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International/inter-carbonic relations.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Relations. Sep2022, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p329-357. 29p.
Abstract: If international relations can be theorised as 'inter-textual', then why not also – or indeed better – as 'inter-carbonic'? For, not only is the modern history of carbon to a large degree international; in addition, many of the key historical junctures...
Why Asian states cooperate in regional arrangements: Asian regionalism in comparative perspective.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Relations. Sep2022, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p428-453. 26p.
Abstract: Regional cooperation in Asia takes place in formal Regional Organizations (ROs) as well as in less formal Regional Fora (RF). In addition, unlike in other parts of the world, Asian regionalism mainly developed in one instead of two waves. Especially af...
Getting Cozy, or How the European Commission Produces Legitimacy in the EU.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Studies Perspectives. May2022, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p151-168. 18p.
Abstract: International organizations increasingly resort to strategies of legitimation in order to justify their authority and policies. This article explores one such strategy of the European Commission that targets organized interest groups with the aim to bu...
Regulatory networks and regional human rights governance: A study of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Relations. Jun2022, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p192-213. 22p.
Abstract: Transnational regional networks of regulatory bodies play a prominent role in complex systems of human rights governance. Despite their growing importance, we still have much to learn about the roles regional networks play as regulatory stewards in the...
Social closure and the reproduction of stratified international order.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Relations. Mar2022, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p23-39. 17p.
Abstract: This article investigates how the means by which actors compete for position in the management of international society stratifies international order. Advancing scholarship on hierarchies, it applies a theory of social closure to examine two status gr...
China's challenge to the global commons: compliance, contestation, and subversion in the maritime and cyber domains.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Relations. Sep2021, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p446-468. 23p.
Abstract: It is often predicted that rising powers such as China will seek to reshape the international order as they gain influence. Drawing on comparative analysis of the maritime and cyber domains, this article argues that China poses a challenge to the globa...
On the concept of international disorder.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Relations. Jun2021, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p197-215. 19p.
Abstract: International relations today are widely considered to be experiencing deepening disorder and the topic of international disorder is gaining increased attention. Yet, despite this recent interest in international disorder, in and beyond the academy, an...
Patterns of (Dis)similarity in the Design of Regional Organizations: The Regional Organizations Similarity Index (ROSI).
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Studies Perspectives. May2021, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p181-200. 20p. 3 Charts, 3 Graphs.
Abstract: How similar are the institutional designs of regional organizations (ROs)? Is there a trend toward particular designs such as the European Union's, or is there greater institutional variety as more regions have created an increasing number of ROs? Whic...
Compensating for limitations in domestic output performance? Member state delegation of policy competencies to regional international organizations.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Relations. Mar2021, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p90-125. 36p.
Abstract: Cooperation in regional international organizations (RIOs) can help member states to work toward and perhaps achieve policy goals that would not be feasible unilaterally. Thus, RIOs might be used as a means of states to compensate for domestic shortcom...
Selective norm promotion in international development assistance: the drivers of naming and shaming advocacy among European non-governmental development organisations.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Relations. Mar2021, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p23-46. 24p.
Abstract: European non-governmental development organisations (NGDOs) have used naming and shaming extensively in their advocacy to push the EU and member state governments to implement international norms on foreign aid. The paper analyses the contents of NGDO ...