How do factors such as small size insularity vulnerability and remoteness influence a small
states behaviour in international relations? What are the major problems and events shaping
Malta-EU relations? How can Maltas position in the EU be described? In which way can this small
island state defend and enforce its own interests in such a dominant regional organisation in
which all members varying in size and power try to protect and press ahead their specific
aims? This thesis is an attempt to answer these questions and to provide a basis for further
discussions and elaboration.
