![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hugo Young Memorial Lecture’, London, 25 January 2012, (.) Salmond, ‘Scotland’ s Place in the World. Karki, ‘Health, Culture and Society: A Scottish-Nordic Conversation’, in R (.) Murkens, Scotland’s Place in Europe (London: Constitution Unit, University College London, 20 (.) The Nordic states themselves cannot provide an alternative for any key dimension of shelter but the lessons of varied Nordic experience, and softer kinds of shelter to be found within Nordic cooperation, could provide valuable lubrication for the transitional process and a supportive pillar for Scotland’s accommodation to independent existence in the world. An independent Scotland would have to weigh the cost/benefit balance of full shelter provided by these four entities and consider important opt-outs secured by the Nordic states. However, these solutions would incur costs different from, and not necessarily lesser than, those carried by Scotland within the present union. We have found that four entities-NATO, the EU, the remnant UK, and the US - are best suited to meeting Scotland’s needs for economic, societal, and political shelter including hard and soft security. The chapter argues that, as any other small entity, Scotland, as an independent small state, would need external shelter in multiple dimensions. The aim of this chapter is to examine how Scotland as a potential independent state would prosper based on the existing small state literature and lessons of the Nordic states. ![]()
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