@article{1484209,
      recid = {1484209},
      author = {Litsas, Spyridon N.,},
      title = {Smart instead of small in international relations theory :  the case of the United Arab Emirates /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 203 pages).},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {Small States theory supports the argument that small  international actors have a vital role in the international  system. After 9/11, it emerged as a more focused attempt to  show that 'small' can be 'attractive and functional' in an  era of normative political and religious radicalism. This  book argues that Small States Theory is not relevant to the  perplexities of the post-multipolar international system  and produces a new theory, the Smart States Theory. Based  on structural and neoclassical realism, it attempts to  identify the origins of 'state-smartness' in foreign  policy, leadership, and domestic politics. The United Arab  Emirates will be used as the case study of this novel  theoretical approach. The impressive evolution of the  Trucial States to a modern nation-state of high technology,  dynamic foreign policy as the recent pandemic fully showed,  unique leadership, and unparalleled tolerance towards other  religions and cultures, make the UAE a brilliant example of  a smart state of the 21st century. The reader of the book  will be introduced to a new theory in International  Relations as well as to the history, politics, society, and  leadership of a state that plays a pivotal role not only in  the Gulf region but in the broader framework of the Middle  East too; the United Arab Emirates.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1484209},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44637-5},
}