Naslov
Small States and European/Euro-Atlantic Integration: Different Paths to Security and Influence

Autori
Kurečić, Petar ; Kozina, Goran ; Luša, Đana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
2017 The Roles of the EU and the Asia Pacific in the Global Era – Politics, International Relations, Economics, Law / - Tokyo, 2017, 51-51

Skup
European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific Annual Conference 2017 The Roles of the EU and the Asia Pacific in the Global Era – Politics, International Relations, Economics, Law

Mjesto i datum
Tokyo, Japan, 01.07.2017. - 02.07.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
small states ; Euro-Atlantic integration ; security ; influence ; foreign policy

Sažetak
Approximately a century ago, small European states did not have mechanisms that would effectively protect them against outside aggression. They were simply overran by the powerful states, while their formal liberation did not always bring freedom from influence and domination from big powers, nor territorial integrity. The process of European integration and transatlantic defence cooperation has started and has been developed among other because of these historical lessons. However, there is a deficit of research on influence of small states within aforementioned integrations, as well as on strategies they developed in pursuing their political, security and economic interests, independently or within the club of diverse states in terms of power. Therefore, the role of small states in organizations and integrations such as NATO and the EU, as the sui generis examples of military-political alliance, and economic integration with elements of political community, presents a challenging research topic. Since the EU and NATO now share 22 out of 28 members, which are geographically located in Europe, the focus of the research is on small European states. Accordingly, a differentiation between small and big European member states was recognized and included in a research. Furthermore, the research interest is focused on comparison of the influence small states project through the membership in NATO and/or EU with their policy of staying out of these two integrations (i.e. Switzerland). The paper starts up with the thesis that the functioning norms and decision-making procedures of the EU and NATO have provided small member states with the influence they would not have otherwise. On the other hand, a negative repercussion of the process manifested through the limits of sovereignty of analysed small states, acting within the organizations is also taken into account.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija

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