CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Duvarci, Mutlu |
|---|---|
| Title | Small States in the United Nations Security Council: Lebanon and the Intervention in Libya |
| Summary | This study investigates how Lebanon, as a small and developing state, was able to exert disproportionate influence in the United Nations Security Council to establish a no-fly zone over Libya in 2011 through UNSC resolution 1973. By focusing on the most successful cases of small states, scholars propose certain qualitative and quantitative characteristics (such as extensive knowledge of a thematic issue area, norm entrepreneurship, forerunner reputation, material capacity to support policy initiatives, etc.) as requirements for small state influence in the international arena. However, the study argues that a majority of small states do not possess these characteristics and utilize alternate sources of influence. Lebanon, as the only state in both the Arab League and the Security Council, played a bridging role between the two organizations which helped delegates otherwise opposed to each other to overcome their oppositions and build the Resolution. The study shows that small states who lack the characteristics proposed by small state literature may utilize other means, such as their intrinsic regional and cultural positions to influence the decision-making process in multilateral settings. |
| Supervisor | LaRoche, Christopher David |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/duvarci_mutlu.pdf |
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