Weak States in International Relations Theory: The Cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia PDF
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Weak States in International Relations Theory Weak States in International Relations Theory The Cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia Hanna Samir Kassab WEAK STATES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY Copyright © Hanna Samir Kassab, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-54388-2 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-58046-0 ISBN 978-1-137-54389-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137543899 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Kassab, Hanna Samir, 1984– Weak states in international relations theory : the cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia / Hanna Samir Kassab. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Developing countries—Foreign relations. 2. States, Small—Foreign relations. 3. Armenia (Republic)—Foreign relations. 4. Saint Kitts and Nevis—Foreign relations. 5. Lebanon—Foreign relations. 6. Cambodia—Foreign relations. I. Title. D887.K37 2015 327.101—dc23 2015006098 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: August 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my loving family: Samire, Hanane, Lea, and Elias Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction 1 2 International Security and Weak States 27 3 Weak State Vulnerability as an Intervening Variable 43 4 Interests in Terms of Survival: The Function of Weak States 65 5 Strength in Weakness: Weak State Opportunistic Behavior 87 6 Weak States and Great Power Grand Strategy 103 7 Weak State Autonomy: Armenia and St. Kitts and Nevis 121 8 Autonomy yet Civil War: Cases of Lebanon and Cambodia 163 Conclusions 209 Notes 217 Works Cited 223 Index 237 Illustrations Figures 1.1 Relationship between vulnerability and threat 12 1.2 Summary of research hypothesis 16 3.1 Relationship between vulnerability and threat 63 Tables 1.1 Summary of hypothesis 11 3.1 Vulnerability versus development 61 4.1 States, their EVI ranking and military expenditure 2009 79 6.1 List of aid donor countries 111 6.2 Weak state aid recipients and their donors in 2011 114
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