This book studies how domestic contestation influences the security policy of small states within the European Union and NATO.

Tomáš Weiss is Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies at the Institute of International Studies, Charles University, Prague.

Geoffrey Edwards is Emeritus Reader in European Studies in the Department of Politics and International Studies in the University of Cambridge, an Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge and a Jean Monnet chair.

Chapter 1 - Introduction: Small states in European SecurityChapter 2 - Towards a Framework for Analysis: Facing the Pressures of Internationalisation and Securitisation Part I Strategic culture or individual influence Chapter 3 - Strategic Culture and Small States: From Norm Breakers to Norm Takers to Norm Shapers Chapter 4 - Small and Impressionable? Strategic Cultures of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in Evolving International Contexts Chapter 5 - Domestic Contestations in Lithuania's Foreign and Security Policy: Who Calls the Shots? Part II Participation in overseas missions Chapter 6 - The Netherlands' approach to EU CSDP and UN Peacekeeping Operations: Assessing a "Big Small Power" in European and Global Security Chapter 7 - Only just making up the numbers? Understanding European small state participation in multilateral maritime security operations Part III Relations to big players Chapter 8 - From rebellious and reluctant allies to reliant partners: Denmark and Iceland in the transatlantic relationship Chapter 9 - Small Country and European Security: The Case of Bulgarian-Russia Relations since 2014 Chapter 10 - "Estonisation" and its limits: threat perceptions and integration in the EU and NATO Part IV Internal security Chapter 11 - Latvia's and Luxembourg's EU Council presidencies in the formulation of the Refugee Relocation Scheme: between national and international policymaking Chapter 12 - Europeanisation of Non-military Dimensions of Security. The Case of Norway