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

Centre for European Politics

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Transatlantic Studies
Volume	17
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	392-419
ISSN	1479-4012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/s42738-019-00020-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2019

Keywords

Faculty of Social Sciences
Small states
Transatlantic relations
Estonia
Denmark
Neoclassical realism
Alliance politics
Foreign Policy

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