Eliciting collaboration from “risky” states: The limits of conventional multilateralism in security affairs
1997; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/13600829708443123
ISSN1469-798X
AutoresGerald Schneider, Patricia A. Weitsman,
Tópico(s)International Relations and Foreign Policy
ResumoThe emergence of an increasing number of states with a high conflict propensity constitutes a major challenge to international relations theory.While realist approaches dismiss the capacity of international governmental organisations to deal with "risky" states, liberal approaches largely focus on the successful multilateral management of peace.In this article, we examine how international institutions can counter the threats posed by "risky" states.Our analysis shows that current scholarship on multilateralism does not pay sufficient attention to the wider strategic context of international co-operation in security affairs.In particular, we argue that liberal approaches underestimate the ability of actors external to an institution to disrupt the collective attempts to elicit co-operation from "risky" states.The article offers a model-based typology of multilateral mechanisms and discusses the limits of current strategies from the viewpoint of non-co-operative game theory. International Governance in the Presence of "Risky States" 1"The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life", said George M. Weah, a Liberian soccer player in an interview with the New York Times, "to make Liberians believe in democracy, to make us believe in human rights, they need to go in and just seize control of the country". 2While this level of faith in the capacity of multilateral institutions to resolve effectively devastating conflicts is perhaps greater than most, it does reflect an increased tendency to call upon the UN and other international organisations to intervene in the trouble spots of the 1990s.The proliferation of institutional activity implies the need for systematic investigation into the effectiveness of collective mecha-1.
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