Great Power Politics and Small Power Strategies in the Nordic Region: 1945–1956

Can, Ciwan M.

doi:10.1007/s41111-020-00164-z

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“…This research issue has also been addressed by Matti Pesu Tuomas and Iso-Markku (Pesu, Iso-Markku, 2024), Yeliz Kulali Martin (Martin, 2024), Vesa Koskimaa and Tapio Raunio (Koskimaa, Raunio, 2024), Ciwan M. Can (Can, 2024), Gabriella Gricius, and Renato Fakhoury (Gricius, Fakhoury, 2024), Michael Jonas (Jonas, 2023), David Arter (Arter, 2023), Michael Tomz, Jessica LP Weeks and Kirk Bansak (Tomz, Weeks, Bansak, 2023).…”

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Finland in a Geopolitical Perspective - From Finlandization to Integration with NATO

Kaczmarek

2024

Przegląd Nauk o Obronności

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ObjectivesThe aim of this article is to analyse the determinants of changes in the foreign and security policy of the Republic of Finland and to answer the question of how this country's accession to NATO influenced the balance of power and the security environment in Northern Europe. The results of these analyses will allow us to understand how small states can shape the security environment at both the micro, meso, and macro scale.MethodsDue to Finland's geographical location and its experience in relations with Russia (later the USSR and again with Russia), the article uses a historical and polemological approach. The methodology was supplemented with systemic, quantitative and comparative research.ResultsFinland's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization finally ended its long-standing policy of military non-alignment. Not only the European, but the global security map has changed. There are no longer democratic countries on the map of Europe that border directly on Russia and do not belong to Western military structures. From the Alliance's point of view, Finland's accession is an added value, and this country's greatest advantage is its knowledge and experience in dealing with Russia.ConclusionsIn today's security environment, there is no longer room for either neutrality or military non-engagement. Future research on this issue should approach it in a holistic way, treating the security environment as the sum of military and digital security. Although these two aspects are intertwined, it should not be forgotten that activities in each of them can take place independently.

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Finland in a Geopolitical Perspective - From Finlandization to Integration with NATO

Kaczmarek

2024

Przegląd Nauk o Obronności

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“…5.On how small powers can join in the efforts of an established great power, position themselves as neutrals or adapt a policy of accommodation, see (Can, 2021) in the context of USA–Soviet rivalry in the early Cold War.…”

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Preventive or Revisionist Challenge During Power Transition? The Case of China–USA Strategic Competition

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Chan

2022

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

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Some scholars argue that established great powers tend to launch preventive wars to halt and reverse power transition processes, while others argue that it is the rising great powers that initiate revisionist challenges. Through the application of the preventive war model and the theory of strategic competition, this article argues that we should identify the initiation of a hegemonic war in the agency of established great powers during power transition processes and that hegemonic confrontations, in the age of nuclear weapons, are limited to the diplomatic domain where great powers will compete for relative strategic influence in the world. The argument is then applied for a re-examination of China–USA relations as this provides a novel ground for testing its explanatory power. Based on our findings, the article further argues that the USA has been the instigator of a preventive strategic competition against China aimed to halt and reverse the ongoing power transition process.

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World Power Trends and International Relations: Measuring Power with an Entropy-QAP Approach

Wang

Chen

2023

J OF CHIN POLIT SCI

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Great Power Politics and Small Power Strategies in the Nordic Region: 1945–1956

Cited by 7 publications

References 53 publications

Finland in a Geopolitical Perspective - From Finlandization to Integration with NATO

Finland in a Geopolitical Perspective - From Finlandization to Integration with NATO

Preventive or Revisionist Challenge During Power Transition? The Case of China–USA Strategic Competition

World Power Trends and International Relations: Measuring Power with an Entropy-QAP Approach

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