Power Plays: How International Institutions Reshape Coercive Diplomacy

Power Plays: How International Institutions Reshape Coercive Diplomacy
ISBN-10
1316425452
ISBN-13
9781316425459
Series
Power Plays
Category
Political Science
Language
English
Published
2015-09-03
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Allison Carnegie

Description

Coercive diplomacy - the use of threats and assurances to alter another state's behavior - is indispensable to international relations. Most scholarship has focused on whether and when states are able to use coercive methods to achieve their desired results. However, employing game-theoretic tools, statistical modeling, and detailed case study analysis, Power Plays builds and tests a theory that explains how states develop strategies of coercive diplomacy, how their targets shield themselves from these efforts, and the implications for interstate relations. Focusing on the World Trade Organization, Power Plays argues that coercive diplomacy often precludes cooperation due to fears of exploitation, but that international institutions can solve these problems by convincing states to eschew certain tools for coercive purposes.

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