Weak States in International Relations Theory

International security and weak states -- Weak state vulnerability as an intervening variable -- Interests in terms of survival: the function of weak states -- Strength in weakness: weak state opportunistic behavior -- Weak states and great power grand strategy -- Weak state autonomy: Armenia and St. Kitts and Nevis -- Autonomy yet civil war: cases of Lebanon and Cambodia..

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-236) and index..