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Small StateS in europe This page has been left blank intentionally Small States in europe Challenges and opportunities Edited by robert Steinmetz Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg and anderS Wivel University of Copenhagen, Denmark © robert Steinmetz and anders Wivel 2010 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. robert Steinmetz and anders Wivel have asserted their right under the Copyright, designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. published by ashgate publishing limited ashgate publishing Company Wey Court east Suite 420 union road 101 Cherry Street Farnham burlington Surrey, Gu9 7pt vt 05401-4405 england uSa www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Small states in europe : challenges and opportunities. 1. States, Small. 2. european union countries--Foreign relations--21st century. i. Steinmetz, robert. ii. Wivel, anders. 327.4'00905-dc22 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Steinmetz, robert. Small states in europe : challenges and opportunities / by robert Steinmetz and anders Wivel. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7546-7782-6 (hbk) -- ISBN 978-0-7546-9530-1 (ebk) 1. States, Small-- europe. 2. State governments--europe. 3. european union--membership. i. Wivel, anders. ii. title. JC365.S74 2009 320.94--dc22 2009037640 ISBN 9780754677826 (hbk) ISBN 9780754695301 (ebk.I) Contents List of Tables vii List of Contributors ix Preface: About the Resilience of Small States xi mario Hirsch Acknowledgements xvii PARt I SmALL StAtES In EuROPE: DEfInIng thE ISSuES At StAkE 1 introduction 3 Robert Steinmetz and Anders Wivel 2 From Small State to Smart State: Devising a Strategy for Influence in the european union 15 Anders Wivel 3 Small State diplomacy Compared to Sub-State diplomacy: more of the Same or different? 31 David Criekemans and Manuel Duran 4 Small States and the european Security and defence policy 47 Clive Archer PARt II thE ChALLEngES AnD OPPORtunItIES Of SmALL EuROPEAn StAtES 5 Small States and innovation 65 Rainer Kattel, Tarmo Kalvet and Tiina Randma-Liiv 6 Small States, power, international Change and the impact of uncertainty 87 Toms Rostoks 7 the Fluid nature of Smallness: regulation of the international System and the Challenges and opportunities of Small States 103 Plamen Pantev vi Small States in Europe PARt III thE ExPERIEnCE Of SmALL StAtES WIth thE EuROPEAn unIOn 8 in a league of its own? the netherlands as a middle-Sized eu member State 117 Jan Rood 9 the Foreign policy of luxembourg 131 Jean-Marie Frentz 10 Slovakia and the Czech Republic in the European Integration process: birds of a Feather Flying apart? 147 Mats Braun 11 Cyprus, Small-powerhood and the eu’s principles and values 161 Costas Melakopides 12 neutrality inside and outside the eu: a Comparison of austrian and Swiss Security policies after the Cold War 181 Jean-Marc Rickli 13 the icelandic Crash and its Consequences: a Small State without economic and political Shelter 199 Baldur Thorhallsson PARt IV COnCLuSIOn 14 Conclusion 217 Robert Steinmetz and Anders Wivel Index 227 list of tables 4.1 numbers in armed Forces (’000s), 2001 and 2007 49 4.2 Forces in eSdp operations, 2007 51 This page has been left blank intentionally list of Contributors Clive Archer is emeritus professor of politics at manchester metropolitan university. mats Braun is researcher at the institute of international relations, prague. David Criekemans is research Coordinator and Senior researcher at the Flemish Centre for International Policy (FCIP) and Postdoctoral Researcher at the research Group ‘diplomacy and Geopolitics’ at the Faculty of political and Social Sciences, university of antwerp. He is also an assistant professor in belgian and Comparative Foreign policy at the university of antwerp, and an assistant professor in ‘Geopolitics’ at the royal military academy in brussels. manuel Duran is researcher at the research Group ‘diplomacy and Geopolitics’ at the Faculty of political and Social Sciences, university of antwerp, on a project for the Research Foundation-Flanders (project number G.0270.09N). Jean-marie frentz is associate research Fellow at the luxembourg institute for european and international Studies. mario hirsch is director of the institut pierre Werner in luxembourg, a trinational cultural institute set up and financed by France, Germany and Luxembourg. He is a former lecturer at Sciences-po Strasbourg, political adviser and editor of the Luxembourg weekly ‘d’Lëtzebuerger Land’. tarmo kalvet is Senior research Fellow in innovation policy at the institute of public administration, tallinn university of technology. Rainer kattel is professor of technology Governance and innovation policy at the institute of public administration, tallinn university of technology. Costas melakopides is associate professor of international relations at the university of Cyprus and director of the Cyprus institute for mediterranean, European and International Studies (KIMEDE), Nicosia. Plamen Pantev is professor of international relations and international law at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridsky, founder and Director of the Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS), Sofia.
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