Introduction*
There are several ways a state can achieve its international security objectives, including diplomacy, joining an alliance, using economic power, and being subservient to an imperial power. A significant example of state diplomacy is Germany’s success in obtaining Italian, British, and French agreements for Sudetenland, home to ethnic Germans who lived in Czechoslovakia, annexing it to Germany during a Munich meeting in 1938.1 Finland and Sweden becoming a member of NATO in 2023 and 2024, respectively, for protection after the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a good example of joining an alliance to achieve security objectives. A state can use its economic power; for example, the U.S. imposes economic sanctions and refuses to sell certain products to various states. Furthermore, a state can be subservient to an imperial power to achieve its security needs.2 In recent years and in contrast to earlier years, Greece became subservient to the U.S., allowing the U.S. to stockpile weapons and other logistic supplies in various locations in Greece and following guidelines consistent with U.S. policies.
