Challenging institutions: Getting goods or getting your own institution?
I present a discussion of the current state of liberal internationalism as it relates to international organisations. I maintain that the literature focuses too much on liberal internationalism instead of non-liberal internationalism. This is problematic because non-liberal states are increasingly b...
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University of Belgrade - Faculty of Political Sciences and Belgrade Centre for Security Policy
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| description | I present a discussion of the current state of liberal internationalism as it relates to international organisations. I maintain that the literature focuses too much on liberal internationalism instead of non-liberal internationalism. This is problematic because non-liberal states are increasingly becoming important players in the international system, as is the case with Russia and China. I argue that non-liberal states have a variety of approaches in their dealings with international institutions that can enable them to maximise their net gains from institutions. These are: 1) keep using the liberal institution, 2) utilise institutional ala cartism (forum shopping), 3) create an anti-liberal institution, or 4) opt out of institutions altogether. Scholars and practitioners alike should acknowledge that international institutions can be a vehicle whereby non-liberal states maximise their power and diminish the power and influence of liberal states. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0bc13c3eefd14d319404bc55bb96e42f2023-09-02T11:58:07ZengUniversity of Belgrade - Faculty of Political Sciences and Belgrade Centre for Security PolicyJournal of Regional Security2217-995X2406-03642016-01-011121111222217-995x1602111MChallenging institutions: Getting goods or getting your own institution?Millard Matt0University of Alabama, USAI present a discussion of the current state of liberal internationalism as it relates to international organisations. I maintain that the literature focuses too much on liberal internationalism instead of non-liberal internationalism. This is problematic because non-liberal states are increasingly becoming important players in the international system, as is the case with Russia and China. I argue that non-liberal states have a variety of approaches in their dealings with international institutions that can enable them to maximise their net gains from institutions. These are: 1) keep using the liberal institution, 2) utilise institutional ala cartism (forum shopping), 3) create an anti-liberal institution, or 4) opt out of institutions altogether. Scholars and practitioners alike should acknowledge that international institutions can be a vehicle whereby non-liberal states maximise their power and diminish the power and influence of liberal states.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2217-995X/2016/2217-995x1602111M.pdfinstitutionsliberalismnon-liberal statesforum shopping |
| spellingShingle | Millard Matt Challenging institutions: Getting goods or getting your own institution? Journal of Regional Security institutions liberalism non-liberal states forum shopping |
| title | Challenging institutions: Getting goods or getting your own institution? |
| title_full | Challenging institutions: Getting goods or getting your own institution? |
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| title_short | Challenging institutions: Getting goods or getting your own institution? |
| title_sort | challenging institutions getting goods or getting your own institution |
| topic | institutions liberalism non-liberal states forum shopping |
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