scholarly journals Competitive Potential of Micro-sized IT Outsourcing Vendors in a Small State of the European Union: A Case of Malta

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Keith De Bono ◽  
Dragan Nikolik ◽  
Silvio De Bono
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
It Outsourcing ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Small State

Instrumentalizing the European Union in Small State Strategies

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyson J.K. Bailes ◽  
Baldur Thorhallsson
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Small State

Lithuania’s Foreign Policy Under the Eastern Partnership Programme in 2009–2014: From Small State Policy Tto Smart State Strategy

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-47
Author(s):  
Maksimas Milta
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Small State ◽  
Eastern Partnership ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
State Strategy

Abstract The article addresses Lithuania’s foreign policy vis-à-vis the Eastern Partnership programme in 2009-2014 from the perspective of small states’ abilities to influence decision making processes within the European Union. The author aims at revealing the puzzle of Lithuania’s marginal capacities of absolute power being disproportional to the output of its foreign policy towards implementation of the Eastern Partnership programme and hence utilising “smart state strategy” conceptualised by Anders Wivel. The novelty of the study rests on expansion of applying the smart state strategy towards the post-negotiation stage of the policy implementation. The article contributes to the debate over the applicability of the “smart state strategy” approach towards the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, by arguing that Lithuania’s foreign policy vis-à-vis the Eastern Partnership programme in 2009-2014 does indeed serve as an example of such behaviour, however recognising Lithuania’s initial shift from utilising “small state policy” to “smart state strategy”.

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