Acting small in a large state's world: Russia and the Baltic states

The interest in small states ebbs and flows as important international affairs include small states. Russia's actions and policies vis-à-vis Ukraine, and the resultant intensified apprehension among Russia's smaller neighbours, aim the proverbial microscope at the size and power discrepanc...

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Published in:European security (London, England) England), 2014-10, Vol.23 (4), p.565-582
Main Author: Lamoreaux, Jeremy W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Baltic States
Foreign policy
Intellectuals
International Relations
National security
Neighbourhoods
Political action
Political power
Political science
Political theory
power and size
Russia
Russian Federation
Security
small state theory
Small States
Ukraine
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Summary:The interest in small states ebbs and flows as important international affairs include small states. Russia's actions and policies vis-à-vis Ukraine, and the resultant intensified apprehension among Russia's smaller neighbours, aim the proverbial microscope at the size and power discrepancies between states. Russia, by most metrics, is a large state and the Baltic states, by those same metrics, are small states. Small-state scholars expect large and small states to act differently. However, the case of Russia and the Baltic states indicates that large and small states do not, in fact, act all that different. This being the case, this article calls into question many of the assumptions made by small-state scholars about the difference between large- and small-state action and argues for changes within small-state studies as a subdiscipline of the larger international relations discipline.
ISSN:0966-2839
1746-1545
DOI:10.1080/09662839.2014.948862