The Main Signs and Reasons for the Small State Foreign Policy Behaviour

Authors

  • Narek Galstyan Yerevan State University

Keywords:

small state, great power, foreign policy, foreign policy behaviour, regional security complex, regional security order

Abstract

This article aims at identifying the characteristics of the foreign policy behaviour of small states, in particular, the main features and reasons for their peculiar behaviour in the international arena. The author analyses the main approaches to the definition of small states and argues the scientific preference for the use of one of the varieties of an integrated approach. Based on the results of previous studies, he describes the main common features of the foreign policy behaviour of small states, but a reservation is made that the manifestation of these features in practice is situational and contextual. It is concluded that the reasons for the described signs of a peculiar foreign policy behaviour of small states is a combination of a regional security complex and its order, economic development and foreign policy identity of each particular small state, in which the type of regional security complex is crucial.

Author Biography

Narek Galstyan, Yerevan State University

PhD, Associate Professor of the Chair of Political Institutions and Processes of YSU. Address: 0025, Yerevan, Alex Manoogian 1, Email: nsgalstyan@ysu.am

Published

2019-07-12

How to Cite

Galstyan, Narek. 2019. “The Main Signs and Reasons for the Small State Foreign Policy Behaviour”. Bulletin of Yerevan University D: International Relations and Political Sciences 10 (2 (29):3-16. https://pub.ysu.am/index.php/bulletin-ysu-int-rel-pol/article/view/Vol.29_No.2_2019_pp.3-16.

Issue

Section

International Relations