European Unification: Institutions and Loyalties

William R. Nester
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William R. Nester: St. John’s University of New York

Chapter 1 in European Power and The Japanese Challenge, 1993, pp 3-39 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Napoleon once said that he would rather fight than join a coalition. Few states, however, are powerful enough to act on their own. Britain in the nineteenth century and the United States in the mid-twentieth century did have enough power and wealth relative to their rivals to do pretty much as they pleased around the world. Geoeconomically if not geopolitically, Japan is powerful enough to expand everywhere while ignoring the pleas of other states for Tokyo to open its markets and cease its dumping offensives. But most states must follow the simple tenet that there is safety in numbers.

Keywords: European Economic Community; Common Market; European Parliament; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; European Free Trade Association (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12995-9_1

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