The Diplomacies of Small States: Between Vulnerability and Resilience

✍ Scribed by Andrew F. Cooper, Timothy M. Shaw

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 318
• Series: International Political Economy
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is an in-depth analysis of the various methods used by small states to overcome their vulnerabilities in the international arena. With its balanced approach and variety of contributions, this book is of interest to researchers and academics who focus on the developing world or multilateral diplomacy.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 17
Notes on Contributors......Page 19
Abbreviations......Page 24
1 The Diplomacies of Small States at the Start of the Twenty-first Century: How Vulnerable? How Resilient?......Page 28
Part 1 Challenges/Realities of Practising Small State Diplomacy......Page 46
2 Thucydides or Kissinger? A Critical Review of Smaller State Diplomacy......Page 48
3 Small but Smart: Small States in the Global System......Page 68
4 Singapore and the Soft Power Experience......Page 92
5 Dependency Governance and Future Political Development in the Non-Independent Caribbean......Page 108
6 The Diplomacy of Caribbean Community States: Searching for Resilience......Page 123
Part 2 Case Studies: Small States’ Diplomacy vis-à-vis Regional Organisation......Page 144
7 Can Small States Choose Their Own Size? The Case of a Nordic State – Iceland......Page 146
8 PetroCaribe and CARICOM: Venezuela’s Resource Diplomacy and its Impact on Small State Regional Cooperation......Page 170
9 The CARIFORUM–EU Economic Partnership Agreement: Impediment or Development Opportunity for CARICOM SIDS?......Page 187
10 From Afterthought to Centre Stage: The Caribbean and the Summit of the Americas Process......Page 205
Part 3 Case Studies: Small States’ Diplomacy vis-à-vis International Organisations......Page 220
11 Bringing an Elephant into the Room: Small African State Diplomacy in the WTO......Page 222
12 Confronting Vulnerability through Resilient Diplomacy: Antigua and the WTO Internet Gambling Dispute with the United States......Page 234
13 The Path to ‘International Finance’: Bringing (Caribbean) Offshore Financial Centres In; Attenuating the Western Grand Narrative......Page 246
14 Cultural Industries and Cultural Policy in the Context of Globalisation: An Agenda for SIDS......Page 271
15 The Caribbean Confronts the OECD: Tax Competition and Diplomacy......Page 291
Afterword: Vulnerability as a Condition, Resilience as a Strategy......Page 306
C......Page 314
I......Page 315
R......Page 316
V......Page 317
W......Page 318