Autorentext

Laura C. Ferreira-Pereira is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Minho, Portugal; and Visiting Professor of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She has published extensively on EU foreign security and defence policy (CFSP/CSDP), and Portuguese foreign policy in several renowned scientific journals.

Klappentext

This book seeks to offer a better understanding of the strategic responses to Brexit from ten small European Union member states: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal and Slovakia. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Contemporary European Studies.

Inhalt

Introduction: Small EU member states and Brexit 1. Coping with an EU and domestic crisis: Ireland's approach to Brexit 2. Portugal's strategic response to Brexit: enduring Europeanisation? 3. Finland's responses to Brexit: seeking shelter while hedging against changing risks 4. Brexit and Malta's coping strategies: diverging shelters 5. Coping, struggling, or just getting by? Brexit and its implications for Czech and Slovak security and defence policies 6. Brexit coping strategies of the Baltic states 7. A small state finding its way in the EU: Croatia and its approach to Brexit Epilogue-Responses to Brexit: insights from small EU member states and lessons for exits from other regional organizations