Author: AnonymPublisher:
ISBN: 9783346193049
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Irish Neutrality Concept as an Example for Foreign Policy Strategies of Small States
Author: AnonymThe Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics
Author: Jon PierrePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199665672
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
The Handbook provides a broad introduction to Swedish politics, and how Sweden's political system and policies have evolved over the past few decades.
Small States Inside and Outside the European Union
Author: Laurent GoetschelPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780792382805
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Small States in and outside the European Union offers a broad overview of the small states problematic in Europe. It touches upon definition issues, history, security policy, neutrality, EU institutional aspects and also includes contributors from Central and Eastern European countries. It presents a thorough analysis of different scenarios for EU institutional reform and their repercussions on the influence of small member states. The comparative results are visualized in tables. The work contains several contributions from practitioners who give insight into policy games and issues of national sensitivity not usually covered by purely scholarly publications. The European environment has changed dramatically through the processes of regional integration and rising interdependence. Relations between European states both inside and outside the EU are governed as never before by rules, norms, and fixed procedures. The book investigates the consequences of these developments on the foreign and security policy of small states. Academics and professionals from Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland, as well as from the European Commission and the Council of Ministers, elaborate on these issues. Institutional regulations and traditional power politics as well as the foreign and security policy traditions of the states concerned, including the question of neutrality, are investigated. In addition, the book identifies the main interests of small states in today's Europe and offers an overview of different strategies these states apply in the realm of foreign and security policy. The book is interesting for the case studies it offers as well as for the reflections it contains regarding fundamental questions of the essence of statehood in today's Europe.
Unneutral Ireland
Author: Trevor C. SalmonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Throughout the 20th century the Irish have claimed, at critical moments, that Ireland is a neutral state and that it has established a policy of "traditional neutrality." Here, Salmon examines these claims by first identifying the essence of neutrality and nonalignment and then applying that understanding to the Irish case. Arguing that Ireland has failed to meet the criteria normally associated with neutrality and nonalignment, he explores the controversial issue of whether neutrality is compatible with membership in the European Community, and compares the status of Ireland with those of Austria, Sweden, and Switzerland.
The Security of Small States in the Third World
Author: Talukder ManiruzzamanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Neutrality and Small States
Author: Efraim KarshPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415611997
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Originally published in 1988, this book examines the experiences of neutral states in Europe during the Second World War and in the postwar peiod. It examines both the practical and the theoretical considerations and the interface between the two, and discusses the implications of the experience of these countries for small states generally
The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy
Author: Thierry BalzacqPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192576623
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
A clearly articulated, well-defined, and relatively stable grand strategy is supposed to allow the ship of state to steer a steady course through the roiling seas of global politics. However, the obstacles to formulating and implementing grand strategy are, by all accounts, imposing. The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy addresses the conceptual and historical foundations, production, evolution, and future of grand strategy from a wide range of standpoints. The seven constituent sections present and critically examine the history of grand strategy, including beyond the West; six distinct theoretical approaches to the subject; the sources of grand strategy, ranging from geography and technology to domestic politics to individual psychology and culture; the instruments of grand strategy's implementation, from military to economic to covert action; political actors', including non-state actors', grand strategic choices; the debatable merits of grand strategy, relative to alternatives; and the future of grand strategy, in light of challenges ranging from political polarization to technological change to aging populations. The result is a field-defining, interdisciplinary, and comparative text that will be a key resource for years to come.
Irish Foreign Policy
Author: Ben TonraPublisher: Gill Education
ISBN: 9780717152643
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
An authoritative textbook presenting major themes and analysis of Irish foreign policy in a contextual framework of history, political science, economics and international relations. The first contemporary and authoritative textbook presenting major themes and analysis of Irish foreign policy within a contextual framework of history, political science, economics and international relations. Structured along the traditional lines of comparative foreign policy. Introduces the historical context and presents the policy-making processes and actors. Themed chapters address context, contemporary policy issues and future challenges in relation to Ireland's foreign policy across a number of critical areas. Discusses the challenges posed to Ireland's foreign policy in the international system and through its membership of the European Union. Case studies that focus on a specific period or issue are used throughout the text and are illustrating the larger themes within Irish foreign policy. Written in an open and accessible style by leading academic analysts and practitioners of Irish foreign policy. Written For: Undergraduate and postgraduate students of: - Foreign Policy - Irish History and Politics - International Relations - Development Studies - Peace and Conflict Studies - Comparative Foreign Policy. The first contemporary and authoritative textbook presenting major themes and analysis of Irish foreign policy within a contextual framework of history, political science, economics and international relations. Structured along the traditional lines of comparative foreign policy. Introduces the historical context and presents the policymaking processes and actors. Themed chapters address context, contemporary policy issues and future challenges in relation to Ireland's foreign policy across a number of critical areas. Discusses Ireland's foreign policy challenges posed within the international system and through its membership of the European Union. Case studies that focus on a specific period or issue are used throughout the text and are illustrative of larger themes within Irish foreign policy. Written in an open and accessible style by leading academic analysts and practitioners of Irish foreign policy.
Europe's Foreign and Security Policy
Author: Michael E. SmithPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521538619
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The emergence of a common security and foreign policy has been one of the most contentious issues accompanying the integration of the European Union. In this book, Michael Smith examines the specific ways foreign policy cooperation has been institutionalized in the EU, the way institutional development affects cooperative outcomes in foreign policy, and how those outcomes lead to new institutional reforms. Smith explains the evolution and performance of the institutional procedures of the EU using a unique analytical framework, supported by extensive empirical evidence drawn from interviews, case studies, official documents and secondary sources. His perceptive and well-informed analysis covers the entire history of EU foreign policy cooperation, from its origins in the late 1960s up to the start of the 2003 constitutional convention. Demonstrating the importance and extent of EU foreign/security policy, the book will be of interest to scholars, researchers and policy-makers.
That Neutral Island
Author: Clair WillsPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674026827
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Where previous histories of Ireland in the war years have focused on high politics, That Neutral Island mines deeper layers of experience. Stories, letters, and diaries illuminate this small country as it suffered rationing, censorship, the threat of invasion, and a strange detachment from the war.