The Foreign Policies of Small States: Challenging Neorealism in Its Own Backyard

@article{Elman1995TheFP,
  title={The Foreign Policies of Small States: Challenging Neorealism in Its Own Backyard},
  author={M. Elman},
  journal={British Journal of Political Science},
  year={1995},
  volume={25},
  pages={171-217}
}
  • M. Elman
  • Published 1995
  • Political Science
  • British Journal of Political Science
The received wisdom in international relations suggests that we can best account for the foreign policies of small states by examining structural/systemic rather than domestic level factors. This article challenges this scholarly consensus. The distribution of power and the balance of threat do influence domestic institutional formation and change in emerging states. However, the subsequent military strategies of these weak states are likely to reflect such domestic institutional choices in a… Expand
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