Small States and Alliances

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-v

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2. Small States and Alliances

   • Heinz Gärtner

   Pages 1-9

3. Introductory Comments on the Objective of the Small States and Alliances Workshop

   • Erich Reiter

   Pages 11-14

4. Minor Powers, Alliances, and Armed Conflict: Some Preliminary Patterns

   • Volker Krause, J. David Singer

   Pages 15-23

5. The Concept of Military Alliance

   • Stefan Bergsmann

   Pages 25-37

6. Small States and European Security

   • Simon W. Duke

   Pages 39-50

7. Gaining Control

   • Christian Tuschhoff

   Pages 51-61

8. Engineering Influence: The Subtile Power of Small States in the CSCE/OSCE

   • Michael W. Mosser

   Pages 63-84

9. Small States and International Operations

   • Erwin A. Schmidl

   Pages 85-88

10. The Danish Experience. Denmark in NATO, 1949–1999

    • Svend Aage Christensen

    Pages 89-100

11. Small States and Alliances — A Swedish Perspective

    • Gunnar Lassinantti

    Pages 101-111

12. Finland, the European Union and NATO — Implications for Security and Defence

    • Kari Möttölä

    Pages 113-144

13. Small States and Alliances: The Case of Slovenia

    • Anton Grizold, Vinko Vegiè

    Pages 145-159

14. Switzerland and Europe’s Security Architecture: The Rocky Road from Isolation to Cooperation

    • Heiko Borchert

    Pages 161-182

15. Austria

    • Heinz Gärtner, Otmar Höll

    Pages 183-194

The book focuses on the relations between small states and alliances. It is on why, how and under what conditions states engage in alliances. What are the benefits and costs of alliances? How are the benefits and costs of alliances allocated among their members? What determines who allies with whom? Can small states still pursue their own security interests within an alliance? Can they even become integral part of an alliance? Scholars, practitioners, policy-makers and advisors from several countries discuss these issues. They address historical, empirical and theoretical topics and give policy recommendations.

• Alliances
• Allianzen
• Cooperation
• Europe
• European Security
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• Europäische Sicherheitspolitik
• Kleinstaaten
• Small States

• Militärwissenschaftliches Büro, Bundesministeriums für Landesverteidigung, Vienna, Austria

  Erich Reiter

• Österreichisches Institut, Internationale Politik, Vienna, Austria

  Heinz Gärtner

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