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Book SynopsisThis collection examines the theory, practice, and application of state neutrality in international relations. With a focus on its modern-day applications, the studies in this volume analyze the global implications of permanent neutrality for Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine, the European Union, and the United States. Exploring permanent neutrality’s role as a realist security model capable of rivaling collective security, the authors argue that permanent neutrality has the potential to decrease major security dilemmas on the global stage.
Trade ReviewNeutrality, as both an idea and concrete foreign policy tool, has all but disappeared from the political landscape in the aftermath of World War II. Pascal Lottaz and Herbert R. Reginbogin are to be congratulated for assembling this brilliant collection of essays that sheds important light on the nature and characteristics of a millenarian—if highly underrated—political concept and practice that is still relevant to today's international politics. -- Efraim Karsh, King's College London & Bar-Ilan University
Neutrality, as both an idea and concrete foreign policy tool, has all but disappeared from the political landscape in the aftermath of World War II. Pascal Lottaz and Herbert R. Reginbogin are to be congratulated for assembling this brilliant collection of essays that sheds important light on the nature and characteristics of a millenarian—if highly underrated—political concept and practice that is still relevant to today's international politics. -- Efraim Karsh, King's College London & Bar-Ilan University
Table of ContentsPart I: Theory
Chapter 1: A Tale of Two Strategies: Permanent Neutrality and Collective Security
Chapter 2: Neutrality and Security: A Comparison with Alternative Models of National Security
Chapter 3: The Logic of Neutrality
Part II: Practice
Chapter 4: The Model of Neutrality: The Example of East Central European States
Chapter 5: Neutral and Nonaligned States in the European Union
Chapter 6: Neutral Power Russia
Chapter 7: America’s Experience with Neutrality: An Epoch of Neutrality
Part III: Application
Chapter 8: The Nomos of Neutrality in East Asia
Chapter 9: Taiwanese Neutrality: Solving a Conundrum
Chapter 10: Case Studies of Contemporary Neutrality Advocacy
