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Economic Adaptability in the Absence of Democratic Corporatism: Explaining Lithuania’s Export Performance

Vytautas Kuokštis and Ramūnas Vilpišauskas - Vilnius University

Project: NAS

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Communication, politics and COVID-19 in Iceland: The small state dimension

Jón Gunnar Ólafsson - University of Iceland, Faculty of Political Science

2021

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Nordic Solidarity and Covid-19

Pia Hansson and Auður Birna Stefánsdóttir - University of Iceland, Centre for Small State Studies

2021

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Ireland and NATO: Challenges and Opportunities

Steven Murphy - University of Iceland

Project: SSANSE

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Friends With Benefits: NATO and the European Neutrals in an Uncertain World

Steven Murphy - University of Iceland

Project: SSANSE

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Small States and the New Security Environment

This book examines the security, defence and foreign policy choices and challenges of small states in NATO and its small partner states in the new security environment.

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Superficial, shallow and reactive: How a small state news media covers politics

This article illustrates how the crisis of the news media is impacting political coverage in Iceland. Perceptions of routine political coverage in the Icelandic media have not been studied before, and this article fills this research gap and situates the Icelandic case within the wider news media crisis literature.

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Flexibility as Small State Strategy: Explaining Lithuania’s Adjustment Successes

Vytautas Kuokštis, Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Algirdas Bieliūnas - Vilnius University

Project: NAS

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Small States and the European Migrant Crisis: Politics and Governance

Editors: Tómas Joensen, University of Iceland and Ian Taylor, St. Andrews University

Project: NAS

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An Insight Into Potential Fiscal Implications of the Great Lockdown from the Perspective of Small States

Primoz Pevcin - University of Ljubljana

Project: NAS

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Factoring Size into the Equation: Media studies, politics, and small states

Jón Gunnar Ólafsson, Goldsmiths - University of London, UK

Nordic Journal of Media Studies

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Small States in International Relations

Edited by Christine Ingebritsen, Iver B. Neumann, Sieglinde Gstöhl and Jessica Beyer

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Public management and policy-making in small states

Külli Sarapuu and Tiina Randma-Liiv - Tallinn University of Technology, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance

Project: NAS

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Small States and the Big European Migration Crisis: The Open Borders Challenge

Đana Luša - University of Zagreb

Project: NAS

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Public governance in small states: from paradoxes to research agenda

Tiina Randma-Liiv and Külli Sarapuu - Tallinn University of Technology, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance

Project: NAS

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An Examination and Evaluation of Multi-Level Governance During Migration Crisis: The Case of Slovenia

Danila Rijavec and Primož Pevcin - University of Ljubljana

Project: NAS

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Forerunner, follower, exceptionalist or bridge builder? Mapping Nordicness in Danish foreign policy

Anders Wivel - University of Copenhagen

Project: NAS

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A Theory of Shelter: Iceland's American Period (1941-2006)

Baldur Thorhallsson, Sverrir Steinsson and Thorsteinn Kristinsson - University of Iceland

Project: NAS

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A small state in world politics: Iceland’s search for shelter

Baldur Thorhallsson – University of Iceland

Project: NAS

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Lilliputian Encounters with Gulliver: Sino-Icelandic Relations from 1995 to 2021

Report by Baldur Thorhallsson, Professor of Political Science, and Snæfríður Grímsdóttir, Adjunct in Chinese Studies, on Sino-Icelandic Relations from 1995-2021

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Iceland's Accession Talks with the EU

Á haustmánuðum 2013 var leitað til Alþjóðamálastofnunar Háskóla Íslands um úttekt á aðildarviðræðum Íslands við Evrópusambandið. Verkbeiðendur eru Alþýðusamband Íslands, Samtök atvinnulífsins, Félag atvinnurekenda og Viðskiptaráð Íslands. Markmið verkefnisins er að leggja mat á stöðu aðildarviðræðna Íslands við Evrópusambandið, að greina þau álitaefni sem eru til staðar og þá kosti …

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The US-Iceland 2006 Defence Negotiations: The Sources of Iceland Conduct

Gustav Petursson - University of Iceland

Project: SSANSE

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Small State’s Use Of The Military In Foreign Policy: The Case Of Baltic States

Margarita Šešelgytė - Vilnius University

Presented at the conference: ‘Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future’ at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-4 June 2017

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Re-Calibrating New Zealand’s Congressional Outreach Strategy in the Days of Trump

Alan Tidwell - Georgetown University

Presented at the conference: ‘Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future’ at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-4 June 2017

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A China’s Expanding Antarctic Interest: Implications for New Zealand

Anne-Marie Brady - University of Canterbury

Presented at the conference: ‘Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future’ at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-4 June 2017

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A Small State Seeking Shelter: Iceland’s Search For Shelter

Baldur Thorhallsson - University of Iceland

Presented at the conference: ‘Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future’ at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-4 June 2017

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Small States Seeking Influence in the European Commission: Opportunities and Constraints

Caroline Grön - University of Copenhagen

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Nordic and Arctic Affairs: Small States in the Arctic: What Impact From Russia-West Tensions?

Alyson JK Bailes - University of Iceland

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South Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh Between a Contested Territory and a Small State

Urban Jaksa - University of York

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Brexit – Looking Forward

Summary report from final conference in Reykjavik on 29 August 2019

Project: PELEEA

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Brexit and the future of the EEA

Christian Frommelt, Director of the Liechtenstein Institute

Project: PELEEA

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Brexit, the EEA and debunking myths about the Norway model

John Erik Fossum and Hans Petter Graver, ARENA Centre for European Studies at the University of Oslo

Project: PELEEA

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Module 5: Small State Foreign Policy - Taking Leadership in International Diplomacy

This module offers a comprehensive introduction to small state leadership in international diplomacy. The module will introduce students to the literatures on foreign policy analysis and small state foreign policy and build on these general insights when zooming in on small state leadership in foreign policy and diplomacy

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Module 4: Small State Leadership in Gender Policy

This module provides students with an understanding of how small states perform and profile themselves on normative leadership in gender equality. Students are presented with research from and on various small states, who have found a niche in international relations where they can excel and lead by example.

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Module 3: Small States Leadership in Foreign and Security Policy

The main aim of this module is to give a concentrated overview of the small states’ foreign and security policy characteristics while revealing the importance of the leadership component in it.

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Module 2: Leadership in Public Administration and Governance

This is the second module of the course “Leadership in Small States”. The module concentrates on leadership issues from the perspective of public administration and governance.

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Module 1: Introduction to Leadership in Small States

This module is an introduction to the course Leadership in Small States. It aims to give a brief introduction to both small state studies and leadership studies, while also offering an insight into how these two academic standpoints interact

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Small States and Migration

The study of migration from a small state perspective remains an undeveloped field. This course offers an inter-disciplinary approach to this subject.

Project: TCDA

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Governance of Small States

The course is designed to introduce postgraduate students to the realm of small state governance.

Project: TCDA

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International Law and Small States

This course is designed to introduce postgraduate students to the study of small states and international law.

Project: TCDA

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Small State Foreign Policy

The aim of the course is to offer a comprehensive introduction to small state foreign policy to postgraduate students.

Project: TCDA

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University of Iceland
Aragata 9, 101 Reykjavík
Telephone: 525 5262 / 525 5841
E-mail: ams@hi.is
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University of Iceland
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