📍 Each small state has different characteristics, including its geopolitical location, natural-economic resources, the quality of democratization and etc. These criteria condition the level of their political independence. Nowadays, the world is changing, instead of the bipolar world order, it is transforming into the multi-polar world. Hence, newly-rising world powers are also influencing the foreign policies of the small states. It is important that the small countries that are neighboring world-wide actors are more vulnerable to the influence of their neighbors as well as the other opposing world powers. For instance, #Azerbaijan, #Armenia, and #Georgia face different political, economic and social challenges, therefore they choose different ways of dealing with it. From my personal perspective, I strongly believe that each country should find the golden middle and use each positive opportunity to improve their independence. Moreover, for achieving goals of foreign policy, each small state needs to concentrate its resources on the diplomatic services to skillfully maneuver between the interest of leading powers. ✍️ For more information, please, read my blog: https://modernarrative.wordpress.com/2019/07/17/small-state-foreign-policy-challenges-and-opportunities/ #SmallStateForeignPolicy #ChallengesandOpportunities https://www.instagram.com/p/B0xpmgyHp2D/?igshid=16fv8xwopj7md