Asymmetric neighbours and international relations: living in the shadow of elephants

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 New Perspectives on Asymmetrical Relations -- PART I: Asymmetrical Relations in a Bilateral Context -- 2 Canada and the United States: A Symbiotic Relationship or Complex Entanglement? -- 3 Dealing with Russia: Georgia's Endeavor to Escape Trampling -- 4 Endless Integration of Russia and Its "Difficult Ally" Belarus -- 5 Legacies of a Trans-Tasman Relationship: The Evolution of Asymmetry between New Zealand and Australia -- 6 Living in the Shadow of Elephants: The Case of Timor-Leste -- 7 Living Peacefully or in the Shadow? Elucidating the Relationship between Ghana and Togo -- PART II: Asymmetrical Relations in a Regional Context -- 8 The Middle Power Diplomacy of South Korea: Four Strategic Choices vis-à-vis Japan and China -- 9 Mongolia's Balancing Act: Sandwiched between a Bear and a Dragon -- 10 Balancing the Elephant and the Dragon: Nepal's Struggle for Political In(ter)dependence -- 11 The Little Red Dot That Roared: Singapore between Giants -- 12 A Tripartite Dilemma: Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan Relations at the Intersection of Identity and National Interest -- 13 Stepping Out of the Shade: Qatari-Saudi Relations Amid the Rise of Cosmopolitan Qatar -- 14 Colombian Economic Foreign Policy toward Brazil: Limited Cooperation and Competition for Regional Leadership -- Conclusion -- 15 The Mouse Fights Back: The Maneuvering Room of Smaller States with Respect to Their Larger Neighbor(s) -- Index.

New perspectives on asymmetrical relations / Thomas R. Klassen, Nara Park and Ian Roberge -- Canada and the United States : a symbiotic relationship or complex entanglement? / Charles Conteh -- Dealing with Russia : Georgia's endeavor to escape trampling / Salome Minesashvili, Frédéric Labarre, and Pierre Jolicoeur -- Endless integration of Russia and its "difficult ally" Belarus / Leonid Karabeshkin, Pierre Jolicoeur and Frédéric Labarre -- Legacies of a trans-Tasman relationship : the evolution of asymmetry between New Zealand and Australia / Jennifer Curtin and Dominic O'Sullivan -- Living in the shadow of elephants : the case of Timor-Leste / Nicholas Morris -- Living peacefully or in the shadow? Elucidating the relationship between Ghana and Togo / Frank L.K. Ohemeng and Emmanuel K. Sakyi -- The middle power diplomacy of South Korea : four strategic choices vis-à-vis Japan and China / Nara Park -- Mongolia's balancing act : sandwiched between a bear and a dragon / Undraa Agvaanluvsan -- Balancing the elephant and the dragon : Nepal's struggle for political in(ter)dependence / Jawad Hussain Qureshi -- The little red dot that roared : Singapore between the giants / Yohanes Sulaiman -- A tripartite dilemma : Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan relations at the intersection of identity and national interest / Merve Özdemirkiran-Embel -- Stepping out of the shade : Qatari-Saudi relations amidst the rise of 'cosmopolitan Qatar' / Gertjan Hoetjes -- Colombian economic foreign policy towards Brazil : limited cooperation and competition for regional leadership / Eduardo Pastrana Buelvas and Diego F. Vera Piñeros -- The mouse fights back : the manoeuvring room of smaller states with respect to their larger neighbor / Ian Roberge.

"With a range of case studies from every continent, the contributors to this book analyse the challenges that arise for states living with much larger neighbours, and the policies they develop to account for this asymmetry. Bringing together the perspectives of bilateral relations and the study of small states, this book analyses a range of scenarios where one or more smaller countries must manage relations with a much larger neighbour or neighbours, from the perspective of the smaller countries. Each case presents different priorities, depending on the relationship between the states concerned, while highlighting the commonalities across the various scenarios. The range of cases and contributors is wide and diverse, with examples including Togo's relationship with Ghana, Mongolia's with China, and Colombia's with Brazil - as well as more widely-known examples such as Canada and the USA, or Australia and New Zealand. A valuable resource for scholars and students of international relations, and public policy of small- and medium-sized states"--