:the Cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia Kassab, Hanna Samir creator Kassab, Hanna Samir text New York :Palgrave Macmillan 2015 monographic eng

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242 pages ; 23 cm 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 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. / Hanna Samir Kassab 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 327.101 KAS 9781137543882 :Segment Book Distributors :22, Prakash Deep 1st Floor Delhi Medical Association Road Daryaganj New Delhi 190731 20190731111605.0