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001484209 1001_ $$aLitsas, Spyridon N.,$$d1974-$$eauthor.
001484209 24510 $$aSmart instead of small in international relations theory :$$bthe case of the United Arab Emirates /$$cSpyridon N. Litsas.
001484209 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c[2023]
001484209 264_4 $$c©2023
001484209 300__ $$a1 online resource (xv, 203 pages).
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001484209 4901_ $$aContributions to international relations
001484209 500__ $$aIncludes index.
001484209 5050_ $$aIntro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Small States Theory and the Failing Process of Normative Analysis -- Introduction -- Theorizing the Sophistry: Mind the Gap -- Small States: Trend, Theory, or Approach? -- Beyond the Small States Theory -- Beyond Small States Theory -- Comparison Between the States -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Smart Instead of Small: Which Are the Different Variables That Make a State Act Smart? -- Introduction -- Systemic Naivety Versus the Systemic Perceptive State -- The Anti-Blanche DuBois State -- The Right to Pursue Happiness
001484209 5058_ $$aInvest in Technology -- Progressive Leadership -- National Unity -- Unconventional Diplomacy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: From Oblivion to Modernity: The UAE's Smart Birth -- Introduction -- The British and the Trucial States -- The Years of Dust -- The Crossing of the Rubicon -- A Smart Start -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Smart Leadership: The Cases of Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum -- Introduction -- Leadership Theory and Politics -- Lead Rationally -- Lead by Example -- Lead to Collective Happiness -- Two Contemporary Styles of Leadership in the UAE
001484209 5058_ $$aMohamed bin Zayed: Leading from the Front -- Hamdan bin Mohamed al Maktoum: Leading as a World-Class Influencer -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Smart States Act Positively in the International Arena: The UAE Case -- Introduction -- Foreign Policy: A General Atheoretical Discussion -- A Positive Regional Actor -- The Establishment of the GCC -- The Greek-Emirati Defense Agreement -- The Abraham Accords -- A Positive International Actor -- The Systemic Interconnector -- US-Emirati Relations -- Russian-Emirati Relations -- Sino-Emirati Relations -- The Systemic Interconnector -- Conclusion
001484209 5058_ $$aChapter 6: Beyond Smart Power: Tolerance as a Source of Smart Ontology -- Introduction -- It's a Beautiful Day -- The Importance of Soft Power in Contemporary International Politics -- The UAE Smart Power -- From Smart Power to Smart Ontology -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Internal and External Challenges for the Years to Come -- Introduction -- Internal Challenges: The Economic Dimension Versus Domestic Societal Stability -- The Case of the Emiratis' Radicalization -- The Case of the Expatriates' Radicalization -- The Gold and the White Collars -- The Pink, Black, and Blue Collars
001484209 5058_ $$aThe New Citizens' Challenge -- The Challenge of National Unity -- External Challenges: Systemic Developments and Regional Conundrums -- The Systemic Transition: From Multipolarity to Bipolar Multilateralism -- The Indian Case -- The Russian Case -- The Chinese and the American Cases -- The Systemic Transition to Bipolar Multilateralism -- The Positioning Challenge in the New Systemic Structure -- The Iranian Challenge and Its Proxies -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Index
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001484209 520__ $$aSmall States theory supports the argument that small international actors have a vital role in the international system. After 9/11, it emerged as a more focused attempt to show that 'small' can be 'attractive and functional' in an era of normative political and religious radicalism. This book argues that Small States Theory is not relevant to the perplexities of the post-multipolar international system and produces a new theory, the Smart States Theory. Based on structural and neoclassical realism, it attempts to identify the origins of 'state-smartness' in foreign policy, leadership, and domestic politics. The United Arab Emirates will be used as the case study of this novel theoretical approach. The impressive evolution of the Trucial States to a modern nation-state of high technology, dynamic foreign policy as the recent pandemic fully showed, unique leadership, and unparalleled tolerance towards other religions and cultures, make the UAE a brilliant example of a smart state of the 21st century. The reader of the book will be introduced to a new theory in International Relations as well as to the history, politics, society, and leadership of a state that plays a pivotal role not only in the Gulf region but in the broader framework of the Middle East too; the United Arab Emirates.
001484209 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 27, 2023).
001484209 650_6 $$aPetits États.
001484209 650_0 $$aInternational relations$$xHistory$$y21st century.$$0(DLC)sh 85025244
001484209 650_0 $$aStates, Small.$$zUnited States$$0(DLC)sh2009124139
001484209 651_0 $$aUnited Arab Emirates$$xForeign relations.
001484209 651_6 $$aÉmirats arabes unis$$xRelations extérieures.
001484209 655_0 $$aElectronic books.
001484209 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aLitsas, Spyridon N., 1974-$$tSmart instead of small in international relations theory.$$dCham : Springer, [2023]$$z3031446364$$z9783031446368$$w(OCoLC)1394891113
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