Original title:
Nekonvenční síla malých států: srovnávací případová studie Litvy a Tchaj-wanu (ROC)
Translated title:
Unconventional power of small states: a comparative case study of Lithuania and Taiwan (ROC)
Authors:
Eidėjūtė, Gabrielė ; Riegl, Martin (advisor) ; Doboš, Bohumil (referee) Document type: Master’s theses
Year:
2021
Language:
eng Abstract:
CHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Political Studies Department of Geopolitical Studies Master's Thesis Unconventional power of small states: a comparative case study of Lithuania and Taiwan (ROC) Abstract: The hypotheses of the leading international relations theories, especially realism, face fundamental criticism for not explaining the behavior of some small states, who lack material power but play an effective and influential role in the international arena. To fill in this oversight, the contemporary discourse of small states challenges the resource-based understandings of power and seeks new avenues to explain how some small states succeed in "punching above their weight." Most recently, Dr. Tom Long (2017) synthesized previous academic researches and proposed that the small state's power can be best understood as originating in three categories: derivative, collective, and particular-intrinsic. This thesis aims to contribute to the argument that small states can possess unconventional power to advance their influence and achieve their national interests. It uses Dr. Tom Long's three categories of unconventional power, as a basis for the comparative case study of Taiwan and Lithuania - two small states that have notoriously challenge the notion of "how a small state should...
Keywords:
asymmetrical relations; cross-straitrelations; Lithuania-Russia relations; Small states; transatlantic relations; unconventional power; unrecognized states; US-Taiwan relations; asymetrické vztahy; cross-strait relations; Malé státy; nekonvenční moc; neuznané státy; transatlantické vztahy; vztahy Litvy a Ruska; vztahy USA a Tchaj-wanu
Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses)
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Document availability information: Available in the Charles University Digital Repository. Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/149256