Scandinavia's Global Role

Scandinavian Review | October 1, 2006| | Copyright

For many scholars, Scandinavia is a marginal, seemingly unimportant corner of Europe whose role is conditioned and defined by larger powers. The author rejects this assumption and explains how a small group of like-minded societies can advance particular visions of the global good society.

OUTSIDERS SEE SCANDINAVIA AS A BENIGN PLAYER IN international politics, with a prominent presence in building international institutions, tirelessly promoting a collective vision of how power should be exercised in world politics. As one observer, Gylfi Gislason, put it, "five small states, comprising eight ...

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