📢 New on First View!
Andrei Mamolea (@andreimamolea.bsky.social) shows that a Latin American bloc with a common agenda emerged in Geneva in the 1920s.
#LeagueofNations #LatinAmerica #internationallaw #smallstates #transatlantic
Read Open Access here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Andrei Mamolea (@andreimamolea.bsky.social) shows that a Latin American bloc with a common agenda emerged in Geneva in the 1920s.
#LeagueofNations #LatinAmerica #internationallaw #smallstates #transatlantic
Read Open Access here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
January 27, 2026 at 2:08 PM
📢 New on First View!
Andrei Mamolea (@andreimamolea.bsky.social) shows that a Latin American bloc with a common agenda emerged in Geneva in the 1920s.
#LeagueofNations #LatinAmerica #internationallaw #smallstates #transatlantic
Read Open Access here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Andrei Mamolea (@andreimamolea.bsky.social) shows that a Latin American bloc with a common agenda emerged in Geneva in the 1920s.
#LeagueofNations #LatinAmerica #internationallaw #smallstates #transatlantic
Read Open Access here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
We congratulate our Lab member, Maria Schreiner, on successfully defending her thesis "Small States' Development of Grand Strategies"! In this thesis, Maria investigates motivations for grand stratetigizing, i.e. why small states decide to develop grand strategies. #foreignpolicyanalyis #smallstates
February 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We congratulate our Lab member, Maria Schreiner, on successfully defending her thesis "Small States' Development of Grand Strategies"! In this thesis, Maria investigates motivations for grand stratetigizing, i.e. why small states decide to develop grand strategies. #foreignpolicyanalyis #smallstates
Happy to share that my paper titled “Nepal’s Status-Seeking Endeavors: Between Normative Convergence and Geopolitical Interests” is available in open-access format. #smallstates #Nepal #statusinIR #internationalrelations #norms #SouthAsia #globalpolitics
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Nepal’s Status‐Seeking Endeavors: Between Normative Convergence and Geopolitical Interests | Article | Politics and Governance
Bibek Chand
www.cogitatiopress.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Happy to share that my paper titled “Nepal’s Status-Seeking Endeavors: Between Normative Convergence and Geopolitical Interests” is available in open-access format. #smallstates #Nepal #statusinIR #internationalrelations #norms #SouthAsia #globalpolitics
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
OK which one first - Challenging ! Should I read the more important stuff first or end up in my classic niche pigeonhole ??
#microstate #microstates #self-determination #smallstates #freedom #democracy #extremeright #micronesia #andorra
#microstate #microstates #self-determination #smallstates #freedom #democracy #extremeright #micronesia #andorra
October 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
OK which one first - Challenging ! Should I read the more important stuff first or end up in my classic niche pigeonhole ??
#microstate #microstates #self-determination #smallstates #freedom #democracy #extremeright #micronesia #andorra
#microstate #microstates #self-determination #smallstates #freedom #democracy #extremeright #micronesia #andorra
Read our newest open-access publication in JIRD on small states' foreign policy specialisation:
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
#smallstates #research #EUstudies #academics
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
#smallstates #research #EUstudies #academics
Foreign Policy Specialisation in EU Small States: Conceptualising and Analysing an Underexplored Practice - Journal of International Relations and Development
This paper defines and categorises the concept of ‘foreign policy specialisation,’ emphasizing its significance in small EU member states’ practices and its role as a source of power in international ...
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Read our newest open-access publication in JIRD on small states' foreign policy specialisation:
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
#smallstates #research #EUstudies #academics
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
#smallstates #research #EUstudies #academics
My new article got a bit lost in the excitement of #ISA2025 this week, such that I only noticed when trying to get through my inbox yesterday!
Anyway, if you’re interested in #Oman #Israel the #AbrahamAccords or #SmallStates diplomacy, check it out:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Anyway, if you’re interested in #Oman #Israel the #AbrahamAccords or #SmallStates diplomacy, check it out:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Dissenting from the Inevitable? Understanding Omani Approaches to Israel and the Abraham Accords
In the months following the signature of the Abraham Accords in September 2020 there was considerable speculation about which countries would be next to join, Oman was a frequent subject of this sp...
www.tandfonline.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My new article got a bit lost in the excitement of #ISA2025 this week, such that I only noticed when trying to get through my inbox yesterday!
Anyway, if you’re interested in #Oman #Israel the #AbrahamAccords or #SmallStates diplomacy, check it out:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Anyway, if you’re interested in #Oman #Israel the #AbrahamAccords or #SmallStates diplomacy, check it out:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#PublicationAlert: How do small states conduct foreign policy? In this article, I argue that #Maldives' foreign policy towards #India is rooted in contested ideas of identity and state-building processes.
#SmallStates #SouthAsia #China #SouthAsianSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#SmallStates #SouthAsia #China #SouthAsianSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Constructing State Identity and Changing Foreign Policy of the Maldives Toward India
How does one explain the foreign policy behavior of South Asia’s small states? The conventional scholarship drawing from structural realism argues that the presence of China allows them to balance ...
www.tandfonline.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#PublicationAlert: How do small states conduct foreign policy? In this article, I argue that #Maldives' foreign policy towards #India is rooted in contested ideas of identity and state-building processes.
#SmallStates #SouthAsia #China #SouthAsianSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#SmallStates #SouthAsia #China #SouthAsianSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The role of #smallstates in world politics & security should be noted - opportunities to explore & challenges to account for, in a world of emerging threats and ontological insecurity. #LennartMeriConference facilitates important discussion with top officials, as always
Most countries in the world are small countries in their stance, and that is why we need to stick together. Some powers want to dismantle the European Union because we are much stronger together.
— @kajakallas.bsky.social, HR/VP @ec.europa.eu
#LennartMeriConference
— @kajakallas.bsky.social, HR/VP @ec.europa.eu
#LennartMeriConference
May 17, 2026 at 9:05 AM
The role of #smallstates in world politics & security should be noted - opportunities to explore & challenges to account for, in a world of emerging threats and ontological insecurity. #LennartMeriConference facilitates important discussion with top officials, as always
Search for the article titled 'Balancing anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing compliance and financial sector competitiveness: What lessons can small states teach us?' in the public space to access the full article. #AML #FinancialGovernance #SmallStates
May 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Search for the article titled 'Balancing anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing compliance and financial sector competitiveness: What lessons can small states teach us?' in the public space to access the full article. #AML #FinancialGovernance #SmallStates
10/ Our study highlights the dialectic relationship between external buffer-zone logics and internal power consolidation. Read the full analysis here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... #SmallStates #Georgia #Geopolitics @coco-journal.bsky.social
Theorizing small states’ non-alignment strategies under great power rivalry: How Georgia navigates being caught between a rock and a hard place - Jonas Gejl Kaas, Rasmus Brun Pedersen, Rasmus Greffrat...
The article theorizes how neutrality, hedging, and sheltering benefit small states and help them to navigate great power rivalries within buffer complexes. We a...
journals.sagepub.com
May 25, 2026 at 4:32 AM
10/ Our study highlights the dialectic relationship between external buffer-zone logics and internal power consolidation. Read the full analysis here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... #SmallStates #Georgia #Geopolitics @coco-journal.bsky.social
New video on my YouTube channel: Hatif at "Patricia" in Stockholm / Sweden (29.08.2025) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=au1U... #Hatif #Patricia #Stockholm #Sweden #Sverige #JohanEckerström #MarkusMajdalani #SmallStates #KlubbDÖD @hatifband.bsky.social @johaneckerstrom.bsky.social
Hatif at "Patricia" in Stockholm / Sweden (29.08.2025)
YouTube video by Stefanie Nysand [Sound Kitchen]
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September 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New video on my YouTube channel: Hatif at "Patricia" in Stockholm / Sweden (29.08.2025) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=au1U... #Hatif #Patricia #Stockholm #Sweden #Sverige #JohanEckerström #MarkusMajdalani #SmallStates #KlubbDÖD @hatifband.bsky.social @johaneckerstrom.bsky.social
New book:
" #SmallStates and #InternationalLaw "
brill.com/edcollbook/t...
My chapter "Disasters and Small States".
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
" #SmallStates and #InternationalLaw "
brill.com/edcollbook/t...
My chapter "Disasters and Small States".
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
Small States and International Law
"Small States and International Law" published on 28 Aug 2025 by Brill | Nijhoff.
brill.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
New book:
" #SmallStates and #InternationalLaw "
brill.com/edcollbook/t...
My chapter "Disasters and Small States".
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
" #SmallStates and #InternationalLaw "
brill.com/edcollbook/t...
My chapter "Disasters and Small States".
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
‘A robust engagement strategy with #smallstates could provide Britain with versatile, values-driven partnerships that enhance its resilience and influence,’ argues Dr Hillary Briffa, Senior Lecturer @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk
How can Britain make its foreign policy more impactful?
The Big Ask | No. 22.2024
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 29, 2024 at 12:55 PM
‘A robust engagement strategy with #smallstates could provide Britain with versatile, values-driven partnerships that enhance its resilience and influence,’ argues Dr Hillary Briffa, Senior Lecturer @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk
Pleased to be interviewed on Nepal, Bangladesh, & Smaller South Asian countries in recent pubs:
-In June on Bangladesh-India Relations: Challenges and Opportunities by FPRC Journal:
drive.google.com/file/d/1vsZ9...
-In Sept on Nepal by Saurav Raj Pant:
binduoped.com/2025/09/14/n...
#SmallStates
-In June on Bangladesh-India Relations: Challenges and Opportunities by FPRC Journal:
drive.google.com/file/d/1vsZ9...
-In Sept on Nepal by Saurav Raj Pant:
binduoped.com/2025/09/14/n...
#SmallStates
Nepal’s Foreign Policy Options as a Small State
The interim government’s foreign policy toward international partners will ideally enable the transition process.
binduoped.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Pleased to be interviewed on Nepal, Bangladesh, & Smaller South Asian countries in recent pubs:
-In June on Bangladesh-India Relations: Challenges and Opportunities by FPRC Journal:
drive.google.com/file/d/1vsZ9...
-In Sept on Nepal by Saurav Raj Pant:
binduoped.com/2025/09/14/n...
#SmallStates
-In June on Bangladesh-India Relations: Challenges and Opportunities by FPRC Journal:
drive.google.com/file/d/1vsZ9...
-In Sept on Nepal by Saurav Raj Pant:
binduoped.com/2025/09/14/n...
#SmallStates
#MondayMotivation: #CommonwealthDay! #DidYouKnow
- 33/42 world’s small states are #Commonwealth members, each with population <1.5 million = especially vulnerable to #development challenges such as #climatechange 🏝
# Travel for positive #impacts!
🔗 www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
- 33/42 world’s small states are #Commonwealth members, each with population <1.5 million = especially vulnerable to #development challenges such as #climatechange 🏝
# Travel for positive #impacts!
🔗 www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
March 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
#MondayMotivation: #CommonwealthDay! #DidYouKnow
- 33/42 world’s small states are #Commonwealth members, each with population <1.5 million = especially vulnerable to #development challenges such as #climatechange 🏝
# Travel for positive #impacts!
🔗 www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
- 33/42 world’s small states are #Commonwealth members, each with population <1.5 million = especially vulnerable to #development challenges such as #climatechange 🏝
# Travel for positive #impacts!
🔗 www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
New book by Dr Sarina Theys: The Soft Power of Non-Western Small States: The Cases of Bhutan and Qatar➡️ shorturl.at/0rIL0 #softpower #smallstates #nonwesternsmallstates #Bhutan #Qatar #constructivism #identity #power #politics #ArabGulf #SouthAsia
The Soft Power of Non-Western Small States: The Cases of Bhutan and Qatar
This book critically engages with the concepts of small states and soft power and advances a new approach to defining small states, a new conceptualisation of soft power, and a method for empirically ...
shorturl.at
November 18, 2024 at 10:54 AM
New book by Dr Sarina Theys: The Soft Power of Non-Western Small States: The Cases of Bhutan and Qatar➡️ shorturl.at/0rIL0 #softpower #smallstates #nonwesternsmallstates #Bhutan #Qatar #constructivism #identity #power #politics #ArabGulf #SouthAsia
Smaller states must navigate great-power rivalry without sacrificing autonomy or stability.
#SmallStates #GreatPowerRivalry #RegionalStability
stratheia.com/the-next-fro...
#SmallStates #GreatPowerRivalry #RegionalStability
stratheia.com/the-next-fro...
The Next Front in the Cold War is the Indian Ocean! - Stratheia
The Indian Ocean is emerging as a strategic arena where trade routes, naval power, and great-power rivalry shape global order.
stratheia.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Smaller states must navigate great-power rivalry without sacrificing autonomy or stability.
#SmallStates #GreatPowerRivalry #RegionalStability
stratheia.com/the-next-fro...
#SmallStates #GreatPowerRivalry #RegionalStability
stratheia.com/the-next-fro...
Excited to share the publication of this short piece for the Journal of East Asian Security. #smallstates #internationallaw #internationalcourts #smallislandstates
easc.scholasticahq.com/article/1465...
easc.scholasticahq.com/article/1465...
Small Island Developing States’ Use of Courts to Fight for Environmental Security | Published in Journal of East Asia Security
By J. Ricky Price, Christine Bianco & 1 more. Small Island Developing States in the Pacific, particularly Tuvalu and Vanuatu, have sought to secure their environmental interests through international ...
easc.scholasticahq.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Excited to share the publication of this short piece for the Journal of East Asian Security. #smallstates #internationallaw #internationalcourts #smallislandstates
easc.scholasticahq.com/article/1465...
easc.scholasticahq.com/article/1465...
🚨 New Op-ed Published
📝 “Operation Spiderweb: A Small State’s Challenge to an Aggressor” By Özgür Tüfekçi
📍 Global Panorama
🔗 Read here: www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/07/o...
#DroneWarfare #Ukraine #Russia #Geopolitics #AsymmetricWarfare #OperationSpiderweb #SmallStates #DefenseInnovation
📝 “Operation Spiderweb: A Small State’s Challenge to an Aggressor” By Özgür Tüfekçi
📍 Global Panorama
🔗 Read here: www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/07/o...
#DroneWarfare #Ukraine #Russia #Geopolitics #AsymmetricWarfare #OperationSpiderweb #SmallStates #DefenseInnovation
July 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🚨 New Op-ed Published
📝 “Operation Spiderweb: A Small State’s Challenge to an Aggressor” By Özgür Tüfekçi
📍 Global Panorama
🔗 Read here: www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/07/o...
#DroneWarfare #Ukraine #Russia #Geopolitics #AsymmetricWarfare #OperationSpiderweb #SmallStates #DefenseInnovation
📝 “Operation Spiderweb: A Small State’s Challenge to an Aggressor” By Özgür Tüfekçi
📍 Global Panorama
🔗 Read here: www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/07/o...
#DroneWarfare #Ukraine #Russia #Geopolitics #AsymmetricWarfare #OperationSpiderweb #SmallStates #DefenseInnovation
I would welcome feedback and conversations with scholars and practitioners working on CBDCs, payment infrastructures, and monetary/financial statecraft.
#CBDC #DigitalPayments #MonetaryStatecraft #FinancialInfrastructure #CentralBanking #SmallStates #PoliticalEconomy
#CBDC #DigitalPayments #MonetaryStatecraft #FinancialInfrastructure #CentralBanking #SmallStates #PoliticalEconomy
3. State–finance–technology reconfiguration
The paper outlines an agenda for CBDC research on how state, finance, and technology are being reconfigured through digitalisation of payments, with particular attention to central bank–mediated public–private arrangements.
The paper outlines an agenda for CBDC research on how state, finance, and technology are being reconfigured through digitalisation of payments, with particular attention to central bank–mediated public–private arrangements.
Small states adopt CBDCs due to external and internal constraints, such as the decline of correspondent banking and reduced domestic banking presence. These pressures highlight how compliance and risk regimes, uneven financial connectivity, shape state monetary capacity and agency in digitalisation.
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I would welcome feedback and conversations with scholars and practitioners working on CBDCs, payment infrastructures, and monetary/financial statecraft.
#CBDC #DigitalPayments #MonetaryStatecraft #FinancialInfrastructure #CentralBanking #SmallStates #PoliticalEconomy
#CBDC #DigitalPayments #MonetaryStatecraft #FinancialInfrastructure #CentralBanking #SmallStates #PoliticalEconomy
On April 14, our first Counterpoint Indo-Pacific webinar brought together Sarah Teo (RSIS), Kanti Bajpai (Ashoka University), and Tomoo Kikuchi (Waseda University) to discuss whether #SmallStates and #MiddlePowers can shape the #IndoPacific.
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April 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
On April 14, our first Counterpoint Indo-Pacific webinar brought together Sarah Teo (RSIS), Kanti Bajpai (Ashoka University), and Tomoo Kikuchi (Waseda University) to discuss whether #SmallStates and #MiddlePowers can shape the #IndoPacific.
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Info on new UN SIDS Partnership http://www.bris.ac.uk/education/research/centres/ics/smallstates/sharpend/
Document not found
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December 5, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Info on new UN SIDS Partnership http://www.bris.ac.uk/education/research/centres/ics/smallstates/sharpend/
#MondayMotivation #CommonwealthDay:
💪Support Common wealth! #Travel with #Earth Changers to #India, #Kenya, #Malawi, #SouthAfrica, #Tanzania & #UK on our website - & many more behind the scenes in our little black book, from most the #Commonwealth 📗
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💪Support Common wealth! #Travel with #Earth Changers to #India, #Kenya, #Malawi, #SouthAfrica, #Tanzania & #UK on our website - & many more behind the scenes in our little black book, from most the #Commonwealth 📗
🔗 www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
March 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
#MondayMotivation #CommonwealthDay:
💪Support Common wealth! #Travel with #Earth Changers to #India, #Kenya, #Malawi, #SouthAfrica, #Tanzania & #UK on our website - & many more behind the scenes in our little black book, from most the #Commonwealth 📗
🔗 www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
💪Support Common wealth! #Travel with #Earth Changers to #India, #Kenya, #Malawi, #SouthAfrica, #Tanzania & #UK on our website - & many more behind the scenes in our little black book, from most the #Commonwealth 📗
🔗 www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
#MondayMotivation: #CommonwealthDay! #DidYouKnow
- All #Commonwealth members have an equal say regardless of size or wealth ✅
- 2.7 billion people live in those countries, >60% aged 29 or under.
Support Commonwealth with positive #impact travel
🔗https://www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-places/
- All #Commonwealth members have an equal say regardless of size or wealth ✅
- 2.7 billion people live in those countries, >60% aged 29 or under.
Support Commonwealth with positive #impact travel
🔗https://www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-places/
March 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
#MondayMotivation: #CommonwealthDay! #DidYouKnow
- All #Commonwealth members have an equal say regardless of size or wealth ✅
- 2.7 billion people live in those countries, >60% aged 29 or under.
Support Commonwealth with positive #impact travel
🔗https://www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-places/
- All #Commonwealth members have an equal say regardless of size or wealth ✅
- 2.7 billion people live in those countries, >60% aged 29 or under.
Support Commonwealth with positive #impact travel
🔗https://www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-places/