| ID | 134072 |
| Title Proper | Acting small in a large state's world |
| Other Title Information | Russia and the Baltic states |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lamoreaux, Jeremy W |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The interest in small states ebbs and flows as important international affairs include small states. Russia's actions and policies vis-à-vis Ukraine, and the resultant intensified apprehension among Russia's smaller neighbours, aim the proverbial microscope at the size and power discrepancies between states. Russia, by most metrics, is a large state and the Baltic states, by those same metrics, are small states. Small-state scholars expect large and small states to act differently. However, the case of Russia and the Baltic states indicates that large and small states do not, in fact, act all that different. This being the case, this article calls into question many of the assumptions made by small-state scholars about the difference between large- and small-state action and argues for changes within small-state studies as a subdiscipline of the larger international relations discipline. |
| `In' analytical Note | European Security Vol.23, No.4; Dec.2014: p.565-582 |
| Journal Source | European Security Vol.23, No.4; Dec.2014: p.565-582 |
| Key Words | Small States ; Baltic States ; Russia ; Security ; Small State Theory ; Power and Size ; Europe ; European Union - EU ; International Relations - IR ; International Affairs |