Grand Strategies of Weak States and Great Powers

• Main Author: Kassab, Hanna Samir (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: International relations.; International organization.; Security, International.; Diplomacy.; Politics and war.; International Relations Theory.; International Organization.; International Security Studies.; Foreign Policy.; Military and Defence Studies.

Grand strategies can be thought of as overall survival strategies of states of all states. Great powers seek survival against other great powers seeking to undermine their power, position determining prestige-seeking behavior as psychotic and destructive. Weak states suffer from systemic vulnerabili...