title: Small states, subregional minilateralism and European foreign policy
abstract: In each of its successive rounds of enlargement, the European Union has included a growing number of small member states, whose threat perceptions and foreign policy interests frequently diverge from those of the larger European powers. This has raised questions over how small member states can participate in EU foreign policy-making. Previous research has noted that the EU has traditionally managed the external dimension of its security through a major power concert embedded within a multilater