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International Regimes Flashcards

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International Regimes

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Implicit or explicit norms, principles, rules and decision-making procedures around which actors’ expectations converge in a given area of international relations

  • Krasner
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International Regimes 2

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Body of rules applicable to a certain area of international relations

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What int. Regimes do

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  1. Transform single-play interactions to iterated (repeat) game
  2. Defection can result in retaliation
  3. Reduce transaction costs
  4. Information warehouse and sharing
  5. Encourage risk averse behavior
  6. Encourage Responsibility
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Liberalism

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Believes in the possibility of absolute gains. Everyone can win or gain

Contrast- Realists —-> relative gains, what you win other lossess

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Liberals

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John Locke - “being all equal and independent, no ought to harm another in his life”

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”

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Liberals are ______

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Institutionalists

( Regimes and IOs serve purposes such as reducing transaction and information costs )

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Institutionalists

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  • Regimes and IOs serve purposes, such as reducing transaction and information costs
  • IOs gain autonomy sometimes and do not act with interests of founding states

Contrast - Realists —> see IOs and Regumes as serving hegemonic power

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Liberalism Roots

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  • Hugo Grotius - Rules could coax cooperation
  • John Locke - Gov should be limited
  • Adam Smith - economic self-interest could override passions that turn violent
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Neo’Liberalism

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Cooperation can be coaxed and supported by norms, regimes and laws

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Neo’Liberals are ____

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Functionalists

( Low level cooperation helps trust develop between countries )

Mitrany
Haas

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Functionalism

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Low level cooperation helps trust development between countries

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Liberalism VS Neo’Liberalism

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•Liberalism —> focuses on democracy, freedom kf thoughts, religion, etc
• Institutionalism —-> IOs serve purpose

•Neo’Liberalism —> focuses on reducing gov investments for privatization, free economy, free trade
•Functionalism —> Spillover effect

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Principal-Agent Theory

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States (as principals) delegate tasks and authority to international institutions (agents) within particular issue areas

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IOs emerge from International Regimes

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Except Antarctic Treaty System (1959)

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IOs help overcome Bargaining/Negotiating issues

FPP

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  1. Provides a forum for discussions (forum)
  2. Establish where the discussion should take place (Place)
  3. Specify who should participate (participants)
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Stering-Folker IOs combat Defection / Non-Compliance via

MSCIMD

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  1. Monitoring & Transparency (Monitoring)
  2. Sanctions (Sanctions)
  3. Reduced implementation costs (Costs)
  4. Financial incentives (Incentives)
  5. Moral persuasion (Moral)
  6. Disagreement management (Disagreement)
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In general, Liberals see IOs as

CWSHH

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  1. Helping states cooperate (Cooperation)
  2. Promoting economic prosperity & Global welfare (Welfare)
  3. Developing shared values and norms (Sharing)
  4. Helping the world become more economically interlinked (Helping)
  5. Helping to manage crisis (Helping)
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3 Institutional Theories

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  1. Liberal Institutionalism - Cooperation can reduce conflict and competition
  2. Collective Security - Peace can be reached by countries acting together to prevent one attacking another
  3. Critical Theory - Reject the idea that things can be fixed under the present system
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Founding Threaty

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Outlines IOs mission
Defines organizational architecture
Allocates functions & powers

UN Charter , EU Treaty , NATO Treaty , Articles of Agreement (IMF)

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Plenary Assemblies (All IOs)

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Representatives of all member states
Decisions on organizational matters
Deliberation on policy issues (all)
Binding policy decisions (some)
Fixed schedule + Extra meetings

UN General Assembly , NATO Atlantic Council , EU Council of Ministers

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Administrative Staff (Most IOs)

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Chief Administrative Officer ( elected by Plenary Assemby )
Staff

Logistic Support
Decision-making support
Monitoring and enforcement
Front-line policy implementation

EU Commission , UN General Secretariat , WTO Secretariat , NATO International Staff

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Executive Council (Some IOs)

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Representatives of a subset of the member states of the IOs
Elected by the Plenary Assembly or with Large power ( P5 in UN )

Binding policy decisions on behalf of all members
Supervision of the IOs administrative staff

UN Security Council, IMF Executive Board, International Labor Organization (ILO) Governing Body

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International Courts (Some IOs)

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Independent Judges ( often elected by Plenary Assembly )

Dispute Settlement
Legal Decisions
Legal Advice

International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) UN, WTO Dispute Settlement Body

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Spill-over effect ( Functionalism )

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Low-level cooperation turns into high-level cooperation

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According to institutionalists, IOs serve the function of reducing transaction and information costs

TRUE or FALSE

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TRUE

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IOs help overcome bargaining issues by

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FPP
1. Provides forum for discussions
2. Establishes where the discussion should take place
3. Specify who should participate

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Delegation serves the interests of IOs, but also IOs develop autonomy, which leads to tension. Describes which theory?

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Principal-Agent Theory

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Realists explain war, Liberals explain peace

TRUE or FALSE

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True

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According to institutionalists, institutions are a reflection of the distribution of power

TRUE or FALSE

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False —> this are Realists

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What are 3 Institutional theories

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  1. Liberal Institutionalism
  2. Collective Security
  3. Critical Theory
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What is NSA

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Non-State Actors

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In the Realist point of view, international regimes should manage environmental programs

TRUE or FALSE

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False

33
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NeoClassical Realism seeks to answer the following question - How can Realism Account for ____

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Foreign Policy

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