The EU’s Open Arms and Small States

The EU has fostered lasting peace and prosperity in Europe since World War II and welcomed formerly autocratic countries back into the European fold. The paper describes the EU as a union of primarily small European states whose parallel emphasis on efficiency and fairness, including deep respect fo...

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Main Author: Thorvaldur Gylfason
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2016
Subjects:
Iceland
international relations
NATO
US
EU
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GF1-900
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e59fff0bd23049c6b1956bd010202de6
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e59fff0bd23049c6b1956bd010202de6 2023-05-15T16:46:39+02:00 The EU’s Open Arms and Small States Thorvaldur Gylfason 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/e59fff0bd23049c6b1956bd010202de6 EN eng The University of Akureyri http://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-11-no-2-2016/conference-proceeding-volume-11-no-2-2016/eus-open-arms-small-states/ https://doaj.org/toc/1670-6242 1670-6242 https://doaj.org/article/e59fff0bd23049c6b1956bd010202de6 Nordicum-Mediterraneum, Vol 11, Iss 2, p A4 (2016) Iceland international relations NATO US EU Social sciences (General) H1-99 Human ecology. Anthropogeography GF1-900 article 2016 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T08:30:37Z The EU has fostered lasting peace and prosperity in Europe since World War II and welcomed formerly autocratic countries back into the European fold. The paper describes the EU as a union of primarily small European states whose parallel emphasis on efficiency and fairness, including deep respect for human rights, holds the key to Europe´s economic and social advances. While expansion fatigue has temporarily slowed the momentum of the widening of European unification, the EU can expect to benefit from welcoming more small states as members, including Albania and Iceland as well as Catalonia and Scotland should they declare independence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
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international relations
NATO
US
EU
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GF1-900
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international relations
NATO
US
EU
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GF1-900
Thorvaldur Gylfason
The EU’s Open Arms and Small States
topic_facet Iceland
international relations
NATO
US
EU
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Human ecology. Anthropogeography
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description The EU has fostered lasting peace and prosperity in Europe since World War II and welcomed formerly autocratic countries back into the European fold. The paper describes the EU as a union of primarily small European states whose parallel emphasis on efficiency and fairness, including deep respect for human rights, holds the key to Europe´s economic and social advances. While expansion fatigue has temporarily slowed the momentum of the widening of European unification, the EU can expect to benefit from welcoming more small states as members, including Albania and Iceland as well as Catalonia and Scotland should they declare independence.
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author Thorvaldur Gylfason
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title The EU’s Open Arms and Small States
title_short The EU’s Open Arms and Small States
title_full The EU’s Open Arms and Small States
title_fullStr The EU’s Open Arms and Small States
title_full_unstemmed The EU’s Open Arms and Small States
title_sort eu’s open arms and small states
publisher The University of Akureyri
publishDate 2016
url https://doaj.org/article/e59fff0bd23049c6b1956bd010202de6
genre Iceland
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op_source Nordicum-Mediterraneum, Vol 11, Iss 2, p A4 (2016)
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