectional approach to the creation of regional communities, in which regional powers always socialize the weaker according to its views and interests. And also that, since regional powers depend on how Others perceive them to keep their regional prominence, several different types of regionness can be constructed since interdependent role-based perceptions play a role more important than the literature on regionalism predicts.
