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oapen-20.500.12657-863752024-01-04T02:16:20Z Chapter 11 “Let’s forget that Slovakia is small” Graef, Alexander Small State; Politics; IR; Extantism; ASIDS; Vulnerability; Opportunity; Multilateral; Development; Political Economy; Agency; Security; Region; GLOBSEC; Status; Democracy; Global; Governance; International Relations; Securitisation; NATO; Sustainable; Foreign Policy; Sovereignty; Domestic; Dependence; Paradox bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government This chapter explores the role transnational networks and informal ties play for small-state-status seeking in Central and Eastern Europe. Using the example of Slovakia, I argue that since their accession to Western institutions, these states have continuously sought to carve out a place for themselves on the mental map of European and North American policymakers. Major security-policy conferences have become central nodal points for this kind of activity. They allow the foreign-policy establishment of small states to manage and shape existing status hierarchies by forging personal contacts with decision-makers from more powerful states. I illustrate this phenomenon empirically with reference to the Bratislava Global Security Forum (GLOBSEC), which began in 2005 as a student-led initiative and has since become the main outreach platform of Slovak foreign policymaking. 2024-01-03T12:57:13Z 2024-01-03T12:57:13Z 2024 chapter 9781032410487 9781032410555 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86375 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781003356011_10.4324_9781003356011-15.pdf Taylor & Francis Agency, Security and Governance of Small States Routledge 10.4324/9781003356011-15 10.4324/9781003356011-15 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb c814137c-66e2-48a8-aad5-093a90f6c5af 775581ca-5959-4eee-a320-2e23d0d8feaa 9781032410487 9781032410555 Routledge 19 Universität Hamburg University of Hamburg open access
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This chapter explores the role transnational networks and informal ties play for small-state-status seeking in Central and Eastern Europe. Using the example of Slovakia, I argue that since their accession to Western institutions, these states have continuously sought to carve out a place for themselves on the mental map of European and North American policymakers. Major security-policy conferences have become central nodal points for this kind of activity. They allow the foreign-policy establishment of small states to manage and shape existing status hierarchies by forging personal contacts with decision-makers from more powerful states. I illustrate this phenomenon empirically with reference to the Bratislava Global Security Forum (GLOBSEC), which began in 2005 as a student-led initiative and has since become the main outreach platform of Slovak foreign policymaking.
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