[LINK] "The Microstate Experience: Very Small States in the International System"

[rfmcdonald]

UPEI professor Barry Bartmann's essay "The Microstate Experience: Very Small States in the International System" is a long and detailed examination of the way in which microstates in general--often island states--are making their way in a rules-bound international system that encourages their survival, with the economies achieved by alliances with larger states or with their neighbours allowing them to be economically viable. If you've some time to spare, Bartmann will show you why ours is another era of the microstate (ajnovak?).