Weak States in International Relations Theory: The Cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia

250 Pages·2015·1.11 MB·English

by  Hanna Samir Kassab (auth.)

Weak States in International
Relations Theory

Weak States in International
Relations Theory
The Cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and
Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia
Hanna Samir Kassab
WEAK STATES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
Copyright © Hanna Samir Kassab, 2015.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data.
Kassab, Hanna Samir, 1984–
Weak states in international relations theory : the cases of Armenia,
St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia / Hanna Samir Kassab.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Developing countries—Foreign relations. 2. States, Small—Foreign
relations. 3. Armenia (Republic)—Foreign relations. 4. Saint Kitts
and Nevis—Foreign relations. 5. Lebanon—Foreign relations.
6. Cambodia—Foreign relations. I. Title.
D887.K37 2015
327.101—dc23 2015006098
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First edition: August 2015
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To my loving family:
Samire, Hanane, Lea, and Elias

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 Introduction 1
2 International Security and Weak States 27
3 Weak State Vulnerability as an Intervening Variable 43
4 Interests in Terms of Survival: The Function of Weak States 65
5 Strength in Weakness: Weak State Opportunistic Behavior 87
6 Weak States and Great Power Grand Strategy 103
7 Weak State Autonomy: Armenia and St. Kitts and Nevis 121
8 Autonomy yet Civil War: Cases of Lebanon and Cambodia 163
Conclusions 209
Notes 217
Works Cited 223
Index 237

Illustrations
Figures
1.1 Relationship between vulnerability and threat 12
1.2 Summary of research hypothesis 16
3.1 Relationship between vulnerability and threat 63
Tables
1.1 Summary of hypothesis 11
3.1 Vulnerability versus development 61
4.1 States, their EVI ranking and military
expenditure 2009 79
6.1 List of aid donor countries 111
6.2 Weak state aid recipients and their donors in 2011 114