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Weak States in International Relations Theory

The Cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia

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  1. Hanna Samir Kassab
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 1-25

  3. International Security and Weak States

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 27-41

  4. Weak State Vulnerability as an Intervening Variable

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 43-64

  5. Interests in Terms of Survival: The Function of Weak States

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 65-86

  6. Strength in Weakness: Weak State Opportunistic Behavior

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 87-102

  7. Weak States and Great Power Grand Strategy

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 103-120

  8. Weak State Autonomy: Armenia and St. Kitts and Nevis

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 121-162

  9. Autonomy yet Civil War: Cases of Lebanon and Cambodia

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    Pages 163-207

  10. Conclusions

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 209-216

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 217-242
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About this book

This book seeks to explain why weak states exist within the international system. Using the cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia, the author argues that, if a state is weak and vulnerable, then it can practice an unexpected degree of relative autonomy unfettered by great powers.

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'Since the field of international relations is dominated by varieties of realism, especially structural realism, it is largely irrelevant for understanding the policies of 95 percent of the states in the world. It really focuses on the competitive relations of the great powers and little else. In this innovative study Hanna Kassab demonstrates that, with modifications of a few of its assumptions, a realist perspective can help one understand that the behavior of weak states is not limited to bandwagoning.'

Roger E. Kanet, University of Miami, USA

About the author

Hanna Samir Kassab is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at Northern Michigan University, USA. He has published articles on International Relations Theory, National Security, politics of the Far-right and Nationalism, acts of Political Suicide, and Foreign Policy.

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