Punching above their weight, but why? Explaining Denmark and Estonia in the transatlantic relationship
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Punching above their weight, but why? Explaining Denmark and Estonia in the transatlantic relationship. / Wivel, Anders; Crandall, Matthew.
In: Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2019, p. 392-419.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Punching above their weight, but why?
T2 - Explaining Denmark and Estonia in the transatlantic relationship
AU - Wivel, Anders
AU - Crandall, Matthew
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This article asks why Denmark and Estonia have eagerly attempted to ‘punch above their weight’ in the transatlantic relationship since the end of the Cold War and shows how they differ in their strategies to do so. Using neoclassical realism as atheoretical point of departure, the article explains how a combination of changing constraints in the strategic environment and elite interpretations of how these changes affected national security resulted in ‘super atlanticist’ alliance policies inthe two countries. Following this analysis, we discuss the future of super atlanticism.
AB - This article asks why Denmark and Estonia have eagerly attempted to ‘punch above their weight’ in the transatlantic relationship since the end of the Cold War and shows how they differ in their strategies to do so. Using neoclassical realism as atheoretical point of departure, the article explains how a combination of changing constraints in the strategic environment and elite interpretations of how these changes affected national security resulted in ‘super atlanticist’ alliance policies inthe two countries. Following this analysis, we discuss the future of super atlanticism.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Small states
KW - Transatlantic relations
KW - Estonia
KW - Denmark
KW - Neoclassical realism
KW - Alliance politics
KW - Foreign Policy
U2 - 10.1057/s42738-019-00020-2
DO - 10.1057/s42738-019-00020-2
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 392
EP - 419
JO - Journal of Transatlantic Studies
JF - Journal of Transatlantic Studies
SN - 1479-4012
IS - 3
ER -
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