TY - GEN N2 - Grand strategies can be thought of as overall survival strategies of states of all states. Great powers seek survival against other great powers seeking to undermine their power, position determining prestige-seeking behavior as psychotic and destructive. Weak states suffer from systemic vulnerabilities and trade whatever political power they have to a great power for economic assistance. If enough weak states support a particular great power, then that great power will become more powerful relative to competitors. This forms an international system fashioned by these transactions. Hanna Samir Kassab is Assistant Professor at Northern Michigan University, USA DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-70404-3 DO - doi AB - Grand strategies can be thought of as overall survival strategies of states of all states. Great powers seek survival against other great powers seeking to undermine their power, position determining prestige-seeking behavior as psychotic and destructive. Weak states suffer from systemic vulnerabilities and trade whatever political power they have to a great power for economic assistance. If enough weak states support a particular great power, then that great power will become more powerful relative to competitors. This forms an international system fashioned by these transactions. Hanna Samir Kassab is Assistant Professor at Northern Michigan University, USA T1 - Grand strategies of weak states and great powers / AU - Kassab, Hanna Samir, CN - HN90.P6 CN - JC11 N1 - Restricted admission to print ID - 1358745 KW - Political science. KW - International organization. KW - Diplomacy. KW - International relations. KW - Politics and war. KW - State, The. KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Strategy. KW - Political Science and International Relations KW - International Relations Theory KW - International Security Studies KW - Military and Defence Studies SN - 9783319704043 SN - 3319704044 SN - 9783319704036 SN - 3319704036 TI - Grand strategies of weak states and great powers / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-70404-3 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-70404-3 ER -