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How will they contribute to NATO then? Your point was that they don't need political alliance to be in a military one, my point is that this is practically impo
by _Tev 9y ago
How will they contribute to NATO then? Your point was that they don't need political alliance to be in a military one, my point is that this is practically impossible.
Also good luck with making an army from nothing just in time before invasion.
Edit: and you are still ignoring weakness of such states on economic level.
- monort 9y agoHistory shows it was possible in cantons of Switzerland, Habsburgs couldn't conquer them, despite no federal authority. There are still examples of small countries in military alliances today - I don't see what is the problem with contributing. Economics is not a problem in a modern world with a free trade. Small city-states, that embrace free trade, fare well. There is even an possibility, that trade liberalization leads to political disintegration: https://www.nber.org/papers/w6163 https://www.nber.org/papers/w6163
- _Tev 9y agoImo Switzerland is poor example and free trade cannot be guaranteed for small states in today's world but I guess we will not convince each other in this limited debate . .. Let's agree to disagree.