Lecture 6 International Institutions

Question 1

Institution (formal)

Answer 1

Codified regulations and agreements, treaties.

Ex) UN, WTO, NATO etc.

Question 2

institution (informal)

Answer 2

Standards and expectations that are not codified or written, but understood by actors.
Ex) Manners and Etiquette, norms.

It specifies standards of behavior or expectations about how one is to behave under certain conditions. “Rules of the Game.”

Question 3

International Institutions

Answer 3

Alliances and Collective Security Organizations

Question 4

Alliances

Answer 4

inter-state institutions that help members cooperate militarily in case of war with a common foe. Facilitates peace by preparing for war.

Question 5

Collective Security Organizations

Answer 5

multi-lateral institutions that seek to facilitate peace by providing dispute resolution mechanisms and a collective response to aggression. Forbids the use of military force.

Question 6

what’s an alliance look like on paper?

Answer 6

Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance Between the People’s Republic of China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Question 7

what’s an alliance look like in practice?

Answer 7

LOTR

Question 8

Why form alliances?

Answer 8

common interests

realists - offensive/defensive alliances
neo-realists - bandwagoning

Question 9

weakness of Balance of Power theory

Answer 9

1) when states bandwagon and when they balance,
2) why states will ally with some but not with others,
3) why not all strong states provoke the same type of counterbalancing coalition is sometimes not clear.