Tom Long is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics & International Studies at the University of Warwick. Tom's research focuses on the dynamics of asymmetry, small states, and the international relations of the Americas. He is the author of Latin America Confronts the United States: Asymmetry and Influence. His work also appears in leading journals including International Security, World Politics, International Affairs, Perspectives on Politics, and International Studies Review. Since completing his PhD at American University in 2013, Tom's research has been supported by about $400,000 of grants and fellowships from bodies including the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, British Academy, and British Council. He was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile. Before joining Warwick, Tom taught at the University of Reading, American University, and the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, where he remains an
affiliated professor in international studies.

• Chapter 1: Introduction


• Chapter 2: Small States, Big World


• Chapter 3: Opportunities and constraints: Conditions for success


• Chapter 4: Playing small ball: Strategies for success


• Chapter 5: Security


• Chapter 6: International Political Economy


• Chapter 7: Institutions, law, and norms


• Chapter 8: Conclusion


• Appendix


• Bibliography

Theoretically innovative and empirically expansive, A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics sets out to become the new authority for the study of small states in International Relations (IR). The book's explanatory approach allows for a comparison of small states' situations and relationships across a global selection of some twenty cases in issues of international security, economy, and institutions. In doing so, it shows how IR's longstanding neglect of small states is a missed opportunity--not just for understanding small states but for developing better theories of IR.