International Organizations, Alliances, and Coalitions
1. Anarchy, Cooperation, Harmony, and Discord
- World Government
- Alliances, coalitions, and international organizations
- Collective security
2. Peacekeeping: Managing and controlling conflicts
3. Functional collaboration in specialized agencies Other international organizations and regimes
4. Conclusion
In this chapter, the author mainly examine various means of international cooperation; international organizations, alliances, and coalitions. Reaction toward the Iraq’s invasion to Kuwait can be shown as one of examples of international cooperation. Multinational coalition of military force and collective security by different countries against to the threat to the world’s oil supply cost so many lives of soldiers, but still represented as an important precedent of international cooperation.
*Anarchy, Cooperation, Harmony, and Discord
International anarchy makes people of some or all states vulnerable.
( security concern boost economic and military capabilities Or collaborate with other states for the same goal
※OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries consists of 11 oil producing states. They coordinate their oil production policies to stabilize oil market revenue. OPEC has been more successful in cooperation than other commodity cartel.
※North America countries international organization
In addition to NATO, the US and Canada collaborated militarily with NORAD organization. Early warning devices against bomb or missile toward Canada or the US have been managed by NORAD. Moreover, commercial cooperation among Canada, the US, and Mexico established NAFTA.
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