Foreign Policy Specialisation in EU Small States: Conceptualising and Analysing an Underexplored Practice
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F25%3A10507415" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/25:10507415 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=1tV_iNk_.c" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=1tV_iNk_.c</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41268-025-00358-5" target="_blank" >10.1057/s41268-025-00358-5</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Foreign Policy Specialisation in EU Small States: Conceptualising and Analysing an Underexplored Practice
Original language description
This paper defines and categorises the concept of 'foreign policy specialisation,' emphasizing its significance in small EU member states' practices and its role as a source of power in international negotiations. It distinguishes specialisation proper from other forms of foreign policy prioritisation. Drawing on insights from various disciplines, small states' strategic documents, and interviews with diplomats, we build our definition of foreign policy specialisation as a deliberate, enduring prioritisation of a region or topic in national foreign policy that is implemented through political, financial, and administrative adjustments. We then illustrate our definition with a case study of Czechia's specialisation in the Eastern Partnership countries. With the focus on specialisation employing a specific definition, the paper frames three groups of research questions that future research can address to enhance the understanding of small states' foreign policymaking and European foreign policy's broader dynamics and outcomes.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
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)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of International Relations and Development
ISSN
1408-6980
e-ISSN
1581-1980
Volume of the periodical
28
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
SI - SLOVENIA
Number of pages
21
Pages from-to
487-507
UT code for WoS article
001567736700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105015507133