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Theory of International Politics
01 Jan 1979-
About: The article was published on 1979-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7932 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Global politics & International relations.
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TL;DR: Latham et al. as discussed by the authors defined transboundary connections: international arenas, translocal networks and transterritorial deployments, and produced local politics: governance, representation and non-state organization in Africa.
Abstract: 1 Introduction Robert Latham, Ronald Kassimir and Thomas Callaghy Part I Historical Dimensions and Conceptual Frameworks: 2 Networks, moral discourse and history Frederick Cooper 3 Defining transboundary connections: international arenas, translocal networks and transterritorial deployments Robert Latham 4 Producing local politics: governance, representation and non-state organization in Africa Ronald Kassimir Part II Transboundary Networks, States and Civil Societies: 5 Networks and governance in Africa: innovation in debt regime Thomas Callaghy 6 When networks blind: human rights and politics in Kenya Hans Peter Schmitz 7 Global, state and local intersections: a study of power, authority and conflict in the Niger Delta oil communities CyrilI Obi Part III Political Economies of Violence and Authority: 8 How sovereignty matters: global markets and political economy of local politics in weak studies William Reno 9 Post-modern warfare in Sierra Leone? Recovering the local and social in global-local constructions of violence Paul Richards and Caspar Fithen 10 New sovereigns? The frontiers of wealth creation and regulatory authority in the Chad Basin Janet Roitman 11 Out of the shadows Carolyn Nordstrom Part IV Reflections: 12 Authority and interventions in world politics Michael Barnett 13 Toward a new research agenda Ronald Kassimir and Robert Latham
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14 Mar 2011TL;DR: Shattering Empires as mentioned in this paper is a study of the Ottoman-Russian borderlands in the early 20th century, focusing on the rivalry and collapse of two great empires, and argues that geopolitical competition and the emergence of a new global interstate order provide the key to understanding the course of history in the Ottoman and Russian borderlands.
Abstract: The break-up of the Ottoman empire and the disintegration of the Russian empire were watershed events in modern history. The unravelling of these empires was both cause and consequence of World War I and resulted in the deaths of millions. It irrevocably changed the landscape of the Middle East and Eurasia and reverberates to this day in conflicts throughout the Caucasus and Middle East. Shattering Empires draws on extensive research in the Ottoman and Russian archives to tell the story of the rivalry and collapse of two great empires. Overturning accounts that portray their clash as one of conflicting nationalisms, this pioneering study argues that geopolitical competition and the emergence of a new global interstate order provide the key to understanding the course of history in the Ottoman-Russian borderlands in the twentieth century. It will appeal to those interested in Middle Eastern, Russian, and Eurasian history, international relations, ethnic conflict, and World War I.
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TL;DR: The authors analyzed the international relations of peaceful ethnic disputes and violent ethnic conflicts, and found that ethnic ties influence the international relation of ethnic conflict more than vulnerability and relative power, while other variables (such as regime type, nearby separatism) increase breadth and/or intensity of support for groups that are not engaged in violence.
Abstract: Why do some ethnic groups in conflict (those that are mobilized or face discrimination) receive more external support than others do? This is an important question that has been overlooked despite the crucial role international support has played. Which characteristics of groups and their host states cause them to receive more support? I consider three explanations. First, separatist groups are less likely to receive support owing to their threat to regional stability and international norms. This argument is derived from accounts focusing on the inhibiting impact of vulnerability upon the foreign policies of African states. Second, groups in stronger states are more likely to receive support as states try to weaken their most threatening adversaries - an application of realist logic. Third, groups with ethnic ties to actors in positions of power elsewhere are more likely to receive external assistance. Using Minorities at Risk data, analyses focusing on the number of states supporting particular groups and the intensity of this support suggest that ethnic ties influence the international relations of ethnic conflict more than vulnerability and relative power. Further analyses contrast the international relations of peaceful ethnic disputes and violent ethnic conflicts. These analyses reveal that some factors (such as regime type, nearby separatism) increase breadth and/or intensity of support for groups that are not engaged in violence, while other variables (separatism of the group in question, relative power of host) influence the international relations of violent conflicts. The article concludes with implications for policy and future research.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the social structure of the world polity, using network analysis of the complete population of intergovernmental organizations as it has evolved since 1820, revealing growing fragmentation, driven by exclusive rather than universalist intergovernmental organisations.
Abstract: World polity research argues that modern states are shaped by embeddedness in a network of international organizations, and yet the structure of that network is rarely examined. This is surprising, given that world polity theory implies that the world polity should be an increasingly dense, even, flat field of association. This article describes the social structure of the world polity, using network analysis of the complete population of intergovernmental organizations as it has evolved since 1820. Analysis of the world polity's structure reveals growing fragmentation, driven by exclusive rather than universalist intergovernmental organizations. The world polity has thus grown less cohesive, more fragmented, more heterogeneous, and less “small worldly” in its structure. This structure reflects a recent rise in the regionalization of the world polity.
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TL;DR: This paper analyzed data from the Minorities at Risk data set and found that ethnic kin influence irredentism and violence between a group and its host state increases secessionism, and that groups that are more concentrated are more likely to be secessionist.
Abstract: Irredentism and secessionism have been important causes of international conflict in the 1990s, yet few have considered why ethnic groups desire union with kin elsewhere or want to become independent. Why do groups desire independence rather than union with kin, or vice versa? We consider five distinct explanations: the nature of the group itself; characteristics of the group's kin; contagion processes; ethnic security dilemmas; and the end of the cold war. Using logit, we analyze data from the Minorities at Risk data set. Our findings support elements of the conventional wisdom: Ethnic kin influence irredentism, and violence between a group and its host state increases secessionism. Contrary to current debates, groups that are more concentrated are more likely to be secessionist. Further, some factors are less important than usually argued: relative size, a group's ethnic distinctiveness, economic and political differences, regime type, and economic growth.
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