9: Fate of small and medium sized countries Flashcards
new members, who are they?
post-communist and post-soviet
small and medium-sized countries
central and eastern european identity
invisibility
transition to democracy
public relations/promotion/branding
new members II
inclusion into the international flow of information
the fate of location: geopolitics
peripheral position
agenda setting
politics on memory
how does the cooperation with the EU look like
Eastern Partnership
capability to cooperate
Mitteleuropa
Central and Easetern European Initiative
regional cooperation: Visegrad, Baltic See, Danube strategy, Black See Cooperation
what were the most relevant conditions for the development of the nation branding of Poland, and the Baltic states and LIthuania, Latvia and Estonia
the geopolitical positions
targeting their branding efforts where?
at russia and simultaneously against Russia relations with the Russian Federation often define the context of their campaigns
aimed at the EU member states
who are the baltic identity and image relevant for?
lithuania, latvia and estonia
what have they tried?
to extend their perceptions as Baltic with the idea of being Nordic, political and economic terms more favorable
Poland, latvia, lithuania and estonia suffered from which images abroad?
“unhappy perceptions”, all four striving against their image as a postcommunist, backward region
what does small mean in int community?
smallness is equated with lack of power in IR
how do small states often exercise their power?
collectively; deploy agenda setting, the definition of persuasion
how are small states able to affect framing in an asymmetrical relationship?
they are able to do that; they must be (or become) salient to the great power
how does agenda setting work for a small power and when is it used?
when unrealized common interests exist, the smaller state must gain other’s attention to spur action
how does extraversion work for a small state?
strategies in which small states seek international resources by adopting, adapting and localizing the policy discourses of great powers for their own ends. extraversion aligns with Handels idea of derivative power, but with a constructivist focus on how identities, perceptions policy discourses and relationships are manipulated for (primarily) domestic gain
what is not automatically givenfor small and meidum sized countries?
international visibility
what does international visibility include?
the status of being recognized internationally as an independent entity with a unique international identtiy for the state and cultural identity of its people
