LAWS 3604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Complex Interdependence, North American Free Trade Agreement, Doha Development Round
22 Nov 2017
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They can cover several issue areas of international relations. They"re principles and rules and decision making procedures that the actors follow, they govern the actors what to do. They"re specific to the specific organization and particular issue areas. For example the un is part of the international development and security regimes. The international world needed a platform to solve international issues. There have been organizations before, but nothing at this scale: cold war, security issue largely dominated foreign policy, needs to be taken into consideration when looking at the operation of international organizations. The cold war showed the infrastructure of international organizations such as the. Theoretical approaches: realism, main assumptions, states are primary, rational actors. International system is anarchic absence of overarching authority: states are concerned with both absolute and relative gains, sovereignty, and national interests. (greco 1988, textbook, ngo"s are seen as subordinate and irrational. Realists believe that states are the main actors, they are the movers and influencers.
