Keohane & Oppenheimer - Paris Flashcards
1
Q
Why should agreements be self-enforcing?
A
- No member can benefit by withdrawing
- No member can benefit by being noncompliant
- The first two conditions hold without external enforcement
2
Q
What is necessary for international agreements? Why?
A
reciprocity
→ contingent exchanges
→ benefits that each partner receives from the interaction tend to depend on its own performance
3
Q
What are the two main characteristics of the PA according to Keohane and Oppenheimer?
A
discretion (=each state was to submit its NDCs specifying what it intended to do) +
vagueness (=no binding obligation regarding NDCs)
4
Q
Why do they call the Post-Paris Climate Politics a two-level game? What are the two levels?
A
level 1: international negotiations level
level 2: domestic politics
–> support of domestic elites is important to reduce climate change
