Punching above their weight, but why?: Explaining Denmark and Estonia in the transatlantic relationship

Anders Wivel; Matthew Crandall

doi:10.1057/s42738-019-00020-2

Punching above their weight, but why? Explaining Denmark and Estonia in the transatlantic relationship

Anders Wivel, Matthew Crandall

Center for Europæisk Politik

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This article asks why Denmark and Estonia have eagerly attempted to ‘punch above their weight’ in the transatlantic relationship since the end of the Cold War and shows how they differ in their strategies to do so. Using neoclassical realism as a theoretical point of departure, the article explains how a combination of changing constraints in the strategic environment and elite interpretations of how these changes affected national security resulted in ‘super atlanticist’ alliance policies in the two countries. Following this analysis, we discuss the future of super atlanticism.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal of Transatlantic Studies
Vol/bind	17
Udgave nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	392-419
ISSN	1479-4012
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1057/s42738-019-00020-2
Status	Udgivet - 1 sep. 2019

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