| ID | 175678 |
| Title Proper | Defense strategies of middle powers |
| Other Title Information | Competing for security, influence and status in an era of unipolar demise |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Edström, Håkan ; Westberg, Jacob |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Do middle powers develop similar defense strategies? Is middle powers a useful category for exploring the diversity of strategies among different categories of states? This article presents a great variation of strategies among the selected cases. Concurrently, similarities between middle powers belonging to similar regional security complexes (RSC) are revealed. The higher degree of great power penetration into a RSC, the lesser options for middle powers to develop individual strategies and vice versa. Furthermore, by comparing our findings with the strategies of more and less resourceful states, common elements among middle powers in terms of ends, means and ways, appear. |
| `In' analytical Note | Comparative Strategy Vol. 39, No.1-6; 2020: p.171-190 |
| Journal Source | Comparative Strategy Vol: 39 No 1-6 |
| Key Words | Middle Powers ; Defense Strategies |