Vulnerability
Small States in the Global Society

This study is the result of a decision by Commonwealth Heads of Government at their 1983 Meeting in New Delhi. It was conceived in the framework of the Commonwealth’s long-standing concern with the economic problems of its very many small member states. The ‘vulnerability’ of small states is the essential concept informing the enquiry and it is considered in all its relevant aspects – military, political, economic, technical, social and cultural.
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External Threat and Internal Security
The stability and well-being of a society are necessary prerequisites for domestic security. In reality, domestic security and external security are to some extent interdependent. In many cases, the greater the degree of domestic security, the less is the vulnerability to external threat.
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