Small states and specialisation: domestic politics, foreign policy, and their interface

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Small states and specialisation: domestic politics, foreign policy, and their interface

Original language description

This contribution focuses on the issue of small states&apos; foreign policy specialisation. Specialisation helps small states overcome size-related disadvantages by allowing them to concentrate resources. However, small states specialise differently in various topics or regions and have different levels of enthusiasm. I argue that how small state governments make choices around specialisation offers a great segue to studying the international and regional systems, the role of domestic factors in foreign policymaking, and the interplay between the two levels. At the international level, specialisation reveals information about the system&apos;s character. We can study agency, power distribution, and ideas or identities at the domestic level. The interplay between the two levels offers insights into how governments are both restricted and empowered by non-state actors in pursuing foreign policies. Altogether, studying the specialisation of small states allows us to answer significant questions about international relations.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA23-04833S" target="_blank" >GA23-04833S: Specialisation in EU small states’ foreign and security policy</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Small states &amp; territories

ISSN

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e-ISSN

2616-8006

Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

MT - MALTA

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

86-89

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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