A voice for the forgotten states in contemporary international relations

When one speaks about international politics and its main players, many would answer with China, the US, Russia, or Japan, just to name a few. People tend to forget about countries who have small populations, a somewhat unnoticeable history, and countries who have not had an influence on Western countries. We have an inclination to overlook other countries who are equally important in contemporary international relations simply because they do not garner the same amount of attention in our media. Smaller, less powerful countries, especially when the location of that country is in a strategic.