This book offers a timely and concise academic and historical background to the concept and practice of neutrality, a relatively new phenomenon in foreign and security policy. It approaches two key questions: under what circumstances can permanent neutrality be applied, and what are the main ingredients of success and the causes of failure in applying permanent neutrality? By evaluating, comparing, and contrasting the two successful European case studies of Austria and Switzerland and the two challenging Asian case studies of Afghanistan and Laos, the author creates a new framework of analysis to explore the feasibility of reframing, adopting, and applying a policy of neutrality and jump start debates on the feasibility of the idea of “new neutrality”. He opens the debate by asking whether, as neutrality successfully functioned as a conflict resolution tool during the Cold War, a reframed and adopted version of neutrality could also serve the needs of the twenty-first-century world order. This is an insightful book for all scholars, students, and policymakers workingin international relations, security studies, the history of neutrality, and Afghanistan studies.

"This book offers a timely and concise academic and historical background to the concept and practice of neutrality, a relatively new phenomenon in foreign and security policy. The author approaches two key questions: under what circumstances can permanent neutrality be applied and, what are the main ingredients of success and the causes of failure, in applying permanent neutrality? By evaluating, comparing and contrasting the two successful European case-studies of Austria and Switzerland and the two challenging Asian case-studies of Afghanistan and Laos, the author creates a new framework of analysis to explore the feasibility of reframing, adopting and applying a policy of neutrality and jump start debates on feasibility of the idea of 'new neutrality.' He opens the debate by arguing that, as neutrality successfully functioned as a conflict resolution tool during the Cold War, can a reframed and adopted version of neutrality could also serve the needs of the 21st century world order"--

A detailed analysis of the history and use of neutrality laws in the United States, with a focus on the 20th century. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the legal framework that governs US foreign policy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Cultural Studies - Basics and Definitions, grade: 2,0, University of Iceland, language: English, abstract: This essay outlines the correlation of neutrality and small states. It includes definitions of the term "neutrality" and the term "small state". In the research part of the essay the author shows five examples of five different countries and their motives to adapt neutrality. In the conclusion the author works out a possible scheme to explain why small states adapt neutrality.