Neutrality And Non Alignment In Europe

The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe examines how the neutral European countries and the Soviet Union interacted after World War II. Amid the Cold War division of Europe into Western and Eastern blocs, several long-time neutral countries abandoned neutrality and joined NATO. Other countries remained neutral but were still perceived as a threat to the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence. Based on extensive archival research, this volume offers state-of-the-art essays about relations between Europe’s neutral states and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and how these relations were perceived by other powers.

Between the Blocs, published in 1990, examines the phenomenon of Europe's neutral analysis of the phenomenon of Europe's natural and non-aligned states. It features many of the pre-eminent scholars and political figures who have crafted the shape and meaning of the modern policy of neutrality and nonalignment in contemporary Europe.

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Cultural Studies - Basics and Definitions, grade: 2,0, University of Iceland, language: English, abstract: This essay outlines the correlation of neutrality and small states. It includes definitions of the term "neutrality" and the term "small state". In the research part of the essay the author shows five examples of five different countries and their motives to adapt neutrality. In the conclusion the author works out a possible scheme to explain why small states adapt neutrality.

This study investigates the overall Soviet conception of non-alignment in the Third World and assesses Soviet policy in relation to this issue.