Profesor i Shkencave Politike në Universitetin e Islandës
Email: baldurt@hi.is
Biografia
Baldur Thorhallsson është profesor i Shkencave Politike dhe themelues dhe Drejtor Kërkimor i Qendrës për Studime të Shteteve të Vogla, në Universitetin e Islandës. Fokusi i tij kërkimor ka qenë kryesisht në shtetet e vogla, teorinë e shtetit të vogël, integrimin evropian, politikat e jashtme të shteteve nordike. Artikujt e tij të fundit janë përfshirë në The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Scandinavian Journal of History and Global Affairs. Librat e tij të fundit të redaktuar janë të titulluar Sjellja në Kërkim të Strehimit e Islandës: Nga Koloni në Republikë (Cornell University Press 2021), Shtetet e vogla dhe Mjedisi i Ri i Sigurisë (bashkëredaktor) (Springer 2021) dhe Shtetet e Vogla dhe Teoria e Strehës: Çështjet e Jashtme të Islandës (Routledge 2019).
Ai ka qenë një profesor vizitues dhe ka dhënë mësim mbi shtetet e vogla në disa universitete, si Universiteti Queen Mary i Londrës, Akademia Ushtarake e Lituanisë, Kolegji Williams (MA, SHBA), Universiteti i Teknologjisë në Talin dhe Universiteti Paris-Sorbonne-Paris 4. Ai ka Doktoratë (1999) dhe MA (1994) në Shkenca Politike nga Universiteti i Essex-it në Mbretërinë e Bashkuar.
Titulli i Prezantimit
Shelter-seeking Behaviour of Small States in the International System
Konspekt
My presentation will be about a new small-state theory on the behavior of small states in the international system. Shelter theory is an attempt to bring together a number of important insights from other theories and research, which we have found inadequate on their own. We basically claim that traditional IR theories fail to grasp the broad domestic incentives behind small states’ alignment with larger states. Small states seek shelter provided by larger states and international organizations for domestic reasons as much as for international ones. Hence, small states seek political, economic and societal shelter provided by larger states and international organizations.
Publikime nga Autori
Libra
- Thorhallsson, Baldur (ed.). 2021. Iceland´s Shelter-Seeking Behavior: From Settlement to Republic, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Library.
- Brady, Anne-Marie and Thorhallsson, Baldur, (eds.) 2021. Small States and the New Security Environment. Cham: Springer.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur (ed.) 2019. Small States and Shelter Theory: Iceland’s External Affairs. Routledge.
- Arnórsson, Auðunn, Baldur Thorhallsson, Pia Hansson and TómasJoensen, (eds.) 2015. Saga Evrópusamruns: EvrópusambandiðogþátttakaÍslands (History of European integration: The European Union and Iceland’s engagement in the European project). Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan (University of Iceland Press).
- Thorhallsson, Baldur. 2000.The Role of Small States in the European Union. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Kapituj Libri
- Wivel, Anders, Thorhallsson, Baldur& Steinsson, Sverrir. 2021. From rebellious and relucatna allies to reliant partners- Denmark and Iceland in transatlantic relationship, in T. Weiss and G. Edwards (eds.) Small States and Security in Europe: Between National and International Policymaking, Routledge, 137-154.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur, Kulli Sarapuu & Anders Wivel. 2021. “Analysing Small States in Crisis: Fundamental Assumptions and Analytical Starting Points”, in Joensen T. & Taylor I. (eds.) Small States and the European Migrant Crisis: Politics and Governance, Palgrave, pp. 19-40.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur and with AM. Brady. 2021. “Small States and the Turning Point in Global Politics”, in B. Thorhallsson & AM. Brady (eds.), Small States and the New Security Environment, Springer, 1-11.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur. 2021. Conclusions. Iceland and Shelter Theory Across History, in Iceland's shelter seeking behavior: From settlement to Republic, ed. Baldur Thorhallsson, Cornell University Press.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur. 2021. Conclusions. Iceland and Shelter Theory Across History, in Iceland's shelter seeking behavior: From settlement to Republic, ed. Baldur Thorhallsson, Cornell University Press.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur & Joensen, Tómas. 2021. Iceland's External Affairs from the Napoleonic Era to the Creation of the Republic in 1944: Danish Societal and Economic Shelter in an Anglo-American-dominated North Atlantic, in Iceland's shelter seeking behavior: From settlement to Republic, ed. Baldur Thorhallsson, Cornell University Press.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur & Kristinsson, Thorsteinn. 2021. Iceland's External Affairs from 1400 to the Reformation: Anglo-German Economic and Societal Shelter in a Danish Political Vacuum,in Iceland's shelter seeking behavior: From settlement to Republic, ed. Baldur Thorhallsson, Cornell University Press.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur. 2021. Iceland's External Affairs in the Middle Ages: The Shelter of Norwegian Sea Power, in Iceland's shelter seeking behavior: From settlement to Republic, ed. Baldur Thorhallsson, Cornell University Press.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur & Steinsson, Sverrir. 2021. Shelter Theory and Smallness in International Relations, in Iceland's shelter seeking behavior: From settlement to Republic, ed. Baldur Thorhallsson, Cornell University Press.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur. 2021. Introduction: The Small, Independent, Free, Loving Nation versus the Large, Dominant, Uncaring Foreigners, in Iceland's shelter seeking behavior: From settlement to Republic, ed. Baldur Thorhallsson, Cornell University Press.
Artikuj në Botime Shkencore
- Thorhallsson, Baldur, Elínardóttir, JónaSólveig and Eggertsdóttir, Anna Margrét “A Small State's Campaign to Get Elected to the UNSC: Iceland's Ambitious Failed Attempt”, the Hague Journal of Diplomacy 17, 2022: 1-31.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur, Steinsson, Sverrir and Kristinsson, Thorsteinn. 2018. “A Theory of Shelter: Iceland's American Period (1941-2006)”. In Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2018, pp. 539-563.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur. 2018. “Nordicness as a shelter: the case of Iceland”. In Global Affairs, published online 24 September.pp. 1-14.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur. 2018. “A small state in world politics: Iceland’s search for shelter”. In Icelandic Review of Politics and Administration: Special Issue on power and democracy in Iceland, pp. 61-82.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur. 2018. “Studying small states: A review”. In Small States & Territories,”Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 17-34.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur and Pétur Gunnarsson. 2017. “Iceland's alignment with the EU-US sanctions on Russia: autonomy versus dependence.” Global Affairs 3(3): 307-318.
- Thorhallsson, Baldur and Rainer Kattel. 2013. “Neo-Liberal Small States and Economic Crisis: Lessons for Democratic Corporatism.” Journal of Baltic Studies 44(1): 83-103.
Publikime të Tjera Akademike
- Thorhallsson, Baldur & Grímsdóttir, Snæfríður. 2021. Lilliputian Encounters with Gulliver: Sino-Iceland Relations from 1995-2021. Report. Reykjavik: Centre for Small State Studies and Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, 2021, 1-33.
- “Nordic responses to Brexit: Making the best of a difficult situation”,.NUPI Policy Brief, No. 7, with Björn Fägersten, Pétur Gunnarsson, Kristin Haugevik, Juha Jokela, Catharina Sørensen and Anders Wivel. The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), 2018.
- “Nordic responses to Brexit: Making the best of a difficult situation”,.NUPI Policy Brief, No. 7, with Björn Fägersten, Pétur Gunnarsson, Kristin Haugevik, Juha Jokela, Catharina Sørensen and Anders Wivel. The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), 2018.
- The Small-State Survival Guide to Foreign Policy Success”, with SverrirSteinsson in The National Interest, Foreign Policy Experts Roundtable, 28 September 2017.
- The Small-State Survival Guide to Foreign Policy Success”, with SverrirSteinsson in The National Interest, Foreign Policy Experts Roundtable, 28 September 2017.
- “A Small State Seeking Shelter - Iceland's Search for Shelter”, Policy Brief no. 16. Small States and the New Security Environment (SSANSE), Research Project. Presented at the conference: ‘Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future’ at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-4 June 2017.
- “Iceland’s Relations with its Regional Powers: Alignment with the EU-US sanctions on Russia”, with Pétur Gunnarsson. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Working Paper 874, 2017.
- Europe: Iceland Prefers Partial Engagement in European Integration. A short analytical paper published by the Centre for Small State Studies, June 2014.
- “Iceland and Europe: Drifting further apart?” with Alyson JK Bailes. Briefing Paper published by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, September 2013.
- “Iceland’s contested European Policy: The Footprint of the Past – A Small and Insular Society” in Jean Monnet Occasional Paper Series, 02/2013, Institute for European Studies, University of Malta