CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Lapczynski, Marcin |
|---|---|
| Title | 'Keeping All Doors Open...'. Neutrality and Non-Alignment in Post-Cold War Finnish Security Policy |
| Summary | The end of the Cold War caused many changes in world’s politics. In case of Finland, a small state on the periphery of Europe, it was a change from neutrality to its hard-core, military non-alignment associated mainly with the membership in the European Union and the beginning of a co-operation with NATO. The main aim of this thesis is to answer the question about reasons and factors that made the change possible. The main argument is that neutrality had not become a core element of Finnish national identity, nor had a strong historical background to defend it. The thesis argues also that the change was not as drastic as one might have expected and nowadays’ Finnish security policy has some sings of continuity. Besides, the thesis explains also the meaning of neutrality in International Relations, its historical development and nowadays’ condition, primarily in the context of Finnish security policy. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen, Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/lapczynski_marcin.pdf |
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