POLI 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: International Air Transport Association, World Trade Organization, Warren Christopher
26 Apr 2019
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International regimes: some realists began to thin that even within the context of global-system anarchy, cooperation was possible, overcoming anarchy through cooperation, even if there was global anarchy. International organizations made this cooperation easier: best way to overcome anarchy, framework within which cooperation could be achieved, this focus on such organizations gave rise to institutionalism as a major ir stream. Cooperation under anarchy: self-interest in anarchy can lead to international cooperation. "the same forces that lead individuals to bind themselves together to escape the state of nature also lead states to coordinate their actions" (stein 1982: ex. West germany, italy - strong allies: democratic peace theorem - uniquely optimistic. International organizations: examples: the un, the wto, international air transport association, the european. International regimes can also exist between a smaller group of states, such as free-trade agreements or economic communities.
