Albania And China: A Study Of An Unequal Alliance (westview Special Studies In International Relations)

The main thesis of this study is that a Small Power, such as Albania, with a potentially significant ideologogical, political, and strategic contribution to the competition between Great Powers, may be able to extract considerable concessions from a prospective Great Power ally, and manipulate the latter more effectively than vice versa. First chapter: a historical background of Albania's search for security in light of its Small Power status. Second chapter: evaluates the main determinants of the formation of the Albanian-Chinese alliance. Third and forth chapter: The evolution of the alliance the impact of ideology and systemic factors on alliance cohesion. Fifth chapter: Albanian-Chinese economic and military interaction and its effect on alliance maintenance. Final chapter: recounts the emergence of political and ideological differences between Albania and China and surveys the developments that led to the disintegration of the alliance. Elez Biberaj. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 167-179.