Special Section I: A Symposium: Ten years of Veenendaal and Corbett’s ‘Why small states offer important answers to large questions’
Guest Editors: Hillary Briffa and Anna-Lena Högenauer
Pages 5-18: Editorial: From margins to momentum: Ten years of small states and large questions – Hillary Briffa and Anna-Lena Högenauer
Pages 19-21: European microstates and political legitimacy beyond liberal-democratic constitutionalism – Sebastian Wolf
Pages 22-25: Historical dynamics of international relationships: Veenendaal and Corbett beyond comparative politics – Tom Long
Pages 26-29: Why small states offer answers to important questions in international relations: Rethinking power and agency – Anders Wivel
Pages 30-32: Small states and a more nuanced understanding of central government coordination – Marlene Jugl
Pages 33-36: Small states’ answers to big questions in law – Caroline Morris
Pages 37-40: Small countries, big insights: The role of small states in shaping global public health – Sarah Cuschieri
Pages 41-44: Bridging the Gulf: Big answers through small Middle Eastern states – Tyler B. Parker
Pages 45-47: Development of small states and the limits of the global political economy – Patsy Lewis
Pages 48-51: Small states and the use of energy as a strategic instrument – Rory Miller
Pages 52-55: Crisis management in small states: Lessons for the global community – Baldur Thorhallsson
Pages 56-59: Gender and women’s political activism: Insights from small states – Ramola Ramtohul
Pages 60-64: Food systems in small island economies – Elmar Kulke
Pages 65-68: Tourism dependent small states: Innovation, adaptation and the search for balance – Troy Lorde
Pages 69-71: Neutrals and norm building: A question of size – Pascal Lottaz
Pages 72-77: Opportunity seekers and value creators: A new framework for understanding small-state diplomacy – Revecca Pedi
Pages 78-81: Large questions faced by education at the sharp end in SIDS – Aminath Shiyama, Aminath Muna, Terra Sprague and Michael Crossley
Pages 82-85: Small states and large questions: elections and political participation – Kerryn Baker
Pages 86-89: Small states and specialisation: Domestic politics, foreign policy, and their interface – Tomáš Weiss
Pages 90-94: Small state innovations to strengthen financial resilience in an era of accelerating climate change – Emily Wilkinson
Pages 95-98: Small islands, significant solutions: educational resilience in the Maldives during the COVID-19 pandemic – Aminath Muna and Aminath Shiyama
Pages 99-102: Conceding or defending sovereignty? Lessons from small states – Marius Buga
Pages 103-107: Balancing anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CFP) compliance and financial sector competitiveness: what lessons can small states teach us? – Alicia D. Nicholls
Pages 108-111: A case for studying small states defence... again – Erik Männik
Pages 112-115: Small states : sports diplomacy as foreign policy strategy – Neal G. Jesse, Steven E. Lobell and Kristen P. Williams
Pages 116-120: Small states as poster children of robust governance? – Tiina Randma-Liiv and Külli Sarapuu
Pages 121-126: Ten years of ‘Why small states offer important answers to large questions’ – Wouter Veenendaal and Jack Corbett
Special Section II: Cultural heritage and climate change in islands and small states
Guest Editors: Stefano Moncada and Pedro Manuel Sobral Pombo
Pages 127-132: Editorial: Locating cultural heritage and climate change in islands and small states – Stefano Moncada and Pedro Manuel Sobral Pombo
Pages 133-154: Culturally appropriate? A review of the literature concerning the interaction between climate change and heritage in islands – Pedro Manuel Sobral Pombo and Stefano Moncada
Pages 155-172: Tangible and intangible loss and damage related to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Mauritius – Jay R. S. Doorga, Ashvin K. Nemchand, Jean François Lafleur, Lovehin Andiapen and Prakash N.K. Deenapanray
Pages 173-188: Imaginaries of community-based initiatives: charting paths towards sustainable tourism in rural Bonaire – Gabriel Njaim, Jody Holland, Rodolfo Bassani and Viola Angesti
Pages 189-204: Sustainable blue economy practices in seaweed farming, Belize : cultural heritage and climate resilience in a Small Island Developing State – Ruth Gutierrez-Corley, Stefano Moncada and Alan Deidun
Pages 205-222: Indigenous values with international law and politics: The perpetual State of Tuvalu – Milla Vaha
Other Papers
Pages 223-234: Designing Marine Conservation Trust Funds: Lessons learned from the Seychelles’ Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust – Angelique Louise Marie Pouponneau and Stefan Knights
Pages 235-248: Marginal voices: Sub-state units and symbolic exclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest – Vicente Bicudo de Castro and Henry Johnson
Pages 249-260: Communicating the 1957 Asian influenza outbreak in a small island state: The Times of Malta as a case study – Catherine Mallia
Pages 261-278: Book Reviews
Pages 261-262: Stephen C. Vasciannie and Lisa Ann Vasciannie (2024). Jamaica’s foreign policy: 1962-2022
Review by Jessica Byron-Reid
Pages 263-264: Rosie Alexander and Holly Henderson (Eds.) (2024). Higher education in small islands: challenging the geographies of centrality and remoteness
Review by Philip Hayward
Pages 265-266: Jeremy Rifkin (2024). Planet Aqua: Rethinking our home in the universe
Review by Godfrey Baldacchino
Pages 267-268: Bibek Chand (2023). Reframing the buffer state in contemporary international relations: Nepal’s relations with India and China
Review by Ashmita Rana
Pages 269-270: Jack Corbett (2023). Statehood à la carte in the Caribbean and the Pacific: Secession, regionalism and postcolonial politics
Review by Godfrey Baldacchino
Pages 271-273: Patricia Mohammed (2024). Janet Jagan: Freedom fighter of Guyana
Review by Hamid Ghani
Pages 274-275: Scott Timcke and Shalene Gomes (2024). Race, class and nationalism in the 21st-Century Caribbean
Review by Akins Vidale
Pages 276-278: Thomas Kolnberger and Harlan Koff (2023). Agency, security and governance of small states: A global perspective
Review by Jennie Barker
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