SMALL STATES AND THE NEW SECURITY ENVIRONMENT.

• Jurisdiction: New Zealand
• Date: 01 November 2021
• Author: Smith, Anthony
• Published date: 01 November 2021
• Author: Smith, Anthony

SMALL STATES AND THE NEW SECURITY ENVIRONMENT

Editors: Anne-Marie Brady and Baldur Thorhallsson

Published by: Springer, Switzerland, 2021, 230pp, 119.99 [euro].

Small states are said to be half of the world's states, although it is hard to be precise without any internationally agreed definition. Nonetheless, while much of the ink spilled on international relations focuses squarely on the large actors, more attention is needed on smaller actors and their acute dilemmas. Canterbury University's Anne-Marie Brady and the University of Iceland's Baldur Thorhallsson have edited a volume that features chapters mainly on Europe and the Middle East. This is the seventh book in Springer's series 'The World of Small States', which includes Professor Brady's 2019 edited volume that looked specifically at New Zealand.

Most of the chapters outline the attempts of European small states to position themselves vis-a-vis larger neighbours and external powers. For the...