Helmut Kramer Kleinstaaten-Theorie und Kleinstaaten-Aussenpolitik There is a significant "Renaissance" of small states in the "new political architecture" in Europe both in quantitative (increase of the number of small states) and qualitative terms (intensifica- tion of the small-state-dilemma). The article deals with the theoretical and methodological record of small State 
theory research in the realm of foreign-policy-making in Europe in the 70ies and the early 80ies and tries to point out the reasons of the Stagnation in small State research in Europe in the last years. In the last part of the contribution proposals for a new departure for small State 
research as a 
promising "middle-range-theory" are presented and discussed. 
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