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Kassab, Hanna Samir

Weak States in International Relations Theory :the Cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia / Hanna Samir Kassab - New York, :Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. - 242 pages ; 23 cm

International security and weak states --
Weak state vulnerability as an intervening variable --
Interests in terms of survival: the function of weak states --
Strength in weakness: weak state opportunistic behavior --
Weak states and great power grand strategy --
Weak state autonomy: Armenia and St. Kitts and Nevis --
Autonomy yet civil war: cases of Lebanon and Cambodia.

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

ISBN: 9781137543882

Publisher. No.: Segment Book Distributors :22, Prakash Deep 1st Floor Delhi Medical Association Road Daryaganj New Delhi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political Science
International relations
Developing countries -- Foreign relations.
States, Small -- Foreign relations.
Armenia (Republic) -- Foreign relations.
Lebanon.
Armenien
Armenia (Republic)
Lebanon -- Foreign relations.
Armenia (Republic) -- Foreign relations.
Saint Kitts und Nevis

Dewey Class. No.: 327.101 KAS