Small States and Alliances
Erich Reiter (Editor), Heinz Gartner (Editor)
The book focuses on the relations between small states and alliances. It is on why, how and under what conditions states engage in alliances. What are the benefits and costs of alliances? How are the benefits and costs of alliances allocated among their members? Can small states still pursue their own security interests within an alliance?
1 online resource
9783662130001, 3662130009
1259418509
Small States and Alliances.- Introductory Comments on the Objective of the Small States and Alliances Workshop.- Minor Powers, Alliances, and Armed Conflict: Some Preliminary Patterns.- The Concept of Military Alliance.- Small States and European Security.- Gaining Control.- Engineering Influence: The Subtile Power of Small States in the CSCE/OSCE.- Small States and International Operations.- The Danish Experience. Denmark in NATO, 1949–1999.- Small States and Alliances — A Swedish Perspective.- Finland, the European Union and NATO — Implications for Security and Defence.- Small States and Alliances: The Case of Slovenia.- Switzerland and Europe’s Security Architecture: The Rocky Road from Isolation to Cooperation.- Austria.